The Justice Department in principle agreed to pay $5 million to the family of former Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt, who was shot dead during the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot.
Babbitt's legacy, through her husband Aaron, filed a $30 million lawsuit against her deadly shooting last year when she tried to climb through a broken window of a barrier door leading to a spokesperson's hall inside the Capitol.
Attorneys at the Justice Department and Babbitt's estate reportedly said in Friday's court hearing that they had reached an agreement to resolve the case.
Ashli Babbitt’s mother Michelle “Micki” Witthoeft held the house in the U.S. Capitol on June 13, 2023, Rep. Matt Gaetz held the house in the U.S. Capitol. Babbitt was shot dead after entering the Capitol during the riots on January 6, 2021. (Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images)
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Babbitt is one of the supporters of President Donald Trump who entered or attempted to violate the U.S. Capitol during the riot after Congress voted to prove Joe Biden's election victory.
The video clip released online depicts Babbitt, wearing a star and striped backpack, with Trump's flag draped around her neck, raised his head and began to walk through the waist opening of the Capitol, a hall called the speaker when gunfire was heard. She can be seen falling backwards.
Ashli Babbitt was shot dead during the riot inside the building on January 6.
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Another video shows other unknown people trying to lift Babbitt. She can be seen falling back to the ground.
Babbitt was taken to Washington Hospital Center but could not be preserved.
The Capitol officer who shot her was cleared for misconduct by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Columbia, concluded that he defended himself and defended the actions of members of Congress. Capitol police also cleared the officer.
Ashli Babbitt’s mother, Micki Witthoeft, stood next to her daughter in front of DC’s Central Detention Center on January 6, 2022. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/Washington Post via Getty Images)
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U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger sent a message to department officials earlier this month after hearing the proposed settlement, writing that he was "very disappointed."
"In 2021, the Justice Department said there was no evidence that law enforcement had violated the law. After a thorough investigation, this was determined to be a reasonable shooting," the Washington Post said. "This settlement is for law enforcement officers in our country, especially those with protection tasks like ours."
Fox News' David Spunt, Danielle Wallace, the Associated Press and Reuters contributed to the report.