(Kyle Becker) Newly released footage of the Ashli Babbitt shooting has been obtained and released by Judicial Watch. The footage is part of the 14,000 hours of documented surveillance video that the FBI and Capitol Police have refused to release to the public.
by Kyle Becker, November 13th, 2021
The footage is striking in that it shows Capitol Police officers gathered behind the protesters while they suspiciously orchestrate a break-in of a corridor to the Senate chambers. Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton sets up the video at the five minute mark.
The video was also announced by Judicial Watch in a press release:
This week we received multiple audio, visual and photo records from the DC Metropolitan Police Department about death at the hands of a Capitol Police officer. The records include a cell phone video of the shooting and an audio of a brief police interview of the shooter, Lt. Michael Byrd.
We obtained the material through a May 2021 FOIA lawsuit filed after DC officials failed to respond to two April, 2021 FOIA requests to the Metropolitan Police Department and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for records related to Babbitt’s death (Judicial Watch v. The District of Columbia (No. 2021 CA 001710 B)).
Babbitt was shot and killed as she climbed through a broken interior window in the United States Capitol. She was unarmed, and a 14-year Air Force veteran. The identity of the shooter was kept secret by Congress as well as federal and local authorities for eight months until U.S. Capitol Police officer Michael Byrd went public to try to defend his killing of Babbitt.
Also included among the records is an audio recording of an interview of Lt. Michael Byrd by the DC Metropolitan Police on January 6, 2021. The voices in Byrd’s and other witness interview audio recordings are all digitally altered to try to hide identities.
Other audio interviews of witnesses provide first-hand accounts of the shooting.
We also filed a FOIA lawsuit against the DOJ for records related to Babbitt’s death. We have several lawsuits about the January 6 issue, and just last week we released records detailing how federal law enforcement knew a large crowd would be present at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
The newly released footage raises a major unresolved question about the Ashli Babbitt shooting, and indeed, about the January 6 riot. Why did the Capitol Police all-too-often either watch illegal acts being committed without intervening, or actively aid the rioters, such as by opening doors and waving them in?
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