FBI Opened Ashli Babbitt Investigation Within a Week of Her Jan. 6 Death

Published on April 10, 2024

Ashli Babbitt, the California Air Force veteran fatally shot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was investigated by the FBI for “potential violations” of federal law including felony rioting and civil disorder, new records reveal. The FBI posted a 69-page PDF document with heavily redacted reports from an investigation of Ms. Babbitt opened on Jan. 14, 2021, more than a week after she died from a single gunshot fired by U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd. A summary sheet dated Jan. 7—before the investigation was formally opened—said “two subjects were shot” at the Capitol on Jan. 6 “with one fatal injury.” The reference to a second gunshot injury is unclear since Ms. Babbitt was the only person reported to have been shot at the Capitol that day....

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