The Justice Department said Friday that a “settlement in principle” has been reached with rioter Ashli Babbitt’s family to resolve a lawsuit they filed over her death during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.

At an emergency hearing Friday afternoon, DOJ lawyer Joseph Gonzalez and Robert Sticht, a lawyer for Babbitt’s husband, Aaron, acknowledged the settlement agreement but said nothing has been signed. They indicated the exact terms of the agreement were still in flux and would not be imminently formalized.

Neither attorney revealed whether the settlement includes a monetary component or other terms of the agreement. The Babbitt family initially sought $30 million, and a trial was scheduled to begin in July 2026.

Babbitt was........

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