- Nathan Gill pleads guilty in court
- Made pro-Kremlin speeches & appearances for Russian cash
- Sat alongside Farage in European Parliament at time
NATHAN Gill – Reform UK’s former leader in Wales, previously one of Nigel Farage’s fellow MEPs – has pleaded guilty in court to accepting bribes to make pro-Russia statements while serving in the European Parliament.
He is expected to be jailed.
Gill admitted receiving money from Oleg Voloshyn – “a pawn of Russian intelligence services”, say the US State Department.
Gill then made speeches and media appearances echoing the Kremlin line, and organised an event with a pro-Russian politician.
Gill had described Farage as a “friend and colleague”. This is one of numerous photos of them together.
This photo has also emerged of Farage with Voloshyn’s wife.
Farage denies any prior knowledge of the bribe to Gill.
Asked about his judgment of character, Mr Farage said: “Have you ever been let down by a person? Have you been let down and betrayed? Every single political party has a bad apple. In fact, many families finish up with a bad apple, these things happen.”
