U.S. to pay nearly $5 million to family of Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt
Politics,January 6,Capitol Chaos,Trump Administration
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President Donald Trump’s administration is set to pay nearly $5 million to the family of Ashli Babbitt to settle a lawsuit brought by the estate of the Trump supporter who was fatally shot by police when she tried to storm the House Speaker’s Lobby during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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