Anger as Trump lawyer says Antifa leader was first Capitol rioter arrested and first to be let go...

Donald Trump’s lawyers sparked anger when they claimed that an Antifa leader was the first person arrested and released at the Capitol riot.

The ex-president’s defense team claimed that it was a “preposterous and monstrous lie” to say Mr Trump had incited the 6 January violence that left five people dead.

Instead, they claimed that the attack in Washington DC could be blamed on extremists, including “a leader of Antifa.”

“Tragically, as we know now, on 6 January a small group who came to engage in violent and menacing behavior hijacked the event for their own purposes,” said Michael T van Der Veen on Friday.