Former President Trump claimed on Wednesday that there was “no reason” for a rioter to be shot during the Jan. 6 insurrection on the Capitol.
Trump brought up the rioter, Ashli Babbitt, after he was asked what he had done to to stop the attack on the Capitol and why he couldn’t stop it.
Trump was impeached for inciting a mob to attack the Capitol, though the Senate did not have a supermajority to convict him.
He said left-wing protesters in antifa, a frequent Trump target, were allowed to get away with worse before turning to Babbitt.
Babbitt was shot and killed by an unidentified Capitol Police officer as she and other members of the mob attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6 stood feet from where lawmakers were taking cover in the House chamber.
“But the person that shot Ashli Babbitt, boom, right through the head, just boom, there was no reason for that. And why isn’t that person being opened up, and why isn’t that being studied? They’ve already written it off. They said that case is closed,” Trump said during a press event in Bedminster, N.J., scheduled to discuss class-action lawsuits he is filing against Facebook and Twitter.
In April, the Department of Justice closed its investigation into the death of the rioter and cleared the police officer of wrongdoing.
Trump also said there were no guns in the Capitol.
“There were no guns in the Capitol … except for the gun that shot Ashli Babbitt, and nobody knows who that man was,” Trump said.
The logistical question is was this really a riot?
Probably not.
We’re the protesters let into the Capital, paraded around for photo ops then subsequently arrested and held without a fair trial?
Certainly yes.
If Derek Chauvin committed murder so did that bastard!
There are tunnels all over Washington DC. I have to wonder if there is a tunnel that they could have used to leave the Capitol if they thought they were in danger. If so why didn’t they use them.
No Riot by Babbit , just standing in place, Unarmed at the door !!!!