Sanders claims lead as Iowa White House vote turns to fiasco

The campaign team of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders claims the far-left senator took the lead in the Iowa caucuses, citing internal results after the official ones were delayed.

Iowa's vote kick-starting the 2020 US presidential contest degenerated into a fiasco marred by major delays on Monday, with Bernie Sanders claiming a slim lead in the Democratic caucus citing partial unofficial results.

Figures released by the leftist senator's campaign, five hours after the caucuses opened across Iowa, showed Pete Buttigieg in second spot, a strong showing for the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana who was a national unknown just one year ago.