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May 05, 2025

Trump Admin, Ashli Babbitt’s Family Reach Settlement

This driver's license photo from the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA), provided to AP by the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office, shows Ashli Babbitt. Babbitt was fatally shot by an employee of the Capitol Police inside the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, while the rioters were moving toward the House chamber. (Maryland MVA/Courtesy of the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office via AP)

From Newsmax:

The Trump administration has reached a “settlement in principle” with the family of Ashli Babbitt, the Jan. 6 protester who was shot and killed by police inside the Capitol, according to Politico.

WUSA9 reported that the settlement resolves a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch on behalf of Babbitt’s husband, Aaron Babbitt, in January 2024 under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

The settlement’s terms are not yet public, and the Justice Department and lawyers for the Babbitt family say they have not signed anything, according to Politico senior legal affairs reporter Kyle Cheney.