Family, friends and an attorney for the brothers gathered on Wednesday in front of a courthouse in Los Angeles to ask for their release, arguing that the boys endured horrific sexual abuse at the hands of their father and are not a threat to society.
In the Conservative debate calling for an independent probe, Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies said: “There is no rule breaking, but the perception of such substantial monies coming into a campaign to lead the country of Wales as first minister has caused considerable public disquiet, as well as considerable political disquiet amongst the Labour Party and other political parties.”He said the £200,000 could "reasonably be seen as securing influence".
Plaid Cymru focused on introducing a cap on the size of donations.Rhun ap Iorwerth, Plaid Cymru leader, said: “This episode reflects terribly, I’m afraid, on the first minister himself and his judgement.“But we can take a stand here today to defend the integrity of our democracy as a whole.”
Hefin David, Labour MS for Caerphilly who supported Mr Gething in the leadership campaign, played the issue down.He was heckled when he told the Senedd the "more you dig" on the donations, "the less you find".
“All of the evidence that we've talked about has been addressed. What are we now trying to investigate?"
“Andrew RT Davies says in the Western Mail article that he wants to move on.over whether the money to pay Mauritius for leasing back the military base would come out of the increase in defence spending announced on Tuesday.
Pressed over the issue by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch during Prime Minister's Questions, Sir Keir refused to say directly whether this would be the case.He told the Commons the hike in defence spending was "for our capability on defence and security in Europe".
The PM added that the Chagos deal was "extremely important for our security" and the details and cost would be put before MPs when finalised.The UK government has never confirmed the estimated cost of payments under the deal, but there have been reports of a figure ranging from £9bn to £18bn.