2026年9月6日 / 美国东部时间凌晨2:04 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
英国改革党激进派领袖奈杰尔·法拉奇在卧底调查曝光后淡化了自己卷入一起捐赠丑闻的程度。一名记者伪装成一名希望向该党捐款的美国富商之子进行了此次调查。
法拉奇周六对哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的国际合作伙伴英国广播公司新闻表示，在一段他与多名高级助手一同出镜的对话中，他“坦白说没在听”。这些助手随后已辞职，这段视频中他们似乎在讨论如何安排捐款事宜。
英国法律规定，向英国政党捐款的合法捐赠者必须是在英国登记的选民或公司。在此次卧底调查呈现的场景中，儿子是合法捐赠者，而父亲则不是。
2024年7月2日，英国滨海克拉克顿，丹·尤克斯与改革党领袖奈杰尔·法拉奇交谈。路透社/霍利·亚当斯 摄
在接受英国广播公司采访时，法拉奇表示，他当时正在参加竞选活动，并不了解这位所谓潜在捐赠者的所有细节。
“你知道，资金可能来自世界各地。收入可能通过设在伦敦的家族办公室从全球各地流入。我比任何人都了解选举法和捐赠法，”他对英国广播公司说道。
这位改革党领袖还补充说，视频中参与对话的两名助手“之前从未参与过筹款活动，他们本就不应该直接参与筹款工作”。
在英国第四频道新闻周四播出相关报道后，改革党一名发言人随即发表声明称，该党正在启动内部调查。这位发言人表示，詹姆斯·奥尔和丹·尤克斯这两名改革党官员已离职，等待调查结果出炉。
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据哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的合作媒体英国广播公司新闻报道，尤克斯被广泛视为法拉奇的得力副手，“天生能领会老板的意图”。奥尔是英国全国保守运动中的有影响力人物，曾担任改革党的政策负责人直至辞职。两人均否认有任何不当行为。
在周五早些时候接受伦敦一家广播电台采访时，法拉奇坚称该党并未违反任何法律。
“该党从未收取任何可疑资金或类似的任何东西，”法拉奇在接受LBC电台采访时表示，“不过，这显然是一起诱捕事件，他们为此策划了很长时间，还让我们的几名承包商说出了或许本不该说的话。正因如此，他们今天上午被解职了。是啊，你知道，我对此很不满。”
尤克斯向英国广播公司新闻发表声明，称该报道是“由外国资助的气候变化活动人士历时近一年精心策划的诱捕”。
“我完全否认有任何不当行为，但已退出政坛以洗刷自己的罪名，”尤克斯说道。
在向天空新闻发表的声明中，奥尔表示：“我已同意辞去我在改革党的现任职务，等待该党就此次节目的相关行为展开内部调查，我将全力配合调查。”
U.K.’s Nigel Farage said he “wasn’t listening” during donation scandal conversation filmed covertly
September 6, 2026 / 2:04 AM EDT / CBS News
Nigel Farage, the firebrand leader of the U.K.’s Reform party, downplayed his involvement in a donation scandal following an undercover investigation where a journalist posed as a wealthy American’s son who wanted to donate to the party.
Farage told CBS News’ international partner BBC News on Saturday he “frankly wasn’t listening” during a conversation where he was filmed alongside senior aides, who have since stepped down, appearing to discuss how to arrange donations.
British law regards a permissible donor to a U.K. political party as either a U.K.-registered voter or a company. In the scenario that unfolds in the undercover investigation, the son is a permissible donor, and the father is not.
Dan Jukes speaks to Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage in Clacton-on-Sea, Britain, July 2, 2024. Reuters/Hollie Adams
In an interview with the BBC, Farage said he was in the middle of campaigning at the time and not aware of all the details from the supposed would-be donor.
“The money could come from all over the world, you know. Income could have came from all over the world into a family office based in London. I know electoral law, I know donation law better than anybody,” he told the BBC.
The leader of the Reform party added the two aides filmed participating in the conversation “have never been involved in fundraising before and they shouldn’t have been involved directly in fundraising.”
In a statement directly following the report aired on Britain’s Channel 4 news on Thursday, a spokesperson for the party said it was launching an internal probe. Two Reform party officials, James Orr and Dan Jukes, have left their positions pending the outcome of that investigation, the spokesperson said.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, show off his socks during the Reform UK National Conference, at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. Stefan Rousseau/PA Images via Getty Images
Jukes is widely regarded as Farage’s right-hand man, with an “innate sense of his boss’ instinct,” according to CBS News’ partner network BBC News. Orr, an influential figure in the British national conservative movement, served as Reform’s head of policy until his resignation. Both men denied any wrongdoing.
In an interview with a London radio station early Friday, Farage insisted the party had broken no laws.
“The party has not taken any dodgy money or anything like that whatsoever,” Farage told LBC Radio. “However, it is a clear case of entrapment, and they worked at it for a very long time, and they got a couple of our contractors to say things that perhaps should not have been said. And as a result of that, they have been removed this morning and yeah, you know, I’m not happy about it.”
Jukes released a statement to BBC News calling the report “entrapment over a prolonged period of nearly a year by foreign-funded climate change activists.”
“I totally deny any wrongdoing but have stepped back from politics in order to clear my name,” Jukes said.
In a statement to Sky News, Orr said, “I have agreed to step down from my current role at Reform UK pending the outcome of the party’s internal investigation into the conduct of the program, with which I will cooperate fully.”
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