US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez convinced the public of how terrible her firsthand experience of the Capitol building riots was until it was revealed she lied and was never there, according to Sky News host Rowan Dean.

Ms Ocasio-Cortez convinced the public in a teary display of how she felt threatened with rioters trying to burst into her office, but it has since been pointed out that her office is not in the Capitol building.

The congresswoman’s office is next door in the Cannon House Office Building – which was not under siege - and where she was on the day the riots took place in another colleague’s office.

Mr Dean said the congresswoman has been “caught out telling outright fibs”.

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