A wrongful loss of life lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch on behalf of the household of the murdered January sixth protester Ashli Babbitt won’t go to trial till 2026, a decide dominated on Friday.
The Biden-appointed U.S. District Choose Ana Reyes set a trial date of July 20, 2026, after attorneys for each Judicial Watch and the federal government mentioned that the unique 2025 timeline wouldn’t enable sufficient time for discovery.
The Hill has more details:
The events initially requested a pretrial schedule within the $30 million swimsuit that might stretch into 2027 earlier than heading to trial round October or November of that 12 months. Reyes rejected the proposal as “unacceptable” and directed them to create a timeline that might put the trial in December 2025 “on the newest.”
Regardless of submitting a brand new proposal, the events instructed the decide {that a} December 2025 trial date would possibly hinder efforts to acquire proof from regulation enforcement, medical personnel and different witnesses within the case, which they mentioned is predicted to have “substantial” discovery.
“In gentle of those circumstances and the importance of this case, the Events imagine {that a} modest extension of the invention interval and trial date could also be warranted,” they wrote in a Thursday joint assertion to Reyes.
Reyes then mentioned she would take into account accepting an agreed upon trial date no later than June 2026. However at Friday’s listening to, after the events mentioned they have been unavailable that June, the decide mentioned the trial may start in July.
As beforehand reported by The Gateway Pundit, the lawsuit was intentionally moved from Babbitt’s residence metropolis of San Diego to Washington D.C., the place a far-left decide would preside over the case.
As readers will know, Babbitt was murdered in chilly blood by Officer Mike Byrd as she protested the fraudulent outcomes of the 2020 presidential election on January sixth.
As an alternative of being charged with homicide and fired from his place, Byrd was exonerated following an investigation and has since been promoted to captain.
The lawsuit will deal with his intensive historical past of incompetence and misuse of firearms, in addition to the various different extraordinary circumstances round her loss of life.
Ashli’s mom, Micki Whitthoeft, gave us an interview earlier this 12 months in regards to the wrongful loss of life lawsuit and the combat for justice for her beloved daughter.
You may read the interview in full right here.