Can you believe it? A portrait of Ashli Babbitt is hanging on a fence on the first anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. The whole thing is just wild, right? I mean, who would’ve thought we’d be here a year later talking about this? But hey, life is full of surprises, I guess. The photo was taken by Tom Brenner from Reuters, so you know it’s legit.
So get this, the family of Ashli Babbitt, that woman from San Diego who got shot and killed during the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol breach, just settled their wrongful death lawsuit with the federal government for nearly $5 million. Yup, you heard me right. $5 million! That’s a whole lot of cash, if you ask me. The lawsuit was brought by Babbitt’s family and that conservative group called Judicial Watch. They were asking for a whopping $30 million, claiming that the 35-year-old Air Force veteran was “ambushed” by the U.S. Capitol Police officer who shot her without giving any warnings or commands. Crazy stuff, right?
Now, here’s where it gets interesting. Court filings show that a settlement was reached, but they don’t mention the actual amount. Apparently, some unnamed sources spilled the beans to the media, but who really knows if that’s true? The whole situation is just full of drama and mystery. Babbitt was trying to climb through a broken window when she got shot by Lt. Michael Byrd. The Department of Justice decided not to press criminal charges against him, and the U.S. Capitol police said he wouldn’t face any internal discipline. And to top it all off, Byrd said he had to pull the trigger as a “last resort” in an interview with NBC News. Not really sure why this matters, but hey, it’s all part of the story, right?
In the end, Trump wasn’t too happy about Byrd being cleared of any wrongdoing. He even called it a “disgrace.” He claimed to be a big fan of Ashli Babbitt, saying she was just innocently standing there when she got shot. And get this, he even said he was going to look into the lawsuit that was supposed to go to trial next year. The drama just never ends in this crazy world we live in. But hey, that’s life for you. Just when you think things can’t get any more bizarre, something like this comes along. And that, my friends, is the story of Ashli Babbitt and the U.S. Capitol breach. Just another day in the life of America, right?
