2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/UK: “Nigel Farage, the former leader of the U.K. Independence Party, ridiculed on Thursday [6-1-17] a published report that suggests United States investigators think he may be able to shed light on any possible collusion between Russia and Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign.
Mr. Farage was responding to an article in The Guardian newspaper on Thursday that said he was a ‘person of interest’ in the F.B.I.’s investigation into Moscow’s contacts with representatives of Mr. Trump’s campaign, including Michael T. Flynn, who briefly served as President Trump’s national security adviser.
The Guardian, citing unidentified sources, said Mr. Farage was not accused of wrongdoing but had ‘raised the interest’ of the F.B.I. because of his relationships with the Trump campaign and with Julian Assange, the head of WikiLeaks.”
-Steven Erlanger, “Ex-British Party Leader Is Pulled Into Trump Campaign Inquiry,” The New York Times online, June 1, 2017