Tucker Carlson said Putin was asking 'fair questions' about Ashli Babbitt's killing at the Capitol riot

Tucker Carlson talking about Russian President Vladimir Putin on Fox News.

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• Putin brought up Ashli Babbitt at a recent interview and asked if her death was an ordered "assassination."
• Tucker Carlson said the Russian leader was raising "fair questions."
• He said normally "we would never play tape of a foreign adversary criticizing our government."
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Fox News host Tucker Carlson has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin raised "fair questions" about the death of a woman killed by a police officer at the Capitol riot.

In an interview with NBC News, broadcast Monday, Putin was asked if he had ordered the assassination of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who survived a nerve-agent poisoning last year. Navalny has accused Putin of directly ordering the hit on his life.

Putin responded to the question by bringing up Ashli Babbitt, a Trump supporters who was shot and killed as she tried to enter a chamber.

"Did you order the assassination of the woman who walked into the Congress and was shot and killed by a policeman?" the Russian leader said.

"Do you know that 450 individuals were arrested after entering the Congress? And they didn't go there to steal a laptop. They came with political demands. 450 people."

Carlson played that clip at his Tuesday show, and said: "Now, under normal circumstances, we would never play tape of a foreign adversary criticizing our government. But honestly those are fair questions."

"Who did shoot Ashli Babbitt and why don't we know?" Carlson continued. "Are anonymous federal agents now allowed to kill unarmed women who protest the regime? That's okay now? No, it's not okay."

The 521 protesters charged in connection with the attack on the Capitol have been accused of offenses including assaulting police officers, and unlawful entry to the Capitol. They have not been prosecuted for their political views, the expression of which is protected under the First Amendment.

Russia's foreign minister previously said Capitol rioters were being "persecuted."

Putin and President Joe Biden are set to meet later Wednesday.

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