Nigel Farage, the former leader of the UK Independence Party and current MEP for Southeast England, shared some jokes about his purported “Russia connections” with the crowd at CPAC on Friday – confessing that, though rumors of his involvement as a go-between for Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Julian Assange are overblown – he has been known to enjoy a swig of Russian vodka from time to time.
Farage, a notoriously heavy drinker, said he’s never been to Russia or Moscow, and has never – to his knowledge, we presume – met a Russian agent, or done any business in Russia.
“I’ve never been to Russia. I’ve never been to Moscow. I’ve never met a Russian operative or agent. I’ve never done business in Russia. I’ve never taken money from Russia….but I may be guilty of drinking the odd Russian vodka,” Farage said.
The reputed father of the Brexit movement was responding reports that he was a “person of interest to the FBI…”
…And marveled at conspiracy theories linking him to the Kremlin and its purported attempts to “sow discord” and “undermine US democracy.”
“I’ve read that actually I’m the center of an international spider’s web,” Farage added. “I’m the one person connecting Trump, Putin and Julian Assange. I’ve been running memory sticks back and forth, from the White House to the Kremlin, to Assange.”
On Thursday, Farage mocked certain “newspapers in America and the UK” who “say I colluded with the Russians” during an interview with Fox News.
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