US EditionAshli Babbitt's family to receive $5 million in settlement with Trump administration: Report
- The Trump administration has reached a settlement of nearly $5 million to resolve a wrongful death claim brought by Ashli Babbitt’s family regarding her fatal shooting during the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot.
- The lawsuit was filed after Babbitt was shot by a Capitol police officer while attempting to pass through a shattered window of a secured door that provided access to the Speaker’s Lobby during the riot.
- The lawsuit claims the plainclothes officer did not issue any warnings or commands before shooting and alleges that the Capitol Police were careless by failing to address the officer’s reportedly dangerous or incompetent behavior, while asserting that Babbitt did not threaten anyone’s safety.
- The U.S. Attorney's office and Capitol Police cleared the officer, concluding he acted in self-defense and to protect members of Congress, and the officer said he fired only as a last resort without knowing if Babbitt was armed.
- The settlement will resolve the original $30 million federal lawsuit filed last year in Washington, D.C., concluding a contentious legal dispute linked to the Jan. 6 attack where thousands stormed the Capitol and over 100 officers were injured.
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Ashli Babbitt's family agrees to major Jan 6 settlement with Trump admin
A new report claims that President Donald Trump’s administration has agreed to pay almost $5 million to the family of Ashli Babbitt, who was killed by a U.S. Capitol police officer during the Capitol Hill protest on January 6, 2021. Two people familiar with the settlement told The Washington Post the Trump administration is expected to pay nearly $5 million to Ashli Babbitt’s estate following a $30 million wrongful-death lawsuit the Babbitt fami…
Donald Trump agrees $5m pay-out for family of rioter shot during January 6 Capitol riot
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In today’s episode of It Must Be Nice To Be White And A Domestic Terrorist In Trump’s America, the Trump administration has agreed to pay nearly $5 million to the family of Ashli Babbitt, the Jan. 6 Capitol rioter who got herself fatally shot by a Capitol police officer while climbing over a barricade she was warned not to breach. Source: Anadolu (Babbitt’s family lawyer argued in 2021 that she was “ambushed” and shot without warning, but the of…
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