Reform UK’s Nigel Farage says he’ll quit as a lawmaker and seek re-election to clear name

LONDON (AP) — Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says he’ll quit as a lawmaker and seek re-election to clear his name over financial allegations.Farage said Tuesday he will resign from his seat in Parliament, triggering a special election in which he will run. He said in a broadcast statement that “I have done nothing wrong. I have not broken the law in any way at all. I have not misused public money.”Farage is facing a probe by Parliament’s standards watchdog over a 5 million pound ($6.7 million) gift from a Thailand-based cryptocurrency billionaire. Opposition lawmakers are seeking another investigation over donations from George Cottrell, an aristocratic crypto-gambling entrepreneur who served a prison sentence for fraud in the U.S.No independent journalists were invited to film the announcement or ask questions.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.

LONDON (AP) — Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says he will make a statement about his future on Tuesday as he faces questions over financial donations from a cryptocurrency billionaire and a convicted fraudster.Farage, a prominent British ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, posted on X that “I will make a statement on my future in public life at 2 p.m.” He gave no other details.