Judicial Watch, a nonprofit American conservative activist group, announced Monday that a hearing has been set for Tuesday, August 6, in the Ashli Babbitt $30 million wrongful death suit filed on behalf of her estate. Babbit was shot and killed by a Capitol Police officer during the Jan. 6 protests.
Judicial Watch posted to Twitter/X Monday and said Babbitt and her family “deserve accountability and justice”:
“Ashli Babbitt and her family deserve accountability and justice for her wrongful death on January 6. In short, there was no good reason for Lt. Byrd to ambush and shoot her,” Judicial Watch President @TomFitton (2/3). https://t.co/ffbkIHpp0t
— Judicial Watch ⚖️ (@JudicialWatch) August 5, 2024
The group and its president, Tom Fitton, wrote on their website about the filing and said the federal government was guilty of negligence, assault and battery, and more:
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