A prominent Jeremy Corbyn-supporting lawyer has confirmed he has withdrawn from sponsoring the Labour Against The Witch Hunt group after being "alerted to material being promulgated by the campaign".
Barrister Michael Mansfield - who defended Ken Livingstone against claims of antisemitism last year - was revealed to be a sponsor of the group in The Left’s Jewish Problem, a book by the Community Security Trust's Dave Rich, which explores the widening gulf between sections of the Jewish community and the Left.
LAWH says it defends supporters of Mr Corbyn who have been “expelled or suspended on bogus charges of antisemitism”.
But Mr Mansfield is believed to have ended his association with LAWH after he was shown inflammatory social media posts by people connected the group that used the term "Zio" and called Jewish Labour MPs "racist scum".