On Friday, news broke that a settlement in principle was reached in the Ashli Babbitt wrongful death lawsuit brought against the US government by the Babbitt family.
Judicial Watch brought forth this lawsuit and has represented the family for years.
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.
As the third anniversary of Jan. 6 approaches, Judicial Watch has filed a $30 million wrongful death suit against the federal government for the Capitol Police shooting of Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt.
The Washington Examiner reports that the suit was filed on behalf of Babbitt’s estate and her husband, Aaron Babbitt, and claims the officer who shot Babbitt was “incompetent” and “dangerous” and should have recognized Babbitt posed no threat to Congress when she entered the House speaker’s lobby.
Kyle Cheney from Politico posted the news on X this Friday afternoon.
👀 A former attorney for the family of Ashli Babbitt, shot and killed by a Capitol Police officer while climbing through a window near the House chamber on Jan. 6, says a national journalist informed him yesterday a financial settlement has been reached. https://t.co/8pEgmubdEt pic.twitter.com/pWRqjIYQUs
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) May 2, 2025
Update: The radical leftist judge on the case, Ana Reyes, is SCREAMING at both sides in the courtroom. Insane!
Another tirade. This is why federal court proceedings should be recorded and published online–just like appellate courts and SCOTUS. Reyes needs a rubber room.
She is screaming at Babbitt lawyer over a temp restraining order (now denied) filed by a former lawyer on the case who…
— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) May 2, 2025
