Investigative reporter Paul Bedard reported on Monday that the Trump Administration is moving to settle the Ashli Babbitt wrongful death lawsuit brought against the US government by the Babbitt family.
Judicial Watch brought forth this lawsuit.
The US District Court of the District of Columbia released a statement earlier today.
The Gateway Pundit has extensively covered this lawsuit since it was filed in January 2024.
The lawsuit extensively details the history of incompetence and multiple revocations of firearm privileges for previous dangerous incidents involving Officer Michael Byrd, the Capitol Police officer who murdered Babbitt in cold blood.
This includes a failure “to meet or complete semiannual firearms qualification requirements,” leaving a “loaded Glock 22 – the same firearm he used to shoot and kill Ashli Babbitt – in a bathroom in the Capitol Visitor Center,” and a shooting into a moving vehicle, stolen by teenagers, where the off-duty cop reportedly struck homes nearby with his bullets.
“Lt. Byrd had a reputation among peers for not being a good shot,” the lawsuit alleges.
Judicial Watch Files $30 Million Wrongful Death Suit Over Jan. 6 Protester Ashli Babbitt’s Death
“Lt. Byrd later confessed that he shot Ashli before seeing her hands or assessing her intentions or even identifying her as female. Ashli was unarmed. Her hands were up in the air, empty, and in plain view of Lt. Byrd and other officers in the lobby,” the filing also states.
Previously, Judicial Watch received a memo on the January 6 shooting “recommending ‘that the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia decline for criminal prosecution the fatal shooting of Ashli McEntee [Babbitt],’ also noting that the shooter, U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd, ‘did not create a police report or documents’ related to the shooting of Babbitt,’” the watchdog reported. Micki Whitthoeft commented in our exclusive interview on the lack of oversight within the Capitol Police Department and their tendency to “choose not to” report incidents.
“It’s like asking the dog who got in the trash. He’s always gonna say the cat did it.” Whitthoft further told us of an incident in the Canon Congressional Office Building, where she had to wake up the sleeping officer so that she and others could enter through the metal detectors and TSA-style bag check.
Today, years after Ashli was gunned down in the US Capitol, the Trump administration signaled that they will resolve this case for the family.
Justice signals settlement in $30M Ashli Babbitt ‘wrongful death’ suit brought by @JudicialWatch https://t.co/BOlEu9iRnn via @dcexaminer pic.twitter.com/RAvelg7Kzn
— Paul Bedard (@SecretsBedard) March 3, 2025
The parties have agreed to work in good faith to narrow or resolve the issues in this case.
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