On Friday, news broke that a settlement in principle was reached in the Ashli Babbitt wrongful death lawsuit brought against the US government by the Babbitt family.
Judicial Watch brought forth this lawsuit and has represented the family for years.
The Gateway Pundit has extensively covered this lawsuit since it was filed in January 2024.
The lawsuit extensively details the history of incompetence and multiple revocations of firearm privileges for previous dangerous incidents involving Officer Michael Byrd, the Capitol Police officer who murdered 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 a shooting into a moving vehicle stolen by teenagers, where the off-duty cop reportedly struck homes nearby with his bullets.
“Lt. Byrd had a reputation among peers for not being a good shot,” the lawsuit alleges.
In January 2024 Judicial Watch filed a $30 million wrongful death suit against the federal government for the Capitol Police shooting of Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt.
The Washington Examiner reported that the suit was filed on behalf of Babbitt’s estate and her husband, Aaron Babbitt, and claims the officer who shot Babbitt was “incompetent” and “dangerous” and should have recognized Babbitt posed no threat to Congress when she entered the House speaker’s lobby.
On Monday, the US Government agreed to pay $5 million to the family of Ashli Babbitt who was shot dead in cold blood by Capitol Police Officer Mike Byrd on January 6, 2021.
Today @washingtonpost reports:
Nearly $5 million dollar lawsuit paid to the family of Ashli Babbitt⬇️⬇️@michellewittho1 https://t.co/NMQIzNUJwv
— AKuehne (@WifeOfCombatVet) May 19, 2025
God bless Ashli’s mother and her family. This won’t bring Ashli back but maybe it’s a step to make sure such a callous killing will not take place again in the US Capitol.
Tom Fitton from Judicial Watch has not yet commented on the settlement – BUT he made it known that Judicial Watch is NOT getting a third of the settlement.
.@JudicialWatch can’t yet comment on the Ashli Babbitt settlement amount that is being reported because the settlement still hasn’t been finalized. But I can say, contrary to initial WPOST report, @JudicialWatch is not getting a third (or any portion) of any settlement. We are… https://t.co/Cn35tbXd5H
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) May 19, 2025
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