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FBI Opened Ashli Babbitt Investigation Within a Week of Her Jan. 6 Death

FBI investigation listed Ms. Babbitt’s ‘potential violations of federal law’ 8 days after she was killed by Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd.
FBI Opened Ashli Babbitt Investigation Within a Week of Her Jan. 6 Death
Moments before being fatally shot, Ashli Babbitt confronts three police offers for not stopping the vandalism outside the U.S. House. Tayler Hansen/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
Joseph M. Hanneman
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Ashli Babbitt, the California Air Force veteran fatally shot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was investigated by the FBI for “potential violations” of federal law including felony rioting and civil disorder, new records reveal.

The FBI posted a 69-page PDF document with heavily redacted reports from an investigation of Ms. Babbitt opened on Jan. 14, 2021, more than a week after she died from a single gunshot fired by U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd.
Joseph M. Hanneman
Joseph M. Hanneman
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Joseph M. Hanneman is a former reporter for The Epoch Times who focussed on the January 6 Capitol incursion and its aftermath, as well as general Wisconsin news. In 2022, he helped to produce "The Real Story of Jan. 6," an Epoch Times documentary about the events that day. Joe has been a journalist for nearly 40 years.