Happening Now: First Federal Court Hearing Is Set Today for Judicial Watch $30 Million Ashli Babbitt Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Judicial Watch will hold its first federal court hearing today in the $30 million wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of the estate of Ashli Babbitt.

The court hearing today is scheduled for 4 PM in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Judicial Watch is suing the federal government on behalf of the Babbitt family. The lawsuit includes the charges against the US government in the wrongful death of the Air Force Veteran on January 6, 2021.

Ashli Babbitt was one of four Trump supporters who were killed that day after riots broke out at the US Capitol.  Nancy Pelosi refused requests by President Trump to bring in The National Guard to protect the US Capitol that day.

Judicial Watch filed the $30 million wrongful death suit against the federal government for the Capitol Police shooting of Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt back in January.

The Washington Examiner reported that the suit was filed on behalf of Babbitt’s estate and her husband, Aaron Babbitt, and claims the officer who shot Babbitt was “incompetent” and “dangerous” and should have recognized Babbitt posed no threat to Congress when she entered the House speaker’s lobby.

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton shared on X at the time, “We just filed an important lawsuit.  A $30 million dollar wrongful death action against the United States government on behalf of Ashli Babbitt’s husband and her estate. Ashli Babbit was killed for no good reason that day. Shot and killed by Lt. Michael Byrd.”

“Judicial Watch is seeking accountability from the United States government, that is responsible for that awful and unjustified shooting death.”

JUSTICE! Judicial Watch Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over Ashli Babbitt Killing!@TomFittonhttps://t.co/3bjPFl65EN pic.twitter.com/SzHIUKkhHq

— Judicial Watch ⚖️ (@JudicialWatch) January 5, 2024

The court hearing begins at 4 PM today.

Judicial Watch announced today that a hearing will be held on August 6 at 4 p.m. ET in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in the $30 million wrongful death lawsuit filed on behalf of the estate of Ashli Babbitt.

(Judicial Watch has asked that the case be returned to San Diego so that it can appeal the California Southern District Court’s earlier venue transfer to Washington, DC.)

This is the first hearing to be held in the wrongful death lawsuit that was filed on January 5, 2024, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California against the U.S. Government on behalf of the family of Ashli Babbitt, the U.S. Air Force veteran who was shot and killed inside the U.S. Capitol by then-Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd on January 6, 2021 (Estate of Ashli Babbitt and Aaron Babbitt, et al. v. United States of America (No. 3:24-cv-00033)). The lawsuit includes claims against the U.S. Government for wrongful death, assault and battery, and various negligence issues.

Babbitt was a 35-year-old resident of San Diego, CA, where she owned and operated a successful pool business with her husband Aaron. Ashli traveled alone from San Diego to Washington, DC, to attend the Women for America First (aka Save America) rally on January 6, 2021, at the Ellipse.

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