JUSTICE! Historic Ashli Babbitt Lawsuit FILED IN COURT!
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Judicial Watch announced recently that it filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. Government on behalf of the family of Ashli Babbitt, the U.S. Air Force veteran who was shot and killed inside the U.S. Capitol by then-Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd on January 6, 2021.
“Judicial Watch and I have been censored again and again by government and Big Tech,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said. “That we had to file a federal lawsuit to get basic information about this targeting is another sure sign that CISA has been up to no good.”
As a result of the Biden administration’s reckless open border policies the federal agency charged with enforcing immigration laws inside the United States is getting slammed and discloses in its latest annual report that enforcement arrests nearly doubled in a year in which thousands of criminals were apprehended including dozens of known or suspected terrorists. In fiscal year 2023, which ended in September, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 170,590 illegal immigrants inside the country, almost half of them with criminal records.
Jewish leaders were reportedly told that the festival board was not comfortable allowing the lighting at the festival. Shirley Vermillion, the festival’s founder, reportedly said the menorah lighting “seemed very inappropriate” given current events in Israel and Gaza.
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Judicial Watch rreceived five pages of records from the National Archives and Records Administration that show then-Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter received a May 26, 2016, email detailing a scheduled “8:45 am prep for a 9 am phone call with Pres Poroshenko,” who was the president of Ukraine.
“Evidence shows Garland Justice Department obstructed an IRS criminal investigation implicating Joe Biden. And on top of this obstruction, Garland’s Justice Department is violating federal FOIA law to cover up this serious scandal,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
Family of Ashli Babbitt Files $30 Million Wrongful Death Action
The long-awaited tort action from the family of Ashli Babbitt has now been filed in Southern California. Babbitt was shot and killed on Jan. 6th and her family is seeking $30 million in a wrongful death action. Equally important, the lawsuit could force additional answers to why Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd shot and killed the unarmed protester as she attempted to climb through a window near the House Chamber.