Ashli Babbitt’s Estate, DOJ Move to Settle $30M Wrongful Death Lawsuit
The Department of Justice has reached a preliminary settlement with the family of Ashli Babbitt, an Air Force veteran and Trump supporter who was shot and killed by a Capitol Police officer at the January 6, 2021 riot.
Lawyers from Trump’s DOJ and Babbitt’s estate informed a DC federal judge Friday that an agreement has been reached in principle in the $30 million wrongful death lawsuit filed in 2024.
Robert Sticht, the Babbitt family lawyer, said a formal settlement agreement is expected to be signed within the next three weeks, according to ABC News.
The US Capitol Police Lieutenant Michael Byrd shot an unarmed Babbitt, 35, as she attempted to climb through a broken window of a barricaded door within the Capitol Building during the riot on Jan. 6.
Babbitt was attempting, with hundreds of other Trump supporters, to enter the Speaker’s Lobby of the Capitol Building as some members of Congress were being evacuated and others were sheltering in place due to the overwhelming riot. (Read more from “Ashli Babbitt’s Estate, DOJ Move to Settle $30M Wrongful Death Lawsuit” HERE)
