{"id":683677,"date":"2021-08-25T15:36:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T19:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=683677"},"modified":"2021-08-25T15:36:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T19:36:29","slug":"capitol-police-officer-who-shot-ashli-babbitt-to-speak-out-in-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/capitol-police-officer-who-shot-ashli-babbitt-to-speak-out-in-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitol Police Officer Who Shot Ashli Babbitt To Speak Out In Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcapitol-police-officer-who-shot-ashli-babbitt-to-speak-out-in-interview%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=683677&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Speakers-Lobby.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>The law enforcement official who shot Ashli Babbitt, the election certification protester who tried to enter the Speaker\u2019s Lobby of the U.S. Capitol during the January 6 riot, will speak publicly for the first time in an NBC News interview late airing late Thursday.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Babbitt, 35, was fatally shot during the Capitol Hill unrest, and until now, the U.S. Capitol Police Officer who shot her has not been publicly identified. But the officer\u2019s identity will be revealed during the Thursday interview, according to an announcement from NBC News.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSpeaking out and revealing his identity publicly for the first time, the officer will share his perspective on the events of that day, including the aftermath of the deadly insurrection and the threats he has received,\u201d reads the NBC News press release.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHe will also discuss the recent news that Capitol Police will not discipline him following an internal review, exonerating him for use of force, as first reported by NBC News,\u201d it continues.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The interview will air during NBC Nightly News at 6:30 p.m. eastern standard time and comes after an internal investigation exonerated the officer. The Department of Justice, similarly, announced back in April that they were closing their investigation into the officer who shot Babbitt.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bravery shown by the Lieutenant in organizing and coordinating the defense of the House and its members and staff was nothing short of heroic,\u201d an attorney for the officer said in a statement to NBC News last week. \u201cThe Lieutenant\u2019s conduct saved lives and helped to end the violent insurrection.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.030303030303\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">TOMORROW: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LesterHoltNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LesterHoltNBC<\/a> sits down in an exclusive interview with the U.S. Capitol Police officer responsible for shooting and killing Ashli Babbitt while defending the U.S. House chamber during the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack.<\/p>\n<p>Tune in at 6:30 pm ET \/ 5:30 pm CT. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NHhG5Z8ZpA\">pic.twitter.com\/NHhG5Z8ZpA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNightlyNews\/status\/1430590805476093953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The law enforcement official who shot Ashli Babbitt, the election certification protester who tried to enter the Speaker\u2019s Lobby of the U.S. Capitol during the January 6 riot, will speak &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-683677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=683677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}