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Ohioboy

(3,239 posts)
Tue Oct 12, 2021, 01:20 PM Oct 2021

I hear Trump wants a full investigation into Ashli Babbitt's death

Great, we can start by getting to the bottom of everything that happened that day, including Trump's communications. Enforce all subpoenas! We need to know everything that led up to her death.

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I hear Trump wants a full investigation into Ashli Babbitt's death (Original Post) Ohioboy Oct 2021 OP
Maybe they can prove to Pence that they really were trying to kill him. Baitball Blogger Oct 2021 #1
I think he knows. louis-t Oct 2021 #18
Not to mention, a previous full investigation showed... dchill Oct 2021 #2
Someone needs to call Trump's bluff Ohioboy Oct 2021 #7
When has that stopped Republicans? UnderThisLaw Oct 2021 #14
It may be time to audit the Benghazi probe(s). dchill Oct 2021 #26
Good idea! They can start by having the TFG give a depostion about how he invited .... Botany Oct 2021 #3
The big question what Drove Her There bottomofthehill Oct 2021 #4
He'll keep calling for an investigation Diamond_Dog Oct 2021 #5
He sent her in there to die. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #6
Sure thing Lard Butt. Here you go: 11 Bravo Oct 2021 #8
Maybe to confuse them all we should just change the name of the Jan 6 committee... Ohioboy Oct 2021 #10
She should have complied JustAnotherGen Oct 2021 #9
He's so stupid Ohioboy Oct 2021 #12
Yes he is JustAnotherGen Oct 2021 #17
Why are we listening to him and why does he have a mouthpiece? LeftInTX Oct 2021 #11
Two Thoughts ProfessorGAC Oct 2021 #13
The point is Trump doesn't really want what he's asking for Ohioboy Oct 2021 #15
The investigation has been done and dusted Bev54 Oct 2021 #16
Let him pay for one. louis-t Oct 2021 #19
Include how right wing radio, television, and social media influenced so many to be there... Caliman73 Oct 2021 #20
Trump had 14 days left to order an investigation. Omnipresent Oct 2021 #21
All anyone has to do is look at the video millions of us have seen already. brush Oct 2021 #22
Hey Don, here's the short version: Fucked Around, Found Out hatrack Oct 2021 #23
Start with the arrest of whoever was in charge gratuitous Oct 2021 #24
I'm thinking that the rest of the insurrectionists were quite lucky that they were not stopped cold hadEnuf Oct 2021 #25
Nobody cares MFM008 Oct 2021 #27
Yes, and WE would like a full investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's death FakeNoose Oct 2021 #28
She was killed trying to overthrow the U.S. government and it's elections; end of investigation traitorsgalore Oct 2021 #29

louis-t

(23,273 posts)
18. I think he knows.
Tue Oct 12, 2021, 02:14 PM
Oct 2021

Remember, he wouldn't get into a limo because he thought they would try to kill him.

Ohioboy

(3,239 posts)
7. Someone needs to call Trump's bluff
Tue Oct 12, 2021, 01:31 PM
Oct 2021

They could present it to him in his own "Trump speak" where they refer to him as "sir" all the time.

I imagine it going like this:

"Sir...sir you were right. Sir...we need to investigate Ashli Babbitt's death. Sir...we need to put you under oath now."

Botany

(70,447 posts)
3. Good idea! They can start by having the TFG give a depostion about how he invited ....
Tue Oct 12, 2021, 01:25 PM
Oct 2021

.... people like Babbitt to D.C. and then sent her to the US Capitol to kill Speaker Pelosi.

"A deposition is a witness's sworn out-of-court testimony. It is used to gather information as part of the discovery process and, in limited circumstances, may be used at trial."

bottomofthehill

(8,318 posts)
4. The big question what Drove Her There
Tue Oct 12, 2021, 01:26 PM
Oct 2021

The answer, Trump.

As far as the shooting, it has been investigated by the USCP, the Metropolitan Police Department, the Department of Justice. Unfortunately, Lt Byrd had to discharge his weapon to protect Members of Congress, Congressional Staff, members of the press, his fellow officers. It is sad that it reached that point but she was following the directions of the cult leader.

Diamond_Dog

(31,919 posts)
5. He'll keep calling for an investigation
Tue Oct 12, 2021, 01:27 PM
Oct 2021

Until he gets the “right” results

Just like endless vote recounts.

11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)
8. Sure thing Lard Butt. Here you go:
Tue Oct 12, 2021, 01:32 PM
Oct 2021

She was part of a violent mob attempting to storm the US Capitol building with the expressly stated intent to overturn a free and fair Presidential election, and to do physical harm to specific Senators and Representatives. They fucking said as much ... and we have it on TAPE!
Upon trying to illegally enter the Capitol through a window shattered by her co-belligerents, a Capitol police officer justifiably shot her ignorant and treasonous ass.
Natural selection ensued, and therefor, the seditious twit will not be diluting the gene pool.
Got it?

Ohioboy

(3,239 posts)
10. Maybe to confuse them all we should just change the name of the Jan 6 committee...
Tue Oct 12, 2021, 01:38 PM
Oct 2021

We can change it to the investigation into why Ashli Babbitt died.

I am so sick of Trump and his idiotic supporters.

Ohioboy

(3,239 posts)
12. He's so stupid
Tue Oct 12, 2021, 01:41 PM
Oct 2021

The investigation into Jan 6, that he and his republicans don't want, is actually also an investigation into why she died.

JustAnotherGen

(31,781 posts)
17. Yes he is
Tue Oct 12, 2021, 02:01 PM
Oct 2021

Unfortunately he was allowed to fail up his entire life - and that's why he says stupid things like this.

LeftInTX

(25,141 posts)
11. Why are we listening to him and why does he have a mouthpiece?
Tue Oct 12, 2021, 01:41 PM
Oct 2021

You're not not in power Trump.

Go back to your basement or gold toilet where you belong.

ProfessorGAC

(64,861 posts)
13. Two Thoughts
Tue Oct 12, 2021, 01:42 PM
Oct 2021

First, who cares what a guy that got creamed, despite the advantages of incumbency, thinks?
Second, ok with an investigation. The facts are clear. She was part of a violent mob, committing criminal acts, trying to break into the chamber, ignored multiple warnings, & got iced. Should take 3 hours. Case closed!

Ohioboy

(3,239 posts)
15. The point is Trump doesn't really want what he's asking for
Tue Oct 12, 2021, 01:48 PM
Oct 2021

But, I think we should give it to him anyway. We can start right where the existing committee looking into Jan 6 has started.

Bev54

(10,039 posts)
16. The investigation has been done and dusted
Tue Oct 12, 2021, 02:01 PM
Oct 2021

The cop that fired the gun was found it was a lawful shooting.

Caliman73

(11,726 posts)
20. Include how right wing radio, television, and social media influenced so many to be there...
Tue Oct 12, 2021, 02:30 PM
Oct 2021

I agree, full on investigation.

Trump is an idiot and only wants the moments leading up to her death to be examined so that they can blame the Black cop for killing a White woman.

The reality is that Ashli Babbitt was put into that situation by a coordinated disinformation ecosystem, with leadership from the very top of the right wing movement in the United States at the time, Donald Trump. While she bears ultimate responsibility for her choices leading up to that day, you CANNOT in good faith, discount all of the misinformation that permeates media these days, and that comes directly from right wing propaganda like Savage, Jones, Fox News, OANN, etc...

We all need to know what exactly lead to her death. We already know she died because she was trying to breach the capitol with a bunch of other insurrectionists. We need to know HOW she became an insurrectionist. Somehow, I doubt Trump actually wants that part to be investigated.

Omnipresent

(5,697 posts)
21. Trump had 14 days left to order an investigation.
Tue Oct 12, 2021, 02:50 PM
Oct 2021

..before leaving office. I guess he wants to grift money in a phony investigation for himself, by using Ashli Babbitt’s name.

I hope her family is ok with that.

brush

(53,743 posts)
22. All anyone has to do is look at the video millions of us have seen already.
Tue Oct 12, 2021, 02:55 PM
Oct 2021

She invaded the Capitol with hundreds of others, try to climb through a smashed window adjacent to the locked entrance to the Speaker's lobby to let in the mob she was with which was trying to capture the Speaker and other legislators.

She was shot. She was an insurrectionist. She was shot. She died participating in an attempted coup.

End of story.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
24. Start with the arrest of whoever was in charge
Tue Oct 12, 2021, 03:53 PM
Oct 2021

Anybody know who was president on January 6? That person should be arrested toot fuckin' sweet.

hadEnuf

(2,177 posts)
25. I'm thinking that the rest of the insurrectionists were quite lucky that they were not stopped cold
Tue Oct 12, 2021, 04:12 PM
Oct 2021

by a hail of gunfire when they set foot on the Capitol steps.

The Capitol police showed great restraint.

FakeNoose

(32,596 posts)
28. Yes, and WE would like a full investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's death
Tue Oct 12, 2021, 05:05 PM
Oct 2021

Are WE ever going to see one?

tick-tock, tick-tock!



traitorsgalore

(1,395 posts)
29. She was killed trying to overthrow the U.S. government and it's elections; end of investigation
Tue Oct 12, 2021, 07:09 PM
Oct 2021

Trump should be jailed for it too.

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