WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald Trump posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor to Ashli Babbitt in a ceremony at the White House today.
Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran from California, was fatally shot by a Capitol Police officer on January 6, 2021, while attempting to breach the Speaker’s Lobby during the riot at the U.S. Capitol. Her death became a rallying point for Trump loyalists, who have long argued that she was a patriot wrongfully killed by law enforcement.