Crypto entrepreneur pardoned by Trump donates £36 million to Farage's Reform UK

NEW: A crypto entrepreneur pardoned by Donald Trump has donated £36 million to Nigel Farage's Reform UK.

Thirty six million pounds, from a crypto boss Donald Trump pardoned, straight into Nigel Farage's war chest.

That's the story tonight. A crypto entrepreneur, one who received a presidential pardon from Trump, has handed Reform UK a donation of thirty six million pounds. For context, British politics has never seen a single cheque anywhere near that size. Whole general election campaigns get fought on less.

And it lands right in Farage's lap, the man polling as a genuine contender for Downing Street, now sitting on more money than his rivals could dream of raising. You can bet Labour and the Tories will be asking loudly where it came from and what a Trump pardon has to do with British elections.

One pardon in Washington, thirty six million pounds in London. Foreign influence questions don't usually arrive with a receipt this large.

This is Sara White, reporting for HIT.