Nigel Farage says outcome of investigation into Channel 4 donations sting will be announced 'very soon' and suggests key Reform UK aides will be cleared

Published: 12:58 EDT, 1 October 2026 | Updated: 13:07 EDT, 1 October 2026 Nigel Farage has said the outcome of an investigation into Reform UK aides following a Channel 4 illegal donations sting will be announced ‘very soon’.The Reform leader said the internal investigation is ‘done’ and indicated that it will absolve the party’s two key aides, who stood aside while the probe was carried out.Mr Farage warned that journalists from Channel 4 and investigative outfit Verbatim, which carried out the undercover filming, could face ‘one or two legal challenges’.Reform was rocked on the eve of its party conference in Birmingham last month after Channel 4 broadcast footage of Mr Farage and his aides discussing taking money from a fake US businessman.Two key figures in Reform, James Orr and Dan Jukes, stood aside from their respective jobs as head of policy and assistant to Mr Farage while the party investigated the allegations.There is a separate probe by the Metropolitan Police into allegations Reform broke foreign funding laws. The party has denied all wrongdoing and said it will fully co-operate with the investigation.Mr Farage suggested on Thursday that he had already seen the internal report and knew its conclusions, adding that its release was ‘imminent’.Asked about the status of the investigation by a Channel 4 journalist on Thursday, Mr Farage said: ‘It's been done, and it'll be out in public very, very soon. Police have launched a criminal inquiry into Reform UK following an undercover Channel 4 investigation into foreign donations. Pictured: Reform leader Nigel Farage Reform has said it was 'the target of a hoax' and denied any wrongdoing. Pictured: Undercover filming ‘And I think some of your co-conspirators might find themselves with one or two legal challenges.’A report broadcast by Channel 4 News claimed Reform took funding from a US firm for three polls it commissioned earlier this year, costing £32,500.The purported donors were in fact undercover reporters from Verbatim posing as an American financier and his UK-based son.The provenance of the polls was not revealed when they were published in national newspapers, and the costs were not declared by Reform as donations in kind.Senior officials including Mr Farage are also said to have discussed a £500,000 donation from the fake businessman through his son.Foreign political donations are banned in the UK. The donation was never made.Mr Jukes has denied any wrongdoing and said he was the target of ‘entrapment’ while Mr Orr also denies wrongdoing and said he would cooperate with the party’s internal investigation ‘fully’. Reform said it was 'the target of a hoax' and denied any wrongdoing.The Met's Special Enquiry Team launched an investigation in February 2025 following a referral from the Electoral Commission relating to donations made to Reform ahead of the 2024 general election, as part of which two people were interviewed under caution.No arrests have been made and no-one has been interviewed over the latest allegations.All allegations under investigation relate to potential offences under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.