Biden DOJ Closes Investigation of Police Shooting Death of Ashli Babbitt With No Charges Filed
The Biden Justice Department announced Wednesday it has closed the investigation into the homicide death of Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt that took place inside the Capitol during the January 6 riot while Congress was meeting in joint session to certify the November presidential election in favor of Joe Biden. Babbitt, who was unarmed, was shot and killed without apparent warning by a plainclothes Capitol Police officer as she climbed through a broken window in a door at the Speaker’s Lobby. The name of the officer was not released.
Display at funeral service for Ashli Babbitt, February 21, 2021, photo by Taylor Hansen
The statement concluded, “…the investigation revealed no evidence to establish that, at the time the officer fired a single shot at Ms.
