Revealed:
the dirty secrets of the DUP’s
‘dark money’ Brexit donor.
by PETER GEOGHEGAN
openDemocracyUK, 5 January 2019
MPs have called upon Richard Cook, the man behind a secretive group that channelled £435,000 to the DUP’s Brexit campaign, to “emerge from the shadows and explain where this money came from”.
Their calls come as openDemocracy today reveals disturbing new details about Mr Cook's business dealings across the globe. Our investigation has uncovered an international trail of regulatory concern, legal action and debt linked to Cook that stretches from an Indian port to a California courtroom.
Cook has so far refused to reveal the source of the controversial £435,000 donation to the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which bankrolled lavish pro-Leave campaigning in the final weeks before the EU referendum. However, amid escalating questions around his business career, cross-party MPs are now demanding that Cook appears before parliament to explain the source of the money.
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