To mark the third anniversary of the U.S. Capitol riot, The Daily Wire spoke with Micki Witthoeft, the mother of Ashli Babbitt, an Air Force veteran who was fatally shot in the halls of Congress that day, as Witthoeft participated in a nightly vigil last week outside the Washington, D.C. jail where many January 6 defendants are being held. The interview, as published below, has been lightly edited for length and clarity and contains some notes in brackets with further information.
DW: Why are you here this evening?
Witthoeft: I’m here because the government murdered my daughter three years ago. I think she deserves an investigation into her death. And I think the men inside deserve fair and accurate sentences and not the overreach we’re seeing.
DW: So it’s not just one person. It’s about everybody who’s been incarcerated?
Witthoeft: It is about the unfair treatment and the…
