# Nigel Farage rejects illegal funding claims as Reform UK faces scrutiny

https://mins.news/en/video/46176

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-05 00:18 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXUhnaxtriQ

> Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has denied allegations that the party received illegal funding from the United States. Secretly filmed footage reported by Channel 4 News purportedly shows senior party figures discussing a donation linked to polling. Farage called the investigation an “exercise in entrapment” and said Reform UK accepted no illegal money.

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