Capitol

Family of Ashli Babbitt Files $30 Million Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against U.S. Government Following U.S. Capitol Shooting

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SAN DIEGO, California – The family of Ashli Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran who was fatally shot during the U.S. Capitol breach on January 6, 2021, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. government. The lawsuit, seeking $30 million in damages, was filed in San Diego federal court on Friday. According to the lawsuit, Babbitt was “ambushed” by a U.S. Capitol Police officer who shot her without any warning or commands while she was climbing through a broken window of a barricaded door to the Speaker’s Lobby. Lt. Michael Byrd, the officer … Read more

Echoes of the Capitol Insurrection: Trump’s Call to ‘Guard the Vote’ Raises Concerns of a Dark Future for Democracy

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Washington, D.C. – Three years after the harrowing events of Jan. 6, 2021, echoes of the Capitol insurrection continue to reverberate through our democracy. Former President Donald Trump, the Republican Party’s leading candidate for the 2024 presidential nomination, has urged his supporters to “guard the vote.” This dangerous rhetoric has already led to armed vigilantes standing watch at Arizona polls in 2022. Experts in a comprehensive 2023 survey by Protect Democracy and the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University warned that political violence is eroding democracy in the United States. As we enter a … Read more