BREAKING: US Settling Suit Over Trump Supporter’s Death in Jan. 6 Riot

The US has reached a settlement in principle with the estate of Ashli Babbitt, the protester who was shot and killed by a police officer as she tried to force her way into the chambers of the House of Representatives during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

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Lawyers for the US Justice Department and Babbitt’s estate revealed the financial agreement during a hearing Friday in Washington without disclosing the amount of the payment. They said a final settlement is expected to be signed in the coming weeks.

The move is the latest effort by President Donald Trump’s administration to reverse course on the legal fallout from the assault on the Capitol by a mob of his supporters. On his first day in office, Trump signed a clemency order for the more than 1,500 people charged in the Capitol attack, pardoning nearly everyone who was convicted and ordering pending cases dismissed.

Babbitt, a 35-year-old California native and Air Force Veteran, became a MAGA hero following her death. Video footage at the time showed Babbitt with an American flag tied around her neck, being shot as she climbed through a broken window of a door to the Speaker’s Lobby, which leads to the House floor. She later died at Washington Hospital Center.

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