Leak exposes Washington Post boss Will Lewis’s role as secret adviser to Boris Johnson while PM
Extensive meetings in 2022 between Lewis, then vice-chair of AP, and Johnson were not disclosed in transparency records
The publisher of the Washington Post, Will Lewis, is facing fresh questions over his independence after a cache of leaked files revealed he gave extensive support to Boris Johnson as a secret political adviser when Johnson was prime minister.
The files shed light on how the media executive, who at the time was vice-chair of the Associated Press news agency, worked behind the scenes with Johnson as his premiership was engulfed by a series of scandals.
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