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LONDON (AP) \u2014 Reform UK<\/span> leader Nigel Farage<\/span> says he\u2019ll quit as a lawmaker and seek re-election to clear his name over financial allegations.<\/p>\n

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Farage said Tuesday he will resign from his seat in Parliament, triggering a special election in which he will run. He said in a broadcast statement that \u201cI have done nothing wrong. I have not broken the law in any way at all. I have not misused public money.\u201d<\/p>\n

Farage is facing a probe by Parliament\u2019s standards watchdog over a 5 million pound ($6.7 million) gift from a Thailand-based cryptocurrency billionaire. Opposition lawmakers are seeking another investigation over donations from George Cottrell<\/span>, an aristocratic crypto-gambling entrepreneur who served a prison sentence for fraud in the U.S.<\/p>\n

No independent journalists were invited to film the announcement or ask questions.<\/p>\n

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP\u2019s earlier story follows below.<\/p>\n

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LONDON (AP) \u2014 Reform UK<\/span> leader Nigel Farage<\/span> says he will make a statement about his future on Tuesday as he faces questions over financial donations from a cryptocurrency billionaire and a convicted fraudster.<\/p>\n

Farage, a prominent British ally of U.S. President Donald Trump<\/span>, posted on X that \u201cI will make a statement on my future in public life at 2 p.m.\u201d He gave no other details.<\/p>\n

Farage is facing a probe by Parliament\u2019s standards watchdog over a 5 million pound ($6.7 million) gift from a Thailand-based cryptocurrency billionaire. Opposition lawmakers are seeking another investigation over donations from George Cottrell<\/span>, an aristocratic crypto-gambling entrepreneur who served a prison sentence for fraud in the U.S.<\/p>\n

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Farage denies wrongdoing. But the scrutiny of his finances has spurred speculation about the future of a politician some considered the favorite to be prime minister after the next national election.<\/p>\n

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Farage\u2019s anti-immigration party has only eight of the 650 lawmakers in the House of Commons but consistently leads opinion polls over the governing Labour Party and the main opposition Conservatives.<\/p>\n

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Reform UK was the big winner in local and regional elections in May<\/span> that triggered the ouster of Prime Minister Keir Starmer<\/span> at the hands of his own Labour Party.<\/p>\n

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