The Donald Trump allies who played key roles in the rally that ignited the Capitol riot

Members of US President Donald Trump’s failed presidential campaign played key roles in orchestrating the Washington rally that spawned a deadly assault on the US Capitol, according to an Associated Press review of records.

The news agency said it had revealed undercutting claims that the event was the brainchild of the President’s grassroots supporters.

A pro-Trump non-profit group called Women for America First hosted the ‘Save America Rally’ on January 6 local time at the Ellipse, an oval-shaped, federally owned patch of land near the White House.

But an attachment to the National Park Service public gathering permit granted to the group lists more than half…