Trump Administration Discussing Paying $5 Million to Family of Jan. 6 Rioter

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05/19/2025 21:28

Subject: Trump Administration Discussing Paying $5 Million to Family of Jan. 6 Rioter

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The idea of my taxpayer dollars going to compensate the family of this violent domestic terrorist makes me want to vomit. I guess in Republican land-it’s fine to smash glass in the nation’s capitol and climb through police barricades (to say nothing of killing or inuring 140 Capitol police officers.

Trump Administration Discussing Paying $5 Million to Family of Jan. 6 Rioter Ashli Babbitt
The payment, if approved, would represent an extraordinary concession by the Justice Department, which prosecuted nearly 1,600 people in connection with the riots.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/19/ashli-babbitt-lawsuit-settlement/

The Justice Department is discussing giving the relatives of Ashli Babbitt, an Air Force veteran killed by the police during the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, about $5 million to settle a wrongful-death lawsuit they brought against the government last year, according to two people familiar with the matter.

But the people cautioned that the negotiations, which have largely taken place since President Trump took office, have not yet been finalized.

A tentative settlement agreement was announced at a hearing this month in Federal District Court in Washington, but lawyers for the Justice Department and Ms. Babbitt’s family did not mention an amount at the time. In its initial complaint, filed in January 2024 during the Biden administration, the family had asked for $30 million.

Still, the payment of about $5 million, if approved, would represent an extraordinary concession by the Justice Department, which prosecuted nearly 1,600 people in connection with the riot. It would also serve as another symbol of the vocal support that Mr. Trump has long shown to those who took part in the Capitol attack, joining efforts like the sprawling grants of clemency he gave the rioters on his first day back in office.

The Justice Department is discussing giving the relatives of Ashli Babbitt, an Air Force veteran killed by the police during the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, about $5 million to settle a wrongful-death lawsuit they brought against the government last year, according to two people familiar with the matter.

But the people cautioned that the negotiations, which have largely taken place since President Trump took office, have not yet been finalized.

A tentative settlement agreement was announced at a hearing this month in Federal District Court in Washington, but lawyers for the Justice Department and Ms. Babbitt’s family did not mention an amount at the time. In its initial complaint, filed in January 2024 during the Biden administration, the family had asked for $30 million.

Still, the payment of about $5 million, if approved, would represent an extraordinary concession by the Justice Department, which prosecuted nearly 1,600 people in connection with the riot. It would also serve as another symbol of the vocal support that Mr. Trump has long shown to those who took part in the Capitol attack, joining efforts like the sprawling grants of clemency he gave the rioters on his first day back in office.