The Department of Justice and the family of Ashli Babbitt have reached a preliminary agreement concerning a $30 million wrongful death lawsuit stemming from her 2021 shooting by Capitol Police. Babbitt, a veteran and Trump supporter, was shot while attempting to breach a barricaded area during the Capitol riot. The officer involved, Lieutenant Michael Byrd, was later cleared of wrongdoing. A formal settlement is expected within three weeks, with both legal parties having informed a federal judge of the preliminary agreement.
Lawyers from Trump's DOJ and Babbitt's estate informed a DC federal judge Friday that an agreement has been reached in principle in the $30 million wrongful death lawsuit filed in 2024.
The US Capitol Police Lieutenant Michael Byrd shot an unarmed Babbitt, 35, as she attempted to climb through a broken window of a barricaded door within the Capitol Building during the riot on Jan. 6.
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