{"id":1003,"date":"2026-05-14T17:39:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/?p=1003"},"modified":"2026-05-14T17:39:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:39:38","slug":"nigel-farage-now-says-5m-from-crypto-billionaire-was-reward-for-brexit-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/?p=1003","title":{"rendered":"Nigel Farage now says \u00a35m from crypto billionaire was \u2018reward\u2019 for Brexit push"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reform UK leader offers new explanation for gift, which is under investigation, having first said it was for his security<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/live\/2026\/may\/14\/angela-rayner-says-starmer-should-reflect-on-stepping-aside-after-hmrc-clears-her-over-tax-affairs-uk-politics-live\">UK politics live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nigel Farage has provided a new explanation for why he accepted a \u00a35m gift from a Reform UK donor in the weeks before he announced he would stand in the last general election.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview on Thursday, Farage said the money was a \u201creward\u201d for campaigning for Brexit. Previously, he had said the gift was given for security purposes, to keep him \u201csafe and secure\u201d for the rest of his life.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2026\/may\/14\/nigel-farage-5m-gift-crypto-billionaire-brexit-reward\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reform UK leader offers new explanation for gift, which is under investigation, having first said it was for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}