Forum for Democracy leader Thierry Baudet says he did not fundraise at the US embassy. He calls that ‘nonsense’ and thinks it is ‘a conspiracy story’. “This is not about donations or anything. I don’t understand the fuss “, he said on NPO Radio 1.
The House of Representatives questions a meeting earlier this month in the American embassy in Wassenaar. There, members of the Forum for Democracy and entrepreneurs were invited to what attendees describe as a fundraising evening for Baudet’s party. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra also spoke.
Various parties ask themselves in response to an article The Green Amsterdammer wonder whether this is not interference in the Dutch elections. They find a fundraising event at the US Embassy undesirable.
Grocery topic
Baudet said on Radio 1 that nothing is wrong. “You just talk to people constantly. When Rutte has an appointment with Merkel, they also talk about things that Merkel finds desirable in the Netherlands? That’s normal, isn’t it?”
On the evening in question, he said it was about the American election campaign. “It was a very fun, informative evening.” He is amazed that “this grocery topic” is causing such a stir. “You are immediately treated as if you were half a criminal.”
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