Officials Won’t Seek Charges Against Capitol Officer For Ashli Babbitt Shooting

The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it has closed the investigation into the death of Ashli Babbitt, who died in the January 6 Capitol breach, and has determined that it will not seek criminal charges against the officer who fatally shot her that day. 

The department said it had determined that no charges would be filed after examining video footage of the incident, taking statements from other officers and witnesses, inspecting the physical evidence and reviewing the autopsy report. The DOJ said that prosecutors would not have sufficient evidence to prove that the officer who shot Babbitt used constitutionally unreasonable force with a “bad purpose to disregard the law.”