The Trump administration will pay approximately $ 5 million to the Ashley Babit family, the Trump supporter who was shot and killed while he was in the mob that penetrates the lobby of the Speaker of Parliament on January 6, 2021.
Tom Manger, the Capitol police chief in the United States, told CBS News that he had reported that the Ministry of Justice had agreed to pay the amount to the Babit family to settle the demand for its illicit death.
Manager told CBS News that he learned of the amount of the settlement “a few weeks ago”, and on the same day he sent a message to the entire force that expresses his dissatisfaction.
He said in a phone call on Monday, “I told them that I was very disappointed, and I did not agree with the decision of the Ministry of Justice to settle this lawsuit,” he said in a phone call on Monday.
Parties It reached a settlement in principle in early May in Civil lawsuit worth 30 million dollars The Group of Judicial Activists presented the conservative activist group on behalf of Babit’s ownership, including her late husband.
Babit’s death was a crowd for Trump’s loyalists and the works of the Capitol who claimed that the police used an unnecessary force to stop the mob on January 6. In the civil lawsuit, the ownership of the US Babit claimed to the Capitol Police, Lieutenant Michael Bird, neglecting the issue of power and firearm. The lawsuit also argued, Bird, who was not wearing the military uniform and was wearing a kevid mask when he opened fire against Babit. The lawsuit was accused of failing to “cancel manufacturing”.
The lawsuit said: “Ashley was unarmed.” “Her hands were in the air, empty, and in a clear offer of Perd’s Penant and other officers in the hallway. Ashley has pose any threat to anyone’s safety.”
The case was initially filed in California, then transferred to Washington, DC, the Federal Court in 2024 and was defended by the Ministry of Justice in its administration in Biden.
Footage showed from January 6 Pope In an attempt to climb through a broken window, the mob sought to violate the hall of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, where the number of electoral votes was interrupted. Congress members were sitting in the area during riots.
In August 2021 Internal reviewThe American Capitol police said that Bird saved lives and did not participate in misconduct.
Babit’s motherMicky Wehouf helped to lead the night protests outside Washington, DC, imprisonment for more than two years, in defense of the defendants in the Capitol and convicted criminals. Her call to secure meetings with then Speaker Kevin McCarthy signs to Babit by President Trump and a personal photo with Cash Patel, who was later confirmed as director of the Federal Investigation Office.
President Trump released the day he was evading a pardon for a blanket for more than 1500 defendants in the Capitol. Its Ministry of Justice has Prosecutors Those who dealt with cases January 6.
