The US District Court of the District of Columbia released a statement on Monday.
Investigative reporter Paul Bedard reported Monday that the Trump administration is moving to settle the wrongful death lawsuit filed by Ashli Babbitt’s family against the U.S. government.
The lawsuit details a history of incompetence and multiple revocations of firearm privileges due to previous dangerous incidents involving Officer Michael Byrd, the Capitol Police officer who murdered Ashli Babbitt in cold blood.
This includes a failure “to meet or complete semiannual firearms qualification requirements,” leaving a “loaded Glock 22 – the same firearm he used to shoot and kill Ashli Babbitt – in a bathroom in the Capitol Visitor Center,” and firing at a moving vehicle stolen by teenagers, reportedly striking nearby homes with his bullets.
“Lt. Byrd had a reputation among peers for not being a good shot,” the lawsuit alleges.
“Lt. Byrd later confessed that he shot Ashli before seeing her hands or assessing her intentions or even identifying her as female. Ashli was unarmed. Her hands were up in the air, empty, and in plain view of Lt. Byrd and other officers in the lobby,” the filing also states.
Previously, Judicial Watch received a memo on the January 6 shooting “recommending ‘that the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia decline for criminal prosecution the fatal shooting of Ashli McEntee [Babbitt],’ also noting that the shooter, U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd, ‘did not create a police report or documents’ related to the shooting of Babbitt,'” the watchdog reported.
Today, years after Ashli Babbitt was gunned down in the U.S. Capitol, the Trump administration signaled its intent to resolve the case for her family.
Both parties have agreed to work in good faith to narrow or resolve the issues in this case.
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