Ashli Babbitt's family to receive $5 million in settlement with Trump administration: Sources [View all]
Source: abc news
Babbitt was killed during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
By Katherine Faulders and Alexander Mallin May 19, 2025, 1:47 PM
The Trump administration is set to pay out nearly $5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of Ashli Babbitt, a rioter fatally shot during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News on Monday.
The settlement will resolve a $30 million suit brought by Babbitt's estate and the conservative group Judicial Watch alleging the Capitol Police officer who shot her as she attempted to breach a broken window of the House speaker's lobby was negligent in his duties.
The Washington Post first reported news on the settlement amount.
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The Justice Department in April 2021 announced it had cleared U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd of any criminal wrongdoing in the shooting, after an investigation revealed no evidence he "did not reasonably believe that it was necessary to do so in self-defense or in defense of the Members of Congress and others evacuating the House Chamber."
A separate investigation by the U.S. Capitol Police further found Byrd's actions were "lawful and within Department policy" and that he would not face internal discipline..........................
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-pay-5-million-settle-lawsuit-ashli/story?id=121959389
Well, gee, guess it is ok to break into a CLOSED Federal building {closed then because of the covid pandemic], break through barricades and windows and doors etc etc.
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Ashli Babbitt’s death caught in competing narratives one year after Jan. 6ABC News' Linsey Davis reports on the varying narratives surrounding the Jan. 6 insurrection and the death of Ashli Babbitt, a patriot to some and a domestic terrorist to others.
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