Capitol Police Sued for $30 Million for ‘Ambush Murder’ of Ashli Babbitt on Jan. 6

Judicial Watch has filed a $30 million wrongful death lawsuit for the Jan. 6, 2021, killing of Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt by U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd. The suit, filed in federal court in San Diego, accuses Mr. Byrd of multiple counts of negligence that resulted in Ms. Babbitt’s death by a gunshot wound to her left anterior shoulder. Judicial Watch filed the action on behalf of Ms. Babbitt’s husband, Aaron Babbitt, and her personal estate. Ms. Babbitt was shot outside the east entrance to the U.S. House Speaker’s Lobby at 2:44 p.m. on Jan. 6 as she climbed into a broken door window. She was pronounced dead half an hour later at a Washington D.C. hospital....