Brexit officials ask Cambridge Analytica ex-CEO Alexander Nix to appear before lawmakers

Brexit officials ask Cambridge Analytica ex-CEO Alexander Nix to appear before lawmakers

The committee said it had asked former CEO Alexander Nix to appear in parliament on Wednesday, 6 June.

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Brexit officials ask Cambridge Analytica ex-CEO Alexander Nix to appear before lawmakers

A British parliamentary committee said on Thursday it had summoned the former chief executive of Cambridge Analytica and a director of the official Brexit campaign group to appear before lawmakers.

CEO of Cambridge Analytica, Alexander Nix. Reuters

The media committee has launched a fake news investigation but its inquiry has broadened to examine the role of Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy, and Facebook in the Brexit vote and in the election of US President Donald Trump.

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The committee said it had asked former CEO Alexander Nix to appear in parliament on Wednesday, 6 June. It has asked Dominic Cummings, a former director of Vote Leave, to appear on Tuesday, 22 May.

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