The U.S. Air Force will provide Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt with military funeral honors, reversing a Biden-era decision that denied her family’s request, according to a legal group that has represented her family.
Judicial Watch, the conservative legal group, on Wednesday made public a letter from Under Secretary of the Air Force Matthew Lohmeier, extending an offer to allow the special funeral procedures to take place.
“I understand that the family’s initial request was denied by Air Force leadership in a letter dated February 9, 2021,” Lohmeier wrote in the Aug. 15 letter shared by Judicial Watch. “However, after reviewing the circumstances of Ashli’s death, and considering the information that has come forward since then, I am persuaded that the previous determination was incorrect.”
He additionally extended an invitation to her mother and husband to meet him at the Pentagon, so he may offer his condolences. The Hill requested comment from the Pentagon regarding the veracity of the letter.
A month after the riot, an Air Force representative under former President Biden’s administration informed her family that military funeral honors were denied for her funeral “due to the circumstances preceding her death.”
“As a result, I have determined that military funeral honors would bring discredit upon the Air Force,” Brian Kelly, an Air Force lieutenant general, wrote in that letter.
“Ashli Babbitt’s family is grateful to President Trump, Secretary [Pete] Hegseth and Under Secretary Lohmeier for reversing the Biden Defense Department’s cruel decision to deny Ashli funeral honors as a distinguished veteran of the Air Force,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a statement.
Posted by John3262005
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What a fucking joke
Why not throw funeral honors for Bin Laden while we’re out here celebrating literal TERRORISTS.
Lmao nice to see you tagging all these articles as memes.
throw a sandwich at a fed -> felony charges
participate in insurrection which severely injured multiple cops -> pardoned or given funeral with military honors
they’re making it clear that the law will only target enemies of the leader and will only protect his loyal subjects
>Honoring an fascist stooge who died betraying her oath
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If I say what I’m thinking I will be permanently banned from this website.