Nigel Farage faces renewed probe over $6.7m crypto-linked gift

Nigel Farage has returned to the UK Parliament with 63.34% of the Clacton by-election vote, restarting an investigation into a $6.7 million gift and other support from two crypto-linked figures. Summary Farage won 22,239 votes after the UK’s main political parties stayed out of the contest. Parliament is investigating whether he failed to register financial interests under House of Commons rules. The inquiry covers a $6.7 million gift from Christopher Harborne and benefits funded by George Cottrell. Labour lawmakers have proposed turning the UK’s temporary ban on political crypto donations into permanent law. The UK Parliament’s Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards listed Farage on Friday as the subject of an investigation into a possible “failure to register an interest,” with the case reopening after his return as Clacton’s Member of Parliament. Farage resigned from his seat in July while the inquiry was active, causing the commissioner to pause the case because parliamentary standards investigations apply to sitting MPs. His victory in Thursday’s by-election has restored his status as an MP and allowed the inquiry, first opened on May 13, to continue. Nigel Farage probe cove...