But Norris, now 39, agreed to speak about it publicly for the first time in an interview with the AP and shared previously unreported details. “There’s never been a person who Ashli ran across in her daily life that didn’t love her,” said Babbitt, 40.Ĭourt records involving the violent 2016 confrontation between Babbitt and Norris have previously been reported by media outlets, including the AP.

In a June interview with Tucker Carlson of Fox News, Babbitt said he has been sickened by some of what he has seen written about his deceased wife. Key to that wrongful death claim is the contention that Babbitt, a former military police officer who was 5-foot-2 and weighed 115 pounds, would have peacefully surrendered had Capitol officers attempted to arrest her.Īaron Babbitt declined to comment in October when a reporter knocked on the door of the San Diego apartment he shared with Ashli and another woman.

Her name and likeness now appear on T-shirts and flags at pro-Trump rallies.Ī Maryland personal injury lawyer representing Babbitt’s husband, Aaron Babbitt, has raised $375,000 through a Christian crowdfunding site and has threatened to file a lawsuit against the Capitol Police. Trump has repeatedly insisted Babbitt was murdered, and she has achieved martyr status among Trump supporters. “They can try and try and try but the storm is here and it is descending upon DC in less than 24 hours.dark to light!”Īmong Q followers, “The Storm” refers to the predicted day Trump would finally unmask the pedophile cabal, arrest and execute those deemed traitors and restore America to greatness. “Nothing will stop us,” Babbitt tweeted Jan. Her Twitter account, which was taken down after her death, was rife with references to the QAnon conspiracy theory, which centers on the baseless belief that Trump has secretly battled deep-state enemies and a cabal of Satan-worshiping cannibals that includes prominent Democrats who operate a child sex trafficking ring. Her posts included videos of profane rants against Democrats, COVID-19 mask mandates and illegal immigration. On social media, Babbitt identified as a Libertarian and ardent supporter of the Second Amendment. She was one of five people who died during or immediately after the riot, including a Capitol Police officer. Babbitt, 35, was fatally shot while attempting to climb through the broken window of a barricaded door leading to the Speaker’s Lobby inside the Capitol, where police officers were evacuating members of Congress from the mob supporting Trump’s false claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.

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