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Kemi Badenoch has questioned whether the undisclosed 5m donation given to Nigel Farage by a crypto billionaire shows that he has been bought".
In an interview with the Today programme this morning, the Conservative leader asked whether the donation was linked to Farage's support for cryptocurrencies, and she said the donation showed why Farage could not be trusted as a political leader.
Let's see, I believe that people should look at the character of an individual.
You look at Nigel Farage's fishy 5m. I think that's a very, very concerning story. No one gets 5m directly. This was not for his party. He kept it a secret. What was that money for? Who's bought him?
Well, I don't understand why somebody who works in crypto gives this sort of personal gift, as Farage calls it, and then all of a sudden Farage is promoting crypto.
He should have declared it. We've already made a report to the standards committee. He should have declared it because those are the rules in this country.
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