united states house of representatives. reporter: but an attorney for ashli babbitt s family disputes that. he did not respond to our request for a comment. but in a previous statement, said babbitt was not brandishing a weapon, not in close proximity to members of congress, and was not an imminent threat of death or serious injury to anyone. her family points out that she was not armed. that s correct. reporter: the fact that you weren t aware whether she was armed or not, did that alter the decision-making? it did not. reporter: what should we make of the fact that there are other officers in other potentially life-threatening situations who didn t use their service weapons that day? um, i m sure it was a terrifying situation. i can only control my reaction, my training, my level of expertise. that would be upon them to speak for themselves. reporter: former-president trump has has talked about you and this and this incident. he says she was murdered.
so, i guess, her movement, you know, caused the discharge to fall where it did. and what do you think this individual was doing at that moment? she was posing a threat to the united states house of representatives. reporter: but an attorney for ashley babbitt s family disputes that. he did not respond to our request for a comment, but in a previous statement said babbitt was not brandishing a weapon, not in close proximity to members of congress, and was not an imminent threat of death or serious injury to anyone. her family points out that she was not armed. that s correct. the fact that you weren t aware whether you were armed or not, did that alter the decision making? it did not. what should we make of the fact that there were other officers in other potentially life-threatening situations that didn t use their service weapons that day? i m sure it was a terrifying
complied with, and unfortunately, they were not when you fired, what could you see? where were you aiming? you re told to aim for center mass. the subject was sideways, and i could not see her full motion of her hands or anything so i guess her movement, you know, caused the discharge to fall where it did and what did you think this individual was doing at that point? she was posing a threat to the united states house of representatives. but an attorney for ashli babbitt s family disputes that. he did not respond to our request for a comment, but in a previous statement said babbitt was not brandishing a weapon, not in close proximity to members of congress, and was not an imminent threat of death or serious injury to anyone her family points out she was not armed. that s correct. the fact you weren t aware whether
fall where it did. and what did you think this individual was doing at that moment? she was posing a threat to the united states house of representatives. tucker: oh, she was posing a threat. she was 5 2 , she was unarmed, there were armed police and tactical gear standing right next to her on the other side of the door and of course within the chamber where michael byrd was. she was not warned, the tape shows that, she was just executed, but she was a threat. that s what is telling you. you d think the fact again, she was a female who was 5 2 , weighed 125 pounds soaking wet and had no weapon, might have suggested that she wasn t a threat, but according to michael byrd, no, never occurred to him. her family points out that she was not armed. that s correct. the fact you weren t aware whether she was armed or not, did not alter the decision-making? it did not.
and where we did you think this individual was doing at the time? she was posing a threat to the united states house of representatives. but an attorney for ashley babbitt s family disputes. that he did not respond to our request for comment. but in a previous statement said, babbitt was not brandishing the weapon. not in close proximity to members in congress and was not an imminent threat of death or serious injury to anyone. her family points out that she was not armed. with that is correct. the fact that you were not aware of whether she was armed or not, did that alter the decision-making? it did not. what should we make of the fact that there are other officers who are in other potentially life-threatening situations who did discern to not use their weapons today? i am sure that it was a terrifying day. i can only control my own training, my level of expertise, but they can speak for themselves.