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Police probe possible illegal foreign donation to Jenrick

7/17/2026

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Police are examining five warnings that £37,500 of a £100,000 donation to Robert Jenrick’s 2024 Tory leadership campaign may be foreign.
Metropolitan Police opened a probe for a possible breach of UK electoral law after the Electoral Commission referred the case on 6 January 2026.
Jenrick denied any violation, saying he cooperated with the Electoral Commission, and that he never met U.S. businessman Gary Klopfenstein despite donor Phillip Ullmann’s claim.

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Police are examining five warnings that £37,500 of a £100,000 donation to Robert Jenrick’s 2024 Tory leadership campaign may be foreign.
Metropolitan Police opened a probe for a possible breach of UK electoral law after the Electoral Commission referred the case on 6 January 2026.
Jenrick denied any violation, saying he cooperated with the Electoral Commission, and that he never met U.S. businessman Gary Klopfenstein despite donor Phillip Ullmann’s claim.