Nigel Farage jetting off on fourth U.S trip as MP for speaking gig with Trump felon

He is an "honoured guest" astatine the fancy Republican Wall Street meal alongside Steve Bannon, who is finishing his jailhouse word adjacent week. It is Farage's 5th overseas travel successful 5 months arsenic an MP.

Reform UK person Nigel Farage is jetting to the US again successful a fewer weeks wherever helium volition stock a signifier with a Trump adjutant presently successful jail.

Farage is headlining the New York Young Republican Club gala meal connected Wall Street connected December 15th wherever tickets are priced betwixt $500 to $30,000. Another main talker is Steve Bannon, erstwhile Trump strategist jailed for failing to cooperate with an probe into the January 6 Capitol attacks. He is owed to beryllium released from jailhouse adjacent week aft serving a 120-day condemnation for contempt of Congress.

It volition beryllium Farage's 4th travel to the US since helium was elected MP successful July. Barely a fortnight aft the general election, a enactment donor paid for Farage and “a staffer” to alert to Milwaukee successful the aftermath of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. His mentation for the £32,836 freebie travel - which was “to enactment a person who was astir killed and to correspond Clacton connected the world stage” - was wide ridiculed.

Mr Farage went connected to gain astir £25,000 speaking astatine the “Keep Arizona Free Summit” successful Scottdale, Arizona, successful August. He told america then: “I person erstwhile commitments, contracts I person signed, which I volition honour, due to the fact that I americium not the benignant of idiosyncratic who lets radical down different you get a unspeakable reputation.” Asked successful August helium had galore different speaking engagements booked, helium said: “Only a mates I think. Beyond the extremity of this year, determination is thing steadfast booked astatine all.”

Mr Farage past near the state doubly successful September for speaking events. He was the main talker astatine a payment lawsuit for the Heartland Institute, a Chicago-based rightwing thinktank accused of denying human-created clime change. He besides flew to Malaysia to talk astatine the Nomad Capitalist conference, though helium has not declared immoderate fees for either event.

We asked Mr Farage if helium would beryllium declaring immoderate further speaking fees and helium said: “Wait and see. I cognize the rules.” He has declared £222,820.39 successful income since helium was elected MP for Clacton successful July connected apical of his £91,000 MPs salary. He besides earned rent from 2 buy-to-let properties and is renovating a third. Asked what helium would accidental to those who question his committedness to Clacton, Mr Farage added: “I don’t instrumentality days disconnected and had commitments earlier deciding to tally arsenic an MP. There is thing successful the diary for adjacent year.”

The New York Young Republican Club says it is the "oldest and largest Young Republican nine successful the United States". Farage is an "honoured speaker" astatine the 112th Annual Gala connected December 15th, a achromatic necktie lawsuit connected Wall Street with "top-shelf liquor, butler-passed hors d’oeuvres, and a multi-course dinner".

Steve Bannon served arsenic Trump’s main strategist for the archetypal 7 months of his presidency successful 2017 but was convicted successful 2022 for not complying with a subpoena from the House Select Committee that investigated the January 6 2021 insurrection astatine the US Capitol. He is appealing his condemnation and the New York Republican Club says: "Mr. Bannon is presently confined successful Federal Correctional Institution Danbury arsenic a governmental captive of the Biden Regime."

Rheian Davis, of the Good Law Project, said: "People should beryllium nether nary illusions astir Farage and the far-right institution helium is desperately trying to ingratiate himself with. He is leaving his Clacton constituents down and jetting disconnected yet again to the US stock a signifier with Steve Bannon conscionable weeks aft his merchandise from jail."