The Capitol Police officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt during the Capitol riot has been formally exonerated after an internal investigation found the shooting was justified.... In April, the Justice Department announced that no charges were being brought against the officer.... The conclusion of the Capitol Police's internal investigation ends the official inquiries into the shooting. Video shot during the riot captured the moment Ms Babbitt was shot....

People are bumping into each other, yelling, trying to get through the door into thechamber.... You can see that she knows she's about to die, which she did.So what can we learn from this?... It's not enough to call it a tragedy....

An attempt to stop the construction of an Obama Foundation library in a park in Chicago was rejected by conservative US Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett.... Ms Barrett rejected a complaint from Chicago-based organisations and individuals that opposed the construction on the grounds that it would disrupt a local park.... The group and individuals opposed to the construction claim that state and local governments overstepped their legal authority to segment Jackson Park into smaller piece

The man who was pictured wearing a “ Camp Auschwitz ” shirt inside the US Capitol during the 6 January riot has pleaded guilty to trespassing. Robert Packer, a 57-year-old from Newport News, Virginia, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to one count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building, making him the latest rioter to reach a plea deal with prosecutors. Packer was caught on camera inside the Capitol on 6 January 2021 as a violent mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the buildi

According to Mr Wolff's reporting, published in New York Magazine, Mr Trump was more concerned with continuing his crusade to prove that the election had been stolen from him, and was so single-mindedly focused on his goal that he almost seemed aloof to the severity the insurrection.... He remained singularly focused on the electoral challenge and had blinders on to everything else – at least, that was how everybody was rationalizing something close to his total failure, willful or not, to unde

Ashli Babbitt’s husband has said that she was trying to stop the Capitol riot, echoing a new claim pushed by figures on the far-right.... “ Every time something big January 6 pops up, I can count on two things: Complete BS from the left and then Ashli trends on Twitter, ” he told host Greg Kelly just before the hearing began.... Ms Babbitt was trying to breach a barricaded door inside the Capitol building, demanding that officers protecting lawmakers get out of the way....

That’s what they’ve done and what they’re doing.... You don’t concede when there’s theft involved.” The outgoing president concluded his remarks by saying: “ So we’re going to, we’re going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, I love Pennsylvania Avenue, and we’re going to the Capitol and we’re going to try and give… The Democrats are hopeless.... ” had rung out in appalling, nightmarish scenes that rightly attracted the condemnation of world leaders across the globe. And where was President Trump

“ I hope our great vice president comes through for us.... You don’t concede when there’s theft involved.” The outgoing president concluded his remarks by saying: “ So we’re going to, we’re going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, I love Pennsylvania Avenue, and we’re going to the Capitol and we’re going to try and give… The Democrats are hopeless.... They’re never voting for anything, not even one vote....