At his lie-filled Arizona rally, Trump did his best to endanger the life of Capitol Police officer Michael Byrd, who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt while defending the Capitol against a violent mob. All while pushing the conspiracy theory that the FBI was behind the January 6th MAGA sedition riot. Former President Donald Trump called the Capitol Police officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt during the January 6 riot at the US Capitol a "disgrace" and claimed the FBI was behind the insurrection. In the first rally of the year in Florence, Arizona, Trump falsely claimed that Democrats wanted to "protect" the officer exonerated of wrongdoing in Babbitt's killing following an internal investigation. "I watched this guy being interviewed, they wanted to protect him so they wanted to keep him.