Andrew Mitchell MP has claimed CCTV footage of the 'plebgate' incident supports his claim he had been "stitched up" by police.
Speaking at a news conference after it was announced one officer, PC Keith Wallis, had been charged with misconduct in public office over the affair, Mr Mitchell said: "I have told the truth … the police did not."
Mr Mitchell presented CCTV footage of the incident outside Downing Street and claimed it proved he could not have said the words alleged by officers during the timeframe shown.
He had been accused of using the words "f***ing plebs".
Mr Mitchell said PC Toby Rowland, who alleged he was subjected to those insults, was not telling the truth. Mr Mitchell said he would like to swear that under oath.
He claimed his reputation had been destroyed by the allegations, that his mother-in-law was pursued in Swansea and that he had been spat at in the street.
Meanwhile, Independent Police Complaints Commission deputy chairman Deborah Glass issued a statement after the watchdog said PC Wallis and four other police officers, all from the Metropolitan Police Diplomatic Protection Group, would face gross misconduct disciplinary proceedings.
"Those officers who may be responsible for turning a largely inaudible altercation lasting less than a minute into a national scandal plainly have a case to answer for gross misconduct," she said.
All five of the officers facing disciplinary proceedings could lose their jobs.
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