DOJ reaches agreement in principle to settle lawsuit brought by family of Ashli Babbitt

[groundloop]

Source: ABC News

The Department of Justice has reached an agreement in principle to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of Ashli Babbitt, a pro-Trump rioter who was shot by a U.S. Capitol Police officer during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

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Byrd was cleared of any wrongdoing following an internal investigation into the actions leading up to his shooting of Babbitt as she tried to climb through a broken window that led to the House Speaker's Lobby, where several lawmakers and their staff were sheltering from rioters.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed his solidarity with Babbitt's family and called for "justice" for what he has said was her "murder" at Byrd's hands -- in line with his broader vocal support for the pro-Trump rioters who attacked the Capitol to overturn his 2020 election loss.

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"I'm a big fan of Ashli Babbitt, OK, and Ashli Babbitt was a really good person who was a big MAGA fan, Trump fan, and she was innocently standing there -- they even say trying to sort of hold back the crowd," Trump said. "And a man did something unthinkable to her when he shot her, and I think it's a disgrace. I'm going to look into that. I did not know that."

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/doj-reaches-agreement-principle-settle-lawsuit-brought-family/story?id=121409667

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[jls4561]

1. Trump lied. She died.

Her family sued the wrong defendant.

[William Seger]

2. "a really good person" is DEAD because she believed YOUR lies, psychopath!

[2naSalit]

3. Screw that!

She was committing a crime and was stopped while in the act. If anything, her estate should be paying a fine.

[SheltieLover]

5. Absolutely!

[maxsolomon]

4. She broke through the barrier during a riot in the Capital while being warned.

ITS ON FILM.

Now her family gets a pay out.

[John1956PA]

6. The Trump-controlled DOJ is doing Trump's bidding.

He wants to rewrite history to portray the insurrectionists/rioters as heroes.

[timms139]

7. Give them

Trump's bitcoin profits as he was the soul cause of what happened.

[Marcuse]

8. DOJ: She was only following orders.

[Bayard]

9. "she was innocently standing there "

Was he watching different video than we did? Taxpayers should not be paying for stupid people that died because they FAFO.

[SunSeeker]

10. This is an illegal gift of taxpayer funds. There is no legal or factual basis for a payout.

[Lulu KC]

11. "I did not know that."

What???

[EarthFirst]

12. Send the family a single page; two word settlement offer:

“FOUND OUT.”

[BurnDoubt]

13. DOJ is a "Bent Cop".

[BurnDoubt]

14. Name an Aircraft Carrier after her?