Ashli Babbitt’s Mother Arrested For Assaulting Counter-Protester at Rally for Capitol Rioters

Micki Witthoeft, the mother of Ashli Babbitt, was arrested for assaulting a counter-protester at a right-wing event outside the Washington, D.C. jail where many of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot defendants are being held.
Witthoeft’s arrest came after her alleged violent outburst was caught on film and reported to police.
In video of the incident, Witthoeft can be seen striking the woman, shoving her off the sidewalk, grabbing her megaphone and smashing it.
Witthoeft's daughter, Ashli Babbitt, was killed by a Capitol police officer on Jan. 6 as she attempted to enter the Speaker’s lobby just outside the U.S. House of Representatives.
Babbitt’s death has become a right-wing cause célèbre.