The U.S. government is offering a funeral with military honors for Ashli Babbitt, a U.S. Air Force veteran who was shot and killed while attempting to force entry to a secure area of the U.S. Capitol during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

A U.S. Capitol Police officer shot Babbitt when she attempted to climb through a window into the Speaker's lobby. The Department of Justice and the Capitol Police both cleared the officer of wrongdoing following the incident.

In an August 15 letter obtained by the conservative legal group Judicial Watch, Under Secretary of the Air Force Matthew Lohmeier told Babbitt's family that the Air Force was reversing an earlier decision, made in 2021, to deny the family's request to extend Babbitt military honors.

"After reviewing the circumstances of Ashli's death.

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