Trump Lowballs Ashli Babbit's Family!

[JoeB131]

They are, $5 million. Why shouldn't offer more? Because Trump has an obligation to taxpayers as well, to be a good steward of our tax dollars.

Five million won't even cover the MAGA lawyer fees.

Here's why they are settling.

Because Babbit is no longer useful in getting you wingnuts riled up, and the last thing any of these MAGAts want is to relitigate January 6th in public while the economy is swirling down the bowl.

 

[rightwinger]

As Babbitt was attempting to climb through a broken window leading to the Speaker’s Lobby outside the House of Representatives’ chamber during the attack, a US Capitol Police officer shot and killed Babbitt. The officer was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing related to the shooting.

That terrorist should not have gotten a cent

 

[JoeB131]

Yeah its a bizarre “I never settle” settlement. She was clearly breaking the law and part of a group threatening the VP. And her family gets a payday.

She’s the new poster child for the “coffee was too hot” junk lawsuit crowd

Actually, the McDonald's coffee case was completely righteous.

McDonald was serving coffee that was too hot for human consumption and had been doing so for years.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

So after all the screaming about how Ashli Babbitt was murdered, the Trump Administration low-balled the settlement down from the 30 million her family was asking for, to a mere 5 million, which probably won't even cover the lawyer's fees.

This guy even cheats his own supporters!!!

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/19/politics/ashli-babbitt-settlement-capitol-riot

The Trump administration has agreed to pay nearly $5 million to the family of Ashli Babbitt, a pro-Donald Trump rioter who was shot and killed after breaching the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The settlement, once approved in court, will end a $30 million wrongful death lawsuit filed by Babbitt’s family.

Prosecutors said in a hearing earlier this month that a settlement agreement had been reached, though details were not made clear at the time. The Washington Post first reported the settlement amount.


As Babbitt was attempting to climb through a broken window leading to the Speaker’s Lobby outside the House of Representatives’ chamber during the attack, a US Capitol Police officer shot and killed Babbitt. The officer was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing related to the shooting.

During a hearing on May 2, lawyers for Babbitt’s estate as well as attorneys for the Justice Department confirmed that a settlement in principle has been reached in the case and said the agreement would cover all parameters of the suit.

In April 2021, the US attorney for the District of Columbia determined that no federal laws were broken in the shooting. The Justice Department found “no evidence to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that the officer willfully” used unlawful or unreasonable force.

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CNN lies.




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[Care4all]

Hoo boy; there's that phrase again--"a person familiar with..." Journalism is gettin' better and better.

At least we are not calling them "Deep Throat" as was done in the 1970s for their Watergate anonymous source!

 

[WorldWatcher]

defense would whittle it down with circumstance, did this person not try and break and enter into a government building? did the officer who shot him was aware he might have had a weapon and could have killed more people? this was action and reaction and now she is 5M richer, she can live her life in luxury with no debt or burden

Ummm...

She's dead.

WW

 

[struth]

Five million won't even cover the MAGA lawyer fees.

Here's why they are settling.

Because Babbit is no longer useful in getting you wingnuts riled up, and the last thing any of these MAGAts want is to relitigate January 6th in public while the economy is swirling down the bowl.

They are settling cause they don’t want to lose at trial

The law firm will get 33 percent of the settlement

 

[rightwinger]

They are settling cause they don’t want to lose at trial

The law firm will get 33 percent of the settlement

They are settling as part of Trumps Jan 6 White Wash of history

 

[struth]

They are settling as part of Trumps Jan 6 White Wash of history

They are settling cause the Capitol police weren’t properly trained

 

[rightwinger]

They are settling cause the Capitol police weren’t properly trained

Just like every other Jan 6 thug that Trump pardoned

 

[struth]

Just like every other Jan 6 thug that Trump pardoned

Yeah I guess they weren’t trained well either…weird

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

Yeah its a bizarre “I never settle” settlement. She was clearly breaking the law and part of a group threatening the VP. And her family gets a payday.

She’s the new poster child for the “coffee was too hot” junk lawsuit crowd

Yeah except we knew this was going to happen.

 

[Frankenstein]

Why is five million about right?

They've given bigger settlements to people who didn't even die!!!

Shit, George Floyd's family got 29 million!!!

Pretty good for a street rats family! they had no business getting anything but the sentence he would have eventually gotten

 

[egp320i]

Ummm...

She's dead.

WW

yes, but did this person not try and break and enter and in the process was shot which is now seen as excessive force, thus the lawsuit

 

[JoeB131]

yes, but did this person not try and break and enter and in the process was shot which is now seen as excessive force, thus the lawsuit

Well, um, yes, when the person who instigated the trespass is making the decision on whether or not to continue the case, that will happen.

But if Babbit was totally innocent, why didn't Trump give her family the full $30,000,000.00 they were looking for?

 

[egp320i]

more for context but it was deemed a lawful shooting why the payout at all?

• Incident: Babbitt was part of a mob of Trump supporters storming the Capitol to disrupt the certification of the 2020 election results. She attempted to climb through a shattered window in a barricaded door leading to the Speaker’s Lobby, near the House Chamber where lawmakers were evacuating. Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd, positioned on the other side, fired one shot, striking her in the shoulder (some sources say neck). She fell, received aid from a USCP emergency team, and died at Washington Hospital Center.
  
  
  
• Context: The mob had broken glass panels and ignored warnings. Byrd, in plainclothes and a COVID mask, fired as a “last resort,” unable to see if Babbitt was armed or her intentions, amid reports of weapons and pipe bombs. Video footage shows her with a Trump flag as a cape, acting agitated.
  
  
  
  
• Investigations: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Capitol Police (2021) found insufficient evidence for criminal charges against Byrd, deeming the shooting “lawful” and “potentially saving lives” of Congress members and staff. Byrd stated he saved “countless lives.

 

[JoeB131]

more for context but it was deemed a lawful shooting why the payout at all?

• Incident: Babbitt was part of a mob of Trump supporters storming the Capitol to disrupt the certification of the 2020 election results. She attempted to climb through a shattered window in a barricaded door leading to the Speaker’s Lobby, near the House Chamber where lawmakers were evacuating. Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd, positioned on the other side, fired one shot, striking her in the shoulder (some sources say neck). She fell, received aid from a USCP emergency team, and died at Washington Hospital Center.
  
  
  
• Context: The mob had broken glass panels and ignored warnings. Byrd, in plainclothes and a COVID mask, fired as a “last resort,” unable to see if Babbitt was armed or her intentions, amid reports of weapons and pipe bombs. Video footage shows her with a Trump flag as a cape, acting agitated.
  
  
  
  
• Investigations: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Capitol Police (2021) found insufficient evidence for criminal charges against Byrd, deeming the shooting “lawful” and “potentially saving lives” of Congress members and staff. Byrd stated he saved “countless lives.

I think we know why.

The guy who instigated the riot and called the criminals who weren't shot "Political Prisoners" can't accept that it was a righteous shooting.

But I find it amusing that they low-balled the settlement after using this woman's coffin as a soap box for so long.

 

[LeftofLeft]

So after all the screaming about how Ashli Babbitt was murdered, the Trump Administration low-balled the settlement down from the 30 million her family was asking for, to a mere 5 million, which probably won't even cover the lawyer's fees.

This guy even cheats his own supporters!!!

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/19/politics/ashli-babbitt-settlement-capitol-riot

The Trump administration has agreed to pay nearly $5 million to the family of Ashli Babbitt, a pro-Donald Trump rioter who was shot and killed after breaching the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The settlement, once approved in court, will end a $30 million wrongful death lawsuit filed by Babbitt’s family.

Prosecutors said in a hearing earlier this month that a settlement agreement had been reached, though details were not made clear at the time. The Washington Post first reported the settlement amount.


As Babbitt was attempting to climb through a broken window leading to the Speaker’s Lobby outside the House of Representatives’ chamber during the attack, a US Capitol Police officer shot and killed Babbitt. The officer was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing related to the shooting.

During a hearing on May 2, lawyers for Babbitt’s estate as well as attorneys for the Justice Department confirmed that a settlement in principle has been reached in the case and said the agreement would cover all parameters of the suit.

In April 2021, the US attorney for the District of Columbia determined that no federal laws were broken in the shooting. The Justice Department found “no evidence to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that the officer willfully” used unlawful or unreasonable force.

Do you really give a flying **** about about an unarmed woman protestor shot dead by law enforcement you always ***** about, or is it a pathetic attempt to GETTRUMP?

 

[JoeB131]

Do you really give a flying **** about about an unarmed woman protestor shot dead by law enforcement you always ***** about, or is it a pathetic attempt to GETTRUMP?

No, I don't care about her. She was mentally ill and was probably going to meet a bad end regardless.

But I find the pettiness of Trump in this very telling. After years of using this woman's coffin as a soapbox, he low-balls her family in the settlement.

 

[LeftofLeft]

No, I don't care about her. She was mentally ill and was probably going to meet a bad end regardless.

But I find the pettiness of Trump in this very telling. After years of using this woman's coffin as a soapbox, he low-balls her family in the settlement.

You are that naive to think her family expected any settlement? They got a settlement and didn’t have to make up some bullshit story about their daughter yelling “hands up, don’t shoot”.