Mariel Padilla

General Assignment Reporter

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The Trump administration has agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Ashli Babbitt, one of five people who died in or immediately after the Capitol riot on January 6 , 2021, according to The Washington Post. The Department of Justice will reportedly pay Babbitt’s family nearly $5 million.

Babbitt, then a 35-year-old Air Force veteran from California, was at the front lines of rioters rushing the Capitol doors leading to the Speaker’s Lobby, which leads to the House chamber. She was attempting to jump through a shattered doorway when she was shot by a Capitol Police officer. Video footage from the day shows she had a Trump flag strewn over her backpack.

Babbitt’s

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