Successful trial attorney Norm Pattis, described by the media as being “brilliant and audacious” and a “legal top gun”, has filed a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain the name of the Capitol Hill police officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt during the civil unrest that transpired in Washington, D.C. on January 6. National File has obtained a copy of the FOIA request.
The Biden administration’s Department of Justice is refusing to name or charge the police officer responsible for Babbitt’s death, despite admitting that the officer had no reasonable cause to discharge his firearm against her. The Babbitt family attorney has pledged to continue fighting on behalf of his clients, and suggested civil litigation against the federal government and the unnamed police officer may be impending.
To further complicate matters, yesterday the Department of Justice took the unprecedented move of arresting the video journalist who captured clear video of the fatal shooting. Many conservatives decried the seemingly political persecution, including Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson, who compared the action to authoritarian silencing of dissident journalists that is commonplace in the third world…
Meanwhile, journalist Tayler Hansen claims to have identified the officer responsible for the shooting as Lieutenant Mike Byrd, who once left his service pistol unattended in a bathroom and claimed that he “will be treated differently” because of his senior rank. Hansen says that Byrd is apparently in hiding, and is no longer employed or living at his address. Read more…
