US air force to grant military honors to Capitol rioter fatally shot on January 6 | US Capitol attack
The US Air Force will provide a military funeral awards to Ashli Babbitt, a deadly rebellion in the January 6 Capitol rebellion, and will point out another step in Donald Trump’s aggressive rehabilitation of the attack.
Air Force Secretary Matthew Lohmeier confirmed a letter decision to Babbitt’s family in August. The Biden administration previously rejected Babbitt’s honor, but Lohmeier said that after examining the new information about his death, he was convinced that the previous determination was wrong ”.
35 -year -old Babbitt served in the Air Force and Air National Guards, and was shot by Capitol Hill police while climbing through a barricaded door near the mass frenzy home room to overthrow the results of the 2020 elections. In February 2021, the Air Force initially rejected honor. To Lohmeier’s letterSaying that they will discredit the Air Force because of the conditions of death. He was the only person who was killed by a gunshot during the rebellion.
The announcement opened to the public by the conservative legal group on Wednesday JurisdictionThe government paid Babbitt’s family in July.
Trump has worked systematically to re -frame January 6 since he returned to the office. On his first day, he forgave about 1,500 defendants of the rebellion and described his prosecution as a “serious national injustice .. Pardons covered almost all imprisoned or waiting trials, including pro -extreme group leaders sentenced to seductive conspiracy.
Management fired dozens of federal prosecutors He hired lawyers who work in January 6 cases and who defended the rebels, including someone who compared the defense before. To Holocaost. The Ministry of Justice also hired former FBI agent Jared Wise, who participated in the attack and was accused of encouraging the mafia to kill police officers before receiving a Trump amnesty.
Trump repeatedly called the rebels as “patriots” and “political prisoners ve and filed the attack in the capital as a legitimate protest rather than an attempt to overthrow the 2020 elections. Beyond the systematic return, it dates back to the fact that January 6, rather than criminal behavior, as a political persecution.
Babbitt had a pool work in San Diego with her husband. Before joining the raid in Capitol, he traveled to Washington DC for Trump’s “Save America” rally.
Military honor will include a ceremony with taps and the presentation of an American flag to his family. Lohmeier also invited Babbitt’s mother and her husband to meet her in the Pentagon.
