Man Who Stood Next to Ashli Babbitt When She Was Shot on Jan. 6 Is Sentenced

Iraj Javid (wearing grey knit cap) looks down at Ashli Babbitt moments after she was shot outside the Speakers Lobby at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Sam Montoya/Special to The Epoch Times

A Virginia man who stood next to Ashli Babbitt with his hands up after she was shot outside the Speaker’s Lobby on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to 24 months of probation after apologizing for his “completely aberrant conduct” in the U.S. Capitol that day.

Iraj George Javid, 32, of Bristow, Virginia, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Washington in a plea deal on one count of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.