Particle.news
Download on the App Store
4 ARTICLES
·
13h ago

Gallego Moves to Block Military Funeral Honors for Ashli Babbitt

He is invoking a statute that lets the military withhold honors for conduct viewed as discrediting.

Senator Ruben Gallego (Democrat of Arizona) at a Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs hearing in the Dirksen Senate office building in Washington, DC on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (Photo by Annabelle Gordon/Sipa USA).(Sipa via AP Images)
Image
Image

Overview

  • The Arizona Democrat plans to offer his resolution on Wednesday, and Senate Republicans are expected to block it.
  • The Air Force told Babbitt’s family last month it would provide military funeral honors after reversing an earlier denial.
  • Gallego’s measure argues Babbitt’s actions on January 6 are disqualifying under 10 U.S.C. §985 and that honoring her would bring discredit on the Air Force.
  • Babbitt, an Air Force veteran, was shot by a Capitol Police officer as she tried to climb through a broken window near the Speaker’s Lobby, and prosecutors declined to bring charges against the officer.
  • Judicial Watch and Trump allies pressed for the honors, and the Trump administration earlier agreed to nearly $5 million to settle a wrongful-death claim with Babbitt’s family.