The Trump administration has indicated a willingness to settle the $30 million wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Ashli Babbitt, the Air Force veteran fatally shot during the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
President-elect Donald Trump announced on Tuesday plans to issue "major pardons" for individuals charged in connection with the January 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. The event occurred as Congress convened to certify President Joe Biden’s electoral victory.
Among those slated for advancement are Lieutenant Michael Byrd, who is set to become captain, and Officer Caroline Edwards, who will rise to the rank of sergeant.
John "was also part of the Discord servers in Kenosha and in Minneapolis where Antifa would go in and they would basically take advantage of the emotional state of, you know, Black Lives Matter and then ignite a riot."
Newly leaked footage from January 6th shows undercover DC Metropolitan Police officers pushing protesters to move towards the US Capitol and helping them climb the scaffolding outside the Capitol building.
The select committee assigned to investigate the Capitol riot did not review the surveillance footage, which is the primary evidence of the event, and outsourced the task to a team of employees, as revealed after Kevin McCarthy permitted controlled access to the video for House members to decide what happened on that day.