Morrison steps forward to say ” I will sign a stat dec” then walks back on the claim. Knowing full well he could then be faced with a more detailed investigation and charged with perjury

Mr Towke sensationally claimed that a member of Mr Morrison’s cabinet had sent him an unsolicited statement of support since his account of what transpired in the Cook preselection first emerged last week. “This person is a Minister of the Crown,” Mr Towke said. “[They said] ‘I just want you to know, I believe you’.”

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Voter accuses PM of abandoning vulnerable Australians

Source: ‘He got desperate’: new details of Morrison’s alleged dirty campaign