"WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. government is offering military funeral honors for Ashli Babbitt, the rioter who was killed at 35 by an officer in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Babbitt was a U.S. Air Force veteran from California who was shot dead wearing a Trump campaign flag wrapped around her shoulders while attempting to climb through the broken window of a barricaded door leading to the Speaker's Lobby inside the Capitol."
"Offering military honors to one of the Capitol rioters is part of President Donald Trump's attempts to rewrite that chapter after the 2020 election as a patriotic stand, given he still denies he lost that election. Babbitt has gained martyr status among Republicans, and the Trump administration agreed to pay just under $5 million to settle a wrongful-death lawsuit that her family filed over her shooting."
The U.S. government is offering military funeral honors for Ashli Babbitt, who was killed at 35 by an officer during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. Babbitt was a U.S. Air Force veteran from California who was shot while attempting to climb through a broken window into the Speaker's Lobby and was wearing a Trump campaign flag. The decision to offer honors aligns with efforts by President Donald Trump to portray the Jan. 6 events as patriotic and follows Babbitt's elevation to martyr status among many Republicans. The Trump administration settled a wrongful-death lawsuit for just under $5 million. An Air Force review led to the offer of military funeral honors and an under secretary invited the family to the Pentagon, stating the previous determination was incorrect.
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