Tommy Robinson has not been granted a visa in time to travel to America, where he had been set to meet with Republican politicians.
The English Defence League co-founder was due to travel to Washington this week at the invitation of the Middle East Forum.
But Daniel Pipes, president of the conservative Philadelphia-based organisation, said Robinson had not been granted a visa in time for the meeting.
Tommy Robinson, pictured outside the Old Bailey in October, was due to travel to Washington this week at the invitation of the Middle East Forum - but he has reportedly been denied a visa
Mr Pipes said Robinson recently applied for a visa at the US Embassy in London but realised it 'will take a while' for him to be allowed into the country.
But Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, categorically denied his visa application had been rejected.
He told the Press Association reports about it were 'fake news' and hung up the phone without answering further questions.
Robinson is currently barred from the US after attempting to enter the country using a friend's passport in 2012, having been blocked from travelling under standard arrangements because of 'multiple criminal convictions, including several for violent conduct and assault as well as mortgage fraud'.
He gained a high profile in the US after right-wing websites took up his cause when he was jailed for 13 months for contempt of court.
The sentence was later quashed and the case has been referred to the Attorney General.
On Sunday The Middle East Forum wrote on its website that Robinson will speak at the event via video link, but did not say whether this was due to his visa not being approved.
Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, categorically denied his visa application had been rejected. He is pictured here outside Westminster Abbey earlier this month
The US Embassy in London said it could not comment on individual visa application due to privacy.
Travellers with criminal convictions applying to enter the US have to go through an adjudication process and could have their visa denied.
Robinson's planned tour of the US sparked more than 50 cross-party MPs to write to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, urging him not to permit Robinson to enter America for a fundraising tour.
The MPs asked Mr Pompeo to issue an assurance the US will not grant a waiver to allow Mr Robinson to accept invitations to speak in Washington DC on November 14.
Q&A: What did Tommy Robinson do wrong and why was he freed?
The far-Right activist twice tried to film Asian defendants in sensitive sex cases, while the trials were under way – in Canterbury in May last year, and in Leeds in May this year. Both judges said this was contempt of court as it could prevent a fair trial.
What is contempt of court?
Contempt, defined by a complicated series of laws, is activity that undermines a fair trial or defies the orders of a judge. It can bring a two-year jail term.
What was his punishment?
In Leeds, Judge Geoffrey Marson QC ruled that Robinson’s contempt was serious and committed him to prison for 15 months. He reduced that to ten months because Robinson admitted contempt, but added the three-month suspended term imposed by Judge Heather Norton in Canterbury.
Robinson, pictured outside London's Old Bailey last month
Why did Judge Marson get it wrong?
The appeal judges said the judge in Leeds got one thing right – he persuaded Robinson to take his film down from Facebook. But after that things went wrong. Judge Marson acted too hastily, they said. Robinson was given no chance to admit or deny contempt. His punishment was handed down within five hours of the contempt of which he was accused. The judge showed ‘some muddle’.
What about Judge Norton?
Judge Norton made a mistake in referring to contempt as a criminal offence – as did Judge Marson.
Was his punishment too harsh?
Judge Marson’s erroneous ruling – saying that contempt was a criminal offence – had serious consequences for Robinson in prison. Wrongly classed as a convicted criminal, he lost a series of jail privileges including the right to doctors’ visits, to wear his own clothes and to have unrestricted visits.
What happens now?
The appeal judges said the finding of contempt in Leeds must be quashed, and the jail orders dropped. Robinson’s lawyers said contempt charges against him should be abandoned, but the appeal judges said Robinson might have been given a longer jail term than he received, and it was in the public interest for the charges to be properly heard.
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Main photo article Tommy Robinson has not been granted a visa in time to travel to America, where he had been set to meet with Republican politicians.
The English Defence League co-founder was due to travel to Washington this week at the invitation of the Middle East Forum.
But Daniel Pipes, president of the c...
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