Las Vegas Review-Journal

Backer of effort to pull Britain from EU blasts ‘witch hunt’

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LONDON — A millionair­e backer of the successful campaign to pull Britain out of the European Union lashed out Tuesday at lawmakers investigat­ing what he called fake news surroundin­g the Brexit referendum.

Testifying before a Parliament committee, Arron Banks said he was being targeted in a witch hunt by politician­s and journalist­s who favored remaining in the 28-nation bloc. The insurance executive also rejected the notion that he had dealings with the Kremlin, though he did acknowledg­e socializin­g with the Russian ambassador.

“I’d like to think I’m an evil genius with a white cat that kind of controls the whole of western democracy, but clearly that’s nonsense” he said, before suggesting the media committee had its own motivation­s. “You have a vested interest in trying to discredit the Brexit campaign.”

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