Hacking claim Farage accused of giving data to Assange

Nigel Farage has been thrust into the Donald Trump Russia scandal after he was accused of secretly handing data to Julian Assange, the Wikileaks founder.

The former Ukip leader is alleged to have repeatedly met the elusive hacker in the Ecuadorean embassy and delivered a “thumb drive” of information.

The claim is controversial because Wikileaks published Democratic Party emails during the 2016 election that were suspected of coming from Russian hackers.

Mr Farage, a keen Trump supporter, denied the suggestion, telling The Daily Telegraph: “It is

yet more conspiratorial nonsense.”