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Claims Babbitt, Who Was Killed On J6, Bears Responsibility For Riot

Claims Babbitt, Who Was Killed On J6, Bears Responsibility For Riot

Micki Witthoeft, center, mother of Ashli Babbitt, the woman fatally shot by police inside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, joins protesters outside of the Supreme Court on the second anniversary of the Jan. 6, assault on the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. Witthoeft was arrested in Washington on Friday after refusing to get out of the street during a demonstration on the two-year anniversary, police said. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The legal watchdog group suing the federal government for the “wrongful” death of Jan. 6 protester Ashli Babbitt has charged that the Biden administration is acting “as if” she caused other deaths related to the election riots at the Capitol.

In a new court filing, Washington-based Judicial Watch said that the Justice Department has responded to its $30 million suit by attacking Babbitt, the 35-year-old Air Force veteran killed by a U.S. Capitol Police officer as she entered the House Speaker’s Lobby just feet from the House floor at the height of the riot Jan. 6, 2021.

Read the full story in The Washington Examiner.

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