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Getting Rich From Waste, Fraud And Abuse -- Digby
https://digbysblog.net/2025/05/19/getting-rich-from-waste-fraud-and-abuse/
Can you believe it?
Trump has turned Babbit into a martyr for the Big Lie so, of course, his DOJ is settling the case for millions. On March 25, Trump said in an interview with the conservative Newsmax cable outlet that he was considering whether to establish a compensation fund for pardoned rioters. Crickets since then.
MAGA would love him even more if he would write his own checks but he’ll never do that zand Elon could kick in as well but what’s in it for him? The taxpayers have to pay for this mockery of justice.
President Donald Trump’s administration is set to pay nearly $5 million to the family of Ashli Babbitt to settle a lawsuit brought by the estate of the Trump supporter who was fatally shot by police when she tried to storm the House Speaker’s Lobby during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Babbitt’s family filed the wrongful death lawsuit in early 2024, seeking $30 million. Lawyers for both sides told a judge this month that they had reached a settlement in principle, reversing the Justice Department’s earlier opposition in the case, which had been set for trial in July 2026.
Babbitt’s family filed the wrongful death lawsuit in early 2024, seeking $30 million. Lawyers for both sides told a judge this month that they had reached a settlement in principle, reversing the Justice Department’s earlier opposition in the case, which had been set for trial in July 2026.
Trump has turned Babbit into a martyr for the Big Lie so, of course, his DOJ is settling the case for millions. On March 25, Trump said in an interview with the conservative Newsmax cable outlet that he was considering whether to establish a compensation fund for pardoned rioters. Crickets since then.
MAGA would love him even more if he would write his own checks but he’ll never do that zand Elon could kick in as well but what’s in it for him? The taxpayers have to pay for this mockery of justice.