BREAKING: Trump Administration Signals Settlement in Ashli Babbitt Wrongful Death Lawsuit Brought Against US Government by Ashli’s Family

BREAKING: Trump Administration Signals Settlement in Ashli Babbitt Wrongful Death Lawsuit Brought Against US Government by Ashli’s Family

BREAKING: Trump Administration Signals Settlement in Ashli Babbitt Wrongful Death Lawsuit Brought Against US Government by Ashli’s Family
March 3, 2025

Micki Witthoeft, mother of Ashli Babbitt, protesting in Washington DC, following her death on January 6.

Investigative reporter Paul Bedard reported on Monday that the Trump Administration is moving to settle the Ashli Babbitt wrongful death lawsuit brought against the US government by the Babbitt family.

Judicial Watch brought forth this lawsuit.

The US District Court of the District of Columbia released a statement earlier today.

The Gateway Pundit has extensively covered this lawsuit since it was filed in January 2024.

The lawsuit extensively details the history of incompetence and multiple revocations of firearm privileges for previous dangerous incidents involving Officer Michael Byrd, the Capitol Police officer who murdered Babbitt in cold blood.

This includes a failure “to meet or complete semiannual firearms qualification requirements,” leaving a “loaded Glock 22 – the same firearm he used to shoot and kill Ashli Babbitt – in a bathroom in the Capitol Visitor Center,” and a shooting into a moving vehicle, stolen by teenagers, where the off-duty cop reportedly struck homes nearby with his bullets.

“Lt. Byrd had a reputation among peers for not being a good shot,” the lawsuit alleges.

Judicial Watch Files $30 Million Wrongful Death Suit Over Jan. 6 Protester Ashli Babbitt’s Death

"Lt. Byrd later confessed that he shot Ashli before seeing her hands or assessing her intentions or even identifying her as female. Ashli was unarmed. Her hands were up in the air, empty, and in plain view of Lt. Byrd and other officers in the lobby,” the filing also states.

Previously, Judicial Watch received a memo on the January 6 shooting “recommending ‘that the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia decline for criminal prosecution the fatal shooting of Ashli McEntee [Babbitt],’ also noting that the shooter, U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd, ‘did not create a police report or documents’ related to the shooting of Babbitt,'” the watchdog reported. Micki Whitthoeft commented in our exclusive interview on the lack of oversight within the Capitol Police Department and their tendency to "choose not to" report incidents.

"It's like asking the dog who got in the trash. He's always gonna say the cat did it." Whitthoft further told us of an incident in the Canon Congressional Office Building, where she had to wake up the sleeping officer so that she and others could enter through the metal detectors and TSA-style bag check.

Today, years after Ashli was gunned down in the US Capitol, the Trump administration signaled that they will resolve this case for the family.

The parties have agreed to work in good faith to narrow or resolve the issues in this case.

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President Trump Announces New $100 Billion Investment by TSMC in U.S. Chips Manufacturing – Says U.S. Will Account for 40% of Chip Production (VIDEO)

President Trump Announces New $100 Billion Investment by TSMC in U.S. Chips Manufacturing – Says U.S. Will Account for 40% of Chip Production (VIDEO)

President Trump Announces New $100 Billion Investment by TSMC in U.S. Chips Manufacturing – Says U.S. Will Account for 40% of Chip Production (VIDEO)
March 3, 2025

President Trump has inked another massive $100 billion deal with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to produce chip manufacturing plants in the United States.

President Trump made the announcement on Monday afternoon with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and TSMC CEO C.C. Wei.

WATCH:

Trump: Today, Taiwan Semiconductor is announcing that they will be investing at least $100 billion in new capital in the United States over the next short period of time to build state of the art semiconductor manufacturing facilities.

I think, mostly, it’s going to be in Arizona, which is what I understand, which is a great, a great state. I like it because I won it. But I want most of them, actually, but I did we won it, and we won it big.

The most powerful AI chips in the world will be made right here in America, And it’ll be a big percentage of the chips made by his company, but as you know, they’re based mostly in Taiwan, and they’re far and away the biggest; there’s nobody even close this $100 billion in new investment will go into building five cutting edge fabrication facilities in the great state, as we just discussed, Arizona.

And we’ll create thousands of jobs, many thousands of jobs, and they’re high-paying jobs. In total, today’s announcement brings Taiwan Semiconductor investments to about 1$65 billion they’ve started already.

This comes after President Trump announced that Apple will invest $500 billion, adding over 26,000 jobs to the U.S. market.

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As noted by OANN correspondent Daniel Baldiwin, America is in a "domestic manufacturing renaissance," as President Trump has secured nearly $2 trillion in foreign investments since taking office less than two months ago.

TSMC CEO C.C. Wei thanked President Trump for the opportunity to make this investment Monday, to produce "the most advanced chip made on U.S. soil."

WATCH:

Previously, under Biden, TSMC invested $65 billion after receiving a $6.5 billion grant from the Biden Regime's CHIPS Act. But President Trump, in two months--not four years--has secured nearly twice the investment without paying a dime.

" you're seeing the power of Donald Trump's presidency because TSMC, the greatest manufacturer of chips in the world, is coming to America with a $100 billion investment," Howard Lutnick said. "that is backed by the fact that they can come here because they can avoid paying tariffs. So the idea is, come to America, build greatness in America, build for the American customers—the apple, Nvidia, that whole list that Chairman Wei gave—in order to bring production to America."

Lutnick: TSMC received a $6 billion grant, and that encouraged them to build $65 billion. So America gave TSMC 10% of the money to build here, and now you're seeing the power of Donald Trump's presidency because TSMC, the greatest manufacturer of chips in the world, is coming to America with $100 billion investment.

And, of course, that is backed by the fact that they can come here because they can avoid paying tariffs. So the idea is, come to America, build greatness in America, build for the American customers—the apple, Nvidia, that whole list that Chairman Wei gave—in order to bring production to America.

So, we're really, really excited. This continues the most incredible path you've ever seen in these first weeks and months of the Trump administration, of incredible manufacturing coming to America. The keys that the President has called out are coming here. They're coming here in huge size because they want to be in the greatest market in the world, and they want to avoid the tariffs that if they're not here, they'd have to suffer. So, I want to congratulate C.C. Wei for bringing in this incredible 100 billion dollar investment, but it's on the shoulders of our president, Donald Trump, which is why He's coming. So thank you.

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