A Nigel Farage-inspired bid to persuade Donald Trump to veto Sir Keir Starmer’s controversial Chagos Islands deal can be revealed.
The Independent has seen legal advice on Sir Keir’s controversial deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius sent to Mr Trump that was requested after the Reform UK leader raised the issue directly with the former president’s team.
The legal advice was drawn up by an official working for the Tory Brexiteer European Research Group aided by pro-Brexit lawyer Martin Howe KC.
Mr Farage – who has denounced the Chagos deal as a sell-out – says he was not directly involved in the legal advice but his links with Mr Trump are believed to have played a vital part in the initiative. His aim and that of his allies is to persuade Mr Trump to block the deal if he becomes president again.
While it is claimed the advice was “put into the former president’s hands” the Trump campaign has not confirmed he has seen the document. The revelation comes after Mr Trump accused Labour of “election interference” for sending activists to support Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign.
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