Decrying 'witch hunt' against Brexit-backers, Banks shuns MPs

Arron Banks, the founder of Brexit campaign group Leave.EU, pulled out of a hearing with a parliamentary committee, saying on Friday it had been conducting a witch hunt of those who want Britain to leave the European Union.Banks and Leave.EU communications chief Andy Wigmore had agreed to appear before it on June 12.The MPs have questioned senior figures from Facebook and Cambridge Analytica as part of its investigation into "fake news" after the data of millions of Facebook users was improperly