The former Welsh chief of Nigel Farage’s right-wing social gathering Reform UK has admitted to taking bribes in change for making pro-Russia statements whereas a member of the European Parliament.
Nathan Gill on Friday pleaded responsible to eight counts of bribery between December 2018 and July 2019 and is predicted to face jail time, in accordance to his barrister.
Gill, who was an MEP in Brussels from July 2014 till January 2020 for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) after which the Brexit Party, admitted to taking cash in change for pro-Russia statements from Oleg Voloshyn, an ex-Ukrainian MP sanctioned by the U.S. for working with the Kremlin. Gill left Reform UK, the successor to the Brexit Party, in May 2021 after failing to win a seat within the Welsh parliament.
