Donald Trump says some of Capitol rioters posed 'zero threat'

Former president says rioters shouldn't have done it' but they are now being persecuted'

Donald Trump has defended some of his supporters who rioted at the US Capitol on 6 January, saying they posed zero threat" to the lawmakers who had assembled there to certify the electoral college vote that confirmed Joe Biden's election victory.

Trump complained to Fox News's Laura Ingraham that law enforcement was persecuting" the Capitol rioters, while nothing happens" to leftwing protesters. Five people, including a police officer, died in the riot.