Eight days after a U.S. Capitol Police officer shot and killed Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt during the Jan. 6, 2021, political riots, the FBI opened a criminal investigation into her actions and even considered adding her to the terrorist watch list.
According to FBI documents received by the legal watchdog Judicial Watch and shared with Secrets, the FBI considered investigating Babbitt for four “potential violations of federal law,” including rioting.
After listing those violations, the FBI report turned to the terrorist watch list.
But in acknowledging her death on Jan. 6 as she tried to enter the House Speaker’s Lobby through a broken window on a swinging door, the FBI said, “Babbitt is deceased and therefore this case is not being nominated” to the terrorist database.
The release of the 62 mostly redacted pages obtained by Judicial Watch under the Freedom of Information Act shows just how far the government planned to take its case against Babbitt.
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