WASHINGTON - Former President Donald Trump on Thursday defended some of his supporters who rioted at the U.S.
Capitol in an attack that led to five deaths, claiming they posed "zero threat" to the lawmakers."It was zero threat, right from the start, it was zero threat," he told FOX News Channel’s Laura Ingraham.Congress had assembled on Jan.
6 in a special joint session to certify the Electoral College vote that confirmed Joe Biden's victory in the presidential race.
At least five people, including a Capitol Police officer, died as a result of the violence at the Capitol by the mob of Trump supporters.