Doctor Who Helped a Wounded Ashli Babbitt on Jan. 6 Sentenced to Probation

Dr. Austin Brendlen Harris wrote that Ashli Babbitt still had a pulse when he was forced away from rendering aid by a U.S. Capitol Police officer.

Dr. Austin Brendlen Harris was forced away from a dying Ashli Babbitt as he was about to perform CPR at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Main photo: Jayden X; Inset: U.S. DOJ/Graphic by The Epoch Times

A California physician who gave medical aid to a dying Ashli Babbitt on Jan. 6, 2021, but was forced away from the scene by police has been sentenced to probation as part of a plea deal for his time at the U.S. Capitol.

Dr. Austin Brendlen Harris, 43, of Granada Hills, California, was sentenced on Feb. 2 by U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton to three years of probation and fined $5,000 for the petty misdemeanor charge of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building.