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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKyle Cheney: Trump Admin reaches settlement in principle w/ Ashli Babbitt family
Kyle Cheney
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BREAKING: The Trump administration confirms it has reached a settlement in principle with the family of Ashli Babbitt, the Jan. 6 rioter who was shot and killed by a Capitol Police officer while trying to enter the House chamber.
Kyle Cheney
@kyledcheney.bsky.social
The terms of the settlement are not yet public. DOJ and lawyers for Babbitt family say they have not signed the agreement but are working to get it on paper and signed within the next few weeks.
May 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
@kyledcheney.bsky.social
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BREAKING: The Trump administration confirms it has reached a settlement in principle with the family of Ashli Babbitt, the Jan. 6 rioter who was shot and killed by a Capitol Police officer while trying to enter the House chamber.
Kyle Cheney
@kyledcheney.bsky.social
The terms of the settlement are not yet public. DOJ and lawyers for Babbitt family say they have not signed the agreement but are working to get it on paper and signed within the next few weeks.
May 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Kyle Cheney: Trump Admin reaches settlement in principle w/ Ashli Babbitt family (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
May 2
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Probatim
(3,133 posts)1. Her family will get a payout because she didn't obey the commands of Capitol police?
My head will explode.
Basso8vb
(1,028 posts)2. Fuck her and her family.
Miles Archer
(19,428 posts)5. She's the F.A.A.F.O. Poster Child
She asked for it.
She wasn't a victim.
She wasn't innocent.
She was a domestic terrorist, she asked for it, she got it. No need for any "settlement" beyond that.
Norrrm
(1,689 posts)3. While breaking into the House chamber.
TommyT139
(1,428 posts)6. While wearing a backpack big enough to hold a lot of explosive material
Sucks that she made that life choice, but her family doesn't deserve our tax dollars.
Gore1FL
(22,468 posts)4. Ashli Babbit was a traitor and a criminal. nt
surfered
(6,997 posts)7. Questions, questions...
Was this a reversal of the Biden’s DOJ position? Was it a rightful settlement or a political settlement that plays to Trump’s base?
It’s our money, we’re entitled to know.
RJ-MacReady
(587 posts)8. that's bullshit
She got what she deserved frankly good riddance. And fuck her mother too I hope she agonizes over her dead daughter for the rest of her miserable life.