Former President Donald Trump suggested Sunday that the U.S. Capitol Police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt during the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol was the "head of security" for a "high-ranking” Democratic member of Congress.
This is false, according to a senior law enforcement official briefed on the matter.
The official told NBC News that the officer who shot the 35-year-old Babbitt was not a member of a security detail provided to a specific member of Congress, adding that the officer has not yet returned to duty.
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