Republican says comment Garland should be executed was ‘facetious’

Carl Paladino, a Republican candidate for Congress in New York, recently caused controversy when he praised Adolf Hitler

A Republican candidate for Congress in New York said he was being facetious" when, in the same interview, he said the US attorney general, Merrick Garland, should be executed for authorising the FBI search at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump's Florida home.

The candidate, Carl Paladino, recently caused controversy when he praised Adolf Hitler, as the kind of leader we need today".