Oris Johnson is under increasing pressure over his decision to give Chris Pincher the role of minister and the delay in removing the Tory whip after the fumbling allegations emerged.
One of Tamworth’s latest whistleblower lawmakers said he was “shocked” by the decision not to immediately expel Mr. Pincher from the parliamentary party.
Pincher resigned as Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party after being accused of drunk and groping for two men at a private membership club in London this week.
The prime minister only succumbed to pressure to remove the whip from his allies after the official investigation began. That is, he is currently sitting independently in the Commons.
Johnson was also faced with questions about how much he knew about Pincher’s actions when he made him Deputy Leader in February.
Former adviser Dominic Cummings said the prime minister “laughed and called the MP” pincher by name, essentially pincher “long before he was appointed.”
A new claim emerged when Mr. Pincher said he was seeking “professional medical assistance” and wanted to return to represent his members “as soon as possible” in Staffordshire.
The Mail on Sunday claimed to have threatened to report parliamentary researchers to his boss after trying to stop the “lechery” advance towards young men at a Tory meeting.
The Sunday Times claimed that two conservative MPs created unnecessary passes in 2017 and 2018.
One of the alleged victims recently shared anger at Johnson for handling the case at the exclusive Carlton Club on Wednesday.
The man told The Sunday Times that he didn’t want to report the incident at first, thinking “this is what’s happening in Westminster.”
“But I’m angry with the fact that I should feel that way, and I’m even more angry with the way No10 deals with it. .. I’m furious. Really ridiculous. Sounds like, but I felt a shell shock when I first learned that they were trying to keep the whip, “he added.
Mr Pincher did not respond to requests for comment on the latest allegations, but the newspaper behind them said he denied the allegations.
Downing Street did not deny that there were concerns before Mr. Pincher was appointed, but Mr. Johnson claimed that he “did not know a particular claim.”
Johnson initially resisted the call to remove the whip until Congress’s independent grievance and grievance scheme began its investigation on Friday.
The latest allegations came after the Conservatives were hit by a series of scandals related to sexual misconduct.
In May, Neil Parish resigned as a member of Tiberton and Honiton after admitting to watching pornography in the Commons Chamber.
A month earlier, Wakefield MP Imran Ahmad Khan was imprisoned for 18 months for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy.
In both cases, the Conservatives lost subsequent by-elections.
A third unnamed Tory lawmaker was whipped to leave Congress after being arrested on suspicion of rape and other crimes.
In a statement, Pincher said he would “fully cooperate” with the investigation.
“As I said to the Prime Minister, I drank too much on Wednesday night and bothered myself and others. I’m really sorry for the upset I caused,” he continued.
“In addition to the stress of the past few days, the stress of the past few days has accepted me to benefit from professional medical support.
“I’m in the process of exploring it now and hope to be able to return to my membership as soon as possible.”