Ashli Babbitt, who was shot to death by a cop in the US Capitol during the Jan.6, 2021 riot, will be honored by the Air Force, the Trump administration announced.
Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed by police during the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, has been granted full military funeral honors by the Air Force after the Biden administration denied such arrangements.
“On behalf of the Secretary of the Air Force, I write to extend the offer for Military Funeral Honors for SrA Ashli Babbitt,” an Aug. 15 letter to Babbitt’s family read from undersecretary of the Air Force Matthew Lohmeier.
“After reviewing the circumstances of Ahli’s death, and considering the information that has come forward since then, I am persuaded that the previous determination was incorrect.”
The Trump administration bequeathed the honors onto the veteran after the Biden administration’s 2021 denial for the exalted funerary arrangements.
