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Trump-pardoned crypto billionaire doubles Reform UK's funding to £8m

Trump-pardoned crypto billionaire doubles Reform UK's funding to £8m

Ben Delo has now given the party £8m this year, making him their second largest financial backer. The businessman pleaded guilty in America two years ago over lacking money-laundering checks at his trading platform, before Donald Trump cleared his record. Party officials think he avoids new strict limits on overseas donors because he appears to have been on the British voting register long enough.

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