Leaked minutes of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) show senior figures asking questions about the fundraised independence money two years before the police started their own probe into SNP finances.
Former SNP councillor Chris McEleny said he was targeted after he asked where the money from the indy fundraiser was in 2019 and said party leaders were desperate to shut down discussion about the money, including Sturgeon.
McEleny, who left the SNP for Alex Salmond’s Alba party in 2021, said: “Nicola Sturgeon was at the meeting where I first raised my concerns in 2019.
