so the lone officer there fired one shot very tragically ending ashli babbitt's life. an internal investigation cleared and officer of any wrongdoing. despite those facts, some republicans have been twisting but story to further their own political motive. like this person who claims she's executed. he also posted this picture of him, some have also followed suit called babbitt's shooting murder, marjorie taylor greene who considered her death to the killing of george floyd. fox news is amplified this message. tucker carlson said she was shot because she had the quote had the wrong politics. the person in charge of portraying ashli babbitt's a martyr is the ex president himself. earlier this year he attacked the officer who shot her, calling him ruthless. and he called ashli babbitt's mother, while she was attending a. >> it's an honor to be with you and with everybody listening. it's a terrible thing that is happened to a lot of people that have been treated very, very unfairly. we love ashley and it's so horrible what happened to her. that man shot ashley is a disgra

i do feel terribly for ashli babbitt's family.w their pain is just as significant as my pain was, but what he said about lieutenant bird, the officer who had to make that terrible decision and making that shot was terrible. he put everybody there that day in a terrible position. i feel he's responsible for ms. babbitt's life being taken, as well as putting lieutenant bird in that terrible position. you know, justice for me will not be clear and, you know, a day where i can celebrate until he's in prison, as well as all of his cohorts who helped january 6th unravel that day. so i'm disgusted by his comments and louis gomer doing what he did for that person who was released from prison. it's a slap in the face for all the law-abiding citizens who would not behave in that manner, an assault on law enforcement and our democracy, the way those people did that day. >> i mean, you know, danny cevallos, good to see you. if i sent a bunch of people into a bank and said go in there and rob that bank, and in the course of committing this arm

the president praising ashli babbitt, the protester who died while trying to break into the house chambered to a lot of people that are being treated very, very unfairly. we love ashley and it was so horrible what happened to her, uh, that that man shot ashley is a disgrace, and then he goes on television and it looked like he was actually bragging about it. >> that was ashli babbitt's mother holding the phone for the president's call. at the same time a house oversight committee wants to review whether or not the trump team turned over all the mar-a-lago documents as his lawyers claimed in an affidavit. joining me now is nbc justice reporter ryan reilly. ryan, bring us up to date. what message was donald trump sending yesterday? >> yeah, so they gather regularly, these protesters, outside of the dc jail there. i think we've seen a number of indications of donald trump's support for a lot of the january 6th protesters, just a little while ago he had the aunt of one of the defendants who actually dressed up as hitler in photos that the government produced and was a very big supporter of ne

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>> i think about the fact that ashli babbitt, who lost her life that day, was a veteran.he air force. but she believed people that she thought she was suosed to trust, who she thought were supposed to tell her the truth, telling her that this country you fought for is now being stolen because somebody stole an election and your vote doesn't count. i mean, that, that's horrible. she would still be alive today if people did not lie to her and inspire her to be there at the capitol. >> i want to quickly bring in kevin mccarthy, the house minority leader. do you condemn this violence? >> i want to be very clear, i condemn any of this activity. this is not anything i support. this is not anything that i would be a part of. this is not who we are! >> kevin mccarthy was desperately trying to get donald trump on the phone. while he was on the phone with him, ashli babbitt was shot. he heard the gunshot. he was furious. he had a screaming, expletive-filled, yelling phone call with donald trump. >> kevin mccarthy says, "you've got to speak out." and trump says, "well, kevin, i gues

earlier today, trump himself called ashli babbitt's mother during a protest that was taking place outside a d. c. jail, a protest that was supporting the capitol rioters. if you remember, babbitt was fatally shot while she was trying to climb through the window during the january 6th riot. and i want to show what trump said. >> it's a terrible thing that has happened to a lot of people that have been treated very very unfairly. i love ashley, and it's so horrible what happened to her. and i just want to tell everyone who's listening, we are with you, we are working with a lot of different people on this. and we cannot let this happen. >> that actually took place yesterday, we're with you, we're working with a lot of people. gland, was he trying to do with this? he's not trying to work with anybody. trump was in office after january six, and he had ample time to pardon people, and those rioters. he did not do it. >> steph, it seems to me that he's always trying to say things that he can then use to raise funds, but another way, grift from his supporters. and you know, every time i hear don

he's actually -- remember what was happening at the time that ashli babbitt was shot, i mean, it's not just the people she was with were creating a danger, they were violently trying to force their way into the capitol, into the areas of the capitol where members of congress were assembled. in the most violent manner imaginable. so that's what trump is -- has decided to get down with and that's where he is. i think it's kind of incredible, but there we are. >> there we are and mr. litt, here's a little more of what we heard from the trump ally, mike lindell. >> i said, this is my life. this is -- businesses rely on this. everything relies on it. i can't even imagine you can just take somebody's phone because they want me to be a witness in the tina peters case. okay, but i'm not a witness, they just want my phone. >> mr. litt, from the legal and intelligence side what do you see as the situation here? >> well, ari, i think you made the most important point, which is that the fbi can't get a search warrant on its own. they have to go to a judge. they have to provide a sworn affidavit wi

ashli babbitt's mother was there. yourself included, called the cop a disgrace. how do you make sure the volume and direct messaging to people who can counter the disinformation and the incitement is on par with and is focused as the messaging and the direct lying communication between trump and the insurrectionists themselves? >> yeah. well, i mean, one of the things -- i saw this in my town hall meetings. be cognizant of the fact that what the president said in philadelphia, you might have complaints about how he said it or where, but the president was right. this is not two political extremes. this is very much the invitation to violence, the performance of violence. i was in the chamber on january 6. then the justification of violence. the ex-president of the united states, donald trump saying, if i am re-elected, i will pardon those who attacked congress. what i get in town hall meetings is, what about portland, people throwing bricks through windows in seattle? we can't learn the discernment that allows us to sa

phone call was probably always misguided and the media's point, david, and if you look at the ashli babbittth insurrection, first person i ever heard say her name in a live television interview was putin. shortly after that tucker carlson picked it up. and trump i think ten days ago did a vigil in support of the jailed insurrectionists and called her a hero and said that the police officer who shot her was a, quote, disgrace. there's just almost a call and answer between putin and trump and the american right. and that seems to be exactly what putin intended. what is the bulwark against that? we have enough of our own problems here. it seems that he's only pouring gasoline on our fires. >> well, i'm not sure if there's anything we can do to mitigate mr. trump's amplifying russian disinformation. but i am encouraged that the biden administration apparently as affirmatively sought to get ahead of this new wave of russian disinformation by sharing information with our allies. and i have to believe working with the management of social media platforms like twitter and facebook and others to put

the only person that died was that poor ashli babbitt and nothing happened to her.'t think these people are fair-minded at all. host: i will have the perspective -- professors respond. >> think you for your candid questions. i disagree with you there were police officers who died during the january 6 attack. not every black lives matter protest involved the destruction of property and i think the president was quite clear last night he condemned violence on both sides. do we get carried away with the rhetoric sometimes? yes, we do. but i think with the president said last night was that we have to get past that. we have to get past saying there are going to be civil war does or riots any the streets if we don't figure out how to least understand what is at stake we will perpetuate where all we do is scream at each other. the comments about maga republicans i think the president was extremely clear at least three times in his remarks to say that he is not in republicans and that bunch. what he is saying is a fundamental principle of american government is that the pe