LUCY Connolly has said she will meet officials from Donald Trump’s administration on Saturday to discuss free speech after her release from prison for inciting racial hatred. The 42-year-old

Nigel Farage will tell Lucy Connolly’s story to key Donald Trump allies when he gives evidence at a free speech hearing in the US next month. The Reform leader will travel to Washington in early September to testify to members of Congress about threats to freedom of expression in the UK.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is set to take the case of Lucy Connolly, who was jailed for tweeting about setting fire to asylum hotels with migrants inside, to the US Congress next month.

Lucy Connolly's fight for her name after a hate-speech conviction has sparked fears of a silenced Britain and free speech under attack.

The wife of a Tory councillor – who was was jailed for stirring up racial hatred against asylum seekers – was released from prison on Thursday. | ITV News Anglia

Despite Connolly pleading guilty for her vile social media post, some sections of the right-wing press have tried to portray her as some sort of martyr.

Lucy Connolly's husband Raymond has issued a withering message to the Prime Minister after his wife finally won her freedom. On Thursday, Mrs Connolly was released from prison after being jailed for a social media post last year.