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- [Bobby Powell gave his last breath working to expose Jan. 6 corruption](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2025/09/06/bobby-powell-gave-his-last-breath-working-to-expose-jan-6-corruption/) - Michigan radio journalist Bobby Powell poured his heart into finding and telling the truth about suspicious actors at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Sadly, his heart gave out before he could finish his work. Bobby suffered nine heart attacks after Jan. 6. It would not be hyperbole to suggest that Jan. 6 killed Bobby Powell. He predicted it would.
- [Cop who killed Ashli Babbitt has ‘significant’ discipline history, including gun incidents](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2024/11/22/cop-who-killed-ashli-babbitt-has-significant-discipline-history-including-gun-incidents/) - Now-Captain Michael Byrd also given favorable treatment, including $36,000 retention bonus and $21,000 in home security upgrades. By Joseph M. Hanneman Blaze Media || Nov. 22, 2024 The U.S. Capitol Police officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt on January 6 once fired his service weapon at fleeing vehicles near his home while his neighbor
- [Prosecution of Brian J. Cole Jr. for Jan. 6 pipe bombs raises more questions than it answers](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2026/01/16/prosecution-of-brian-j-cole-jr-for-jan-6-pipe-bombs-raises-more-questions-than-it-answers/) - The criminal case against Brian Jerome Cole Jr. for the alleged January 2021 placement of two pipe bombs on Capitol Hill raises more questions than it answers about Cole’s movements that night and why the FBI appears not to have addressed notable actions in its case documents, as well as the strange behavior of Capitol Police investigators that immediately followed.
- [Massie: FBI threatened his staff if he didn’t ‘play ball’ over pipe-bomb investigation](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2025/11/26/massie-fbi-threatened-his-staff-if-he-didnt-play-ball-over-pipe-bomb-investigation/) - An FBI official threatened to open a criminal investigation on one of Massie’s staff “if we didn’t straighten up [and] play ball,” Massie told Blaze News investigative reporter Steve Baker in an interview broadcast on Matt Kibbe’s “Free the People” podcast and posted to X.
- [Pipe-bomb prosecutors ‘reckless’ for insinuating Brian Cole’s family was involved, attorney says](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2026/01/29/pipe-bomb-prosecutors-reckless-for-insinuating-brian-coles-family-was-involved-attorney-says/) - ‘The government’s decision to publicly imply, with no factual basis, that these private citizens are connected to domestic terrorism is reckless.’ By Joseph M. Hanneman, Blaze Media || Jan. 29, 2026 The defense team for Jan. 6 D.C. pipe-bomb suspect Brian Cole Jr. accused the U.S. Department of Justice of being “reckless” by insinuating that
- [January 6: A legacy of troubling questions](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2022/01/06/january-6-a-legacy-of-troubling-questions/) - After repeatedly striking White in the head, the officer in white holstered his baton. Then he made a fist with his bare left hand and punched White in the face. “Oh, no-no-no! Please! Please don’t beat her!” someone shouted, to no effect. After three full-force knuckle shots to White’s head, the officer in white paused. Then he went in for two more blows. He grabbed the hair at the back of her head and pulled it hard.
- [Navy veteran lives an ‘American Horror Story’ since his arrest on Jan. 6 seditious-conspiracy charge](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2022/03/22/navy-veteran-lives-an-american-horror-story-since-his-arrest-on-jan-6-seditious-conspiracy-charge/) - Minutes after being jostled awake, Caldwell found himself outside in the freezing cold in his undershorts and a T-shirt. In handcuffs attached to a belly chain, he then was dragged across the lawn by FBI agents and thrown onto the hood of a government sedan. Caldwell looked back at the porch of his farmhouse and saw Sharon, his wife of 22 years, standing in her nightgown, with arms extended. She clutched a sock in each hand.
- [Luke Coffee says God told him to ‘Stand in the Gap’ on Jan. 6](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2022/06/13/luke-coffee-says-god-told-him-to-stand-in-the-gap-on-jan-6/) - It was a long walk, but the trek seemed to pass in the blink of an eye. Coffee saw scores of people looking at him intently with friendly expressions. Some made eye contact and seemed to beckon him. Paper scraps fell from above as he walked, twirling in the stiff breeze like ticker-tape confetti. He looked up, but Coffee couldn’t see where the paper bits came from.
- [Ray Epps told FBI he expected bomb attack near the Capitol on Jan. 6, documents show](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2022/08/12/ray-epps-told-fbi-he-expected-bomb-attack-near-the-capitol-on-jan-6-documents-show/) - In two interviews with the FBI in 2021, Epps explained his actions on Jan. 5, 2021, and Jan. 6, 2021. He admitted that he was guilty of trespassing on restricted Capitol grounds and confessed to urging protesters to go to—and into—the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Despite the admissions, the FBI never arrested Epps, and he wasn’t charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with any Jan. 6, 2021, crimes. The non-action has fueled theories that he might have been working for the FBI or another agency.
- [Epps showed son how to use tourniquet in case of Jan. 6 bomb attack near Capitol, FBI records show](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2022/08/22/epps-showed-son-how-to-use-tourniquet-in-case-of-jan-6-bomb-attack-near-capitol-fbi-records-show/) - During an interview with two FBI agents in Utah, Epps’s son—James Ray Epps Jr., 38—said the sobering talk from his father came as the trio was preparing to head to the Ellipse to hear President Donald Trump speak on Jan. 6, 2021. “'There’s gonna be a lot of people there. And there’s going to be people that want to hurt people,’” Epps Jr. cited his father as saying. “‘If there’s people that want to hurt people, there’s going to be people that get hurt.
- [Retired police sergeant, Oath Keeper helped rescue Capitol Police on Jan. 6 ‘at the moment the world needed it’](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2022/10/25/retired-police-sergeant-oath-keeper-helped-rescue-capitol-police-on-jan-6-at-the-moment-the-world-needed-it/) - Before the afternoon was over, Nichols, and Oath Keeper Steve Clayton, and others would go into the Capitol at the request of a desperate lieutenant and rescue 15 riot-gear-clad officers and one uniformed officer trapped inside. It was a good deed, to be sure. Unbeknownst to the participants, however, it would later punch a hole in the government’s narrative that the Oath Keepers’ purpose that day was to violently overthrow the U.S. government and forcibly keep Trump in office at any cost.
- [Former FBI agent who refused to raid Jan. 6 suspect warns of agency’s weaponization](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2023/04/23/former-fbi-agent-who-refused-to-raid-jan-6-suspect-warns-of-agencys-weaponization/) - Friend, who at the time was a fairly recent transfer to the FBI in Florida from Iowa, had just lodged a complaint against what he saw as heavy-handed tactics being planned against Jan. 6 suspects in Florida. Sitting with an FBI assistant special agent in charge, he felt he had to correct some of the misinformation that was being used to justify those tactics. “There was this pause on his part for a few seconds, like that was new information to him,” Friend told The Epoch Times. “That was never anything that crossed his mind.”
- [Security footage undermines key claims in police report in death of Rosanne Boyland](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2023/07/24/security-footage-undermines-key-claims-in-police-report-in-death-of-rosanne-boyland/) - Video also reveals rescuers spent more than 60 minutes trying to revive her lifeless body By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || July 24, 2023 After CPR and other lifesaving efforts inside a basement entrance to the U.S. Capitol failed, Jan. 6 protester Rosanne M. Boyland was moved up one level to the Crypt,
- [Restoration of military honors for Ashli Babbitt strikes back against a tide of Jan. 6 lies](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2025/09/04/restoration-of-military-honors-for-ashli-babbitt-strikes-back-against-a-tide-of-jan-6-lies/) - “Over these years, that’s been my top priority,” Babbitt told Blaze News in an interview. “I still have that flag case sitting in my apartment right now. I always knew I was going to get it filled one way or another, especially after President Trump got re-elected.”
- [Weaponized Jan. 6 casts long shadow over Wisconsin family](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2025/10/09/weaponized-jan-6-casts-long-shadow-over-wisconsin-family/) - Leftist Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell sentenced Tom and his wife Dawn to intermittent jail time. Before dismissing them, she fretted about what kind of people would home school their children, and seemed to marvel that Dawn still worried about election integrity.
- [Video sleuth challenges FBI Jan. 6 pipe-bomb narrative, unearths new evidence](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2025/10/15/video-sleuth-challenges-fbi-jan-6-pipe-bomb-narrative-unearths-new-evidence/) - Based on his video analysis, Armitas said the DNC bomb was retrieved by a man wearing a red Nike backpack, who took it a couple of blocks north, crossed Capitol Street Southeast, and handed it off to someone in a dark-color Dodge Charger. Armitas tracked the red backpack man to the Rayburn House Office Building after the device handoff.
- [Police walked right past DNC pipe bomb to first look under a bush where bomber sat 17 hours earlier](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2025/11/18/police-walked-right-past-dnc-pipe-bomb-to-first-look-under-a-bush-where-bomber-sat-17-hours-earlier/) - Search under a shrub at the Congressional Black Caucus Institute happened 2 minutes before one of the officers discovered a pipe bomb at the nearby DNC on Jan. 6, 2021. By Joseph M. Hanneman and Steve Baker, Blaze Media || Nov. 18, 2025 An eight-inch-long steel pipe with end caps, a kitchen timer, nine-volt battery,
- [Brian Cole Jr.’s location just the latest snag in the DOJ’s evolving Jan. 6 pipe-bomb narrative](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2026/02/06/brian-cole-jr-s-location-just-the-latest-snag-in-the-dojs-evolving-jan-6-pipe-bomb-narrative/) - The FBI’s narrative about the autistic Virginia man being prosecuted in federal court for allegedly placing two pipe bombs on Capitol Hill keeps running into snags, including suspect Brian J. Cole Jr.’s apparent location during key segments of the pipe-bomb timeline.
- [Journalists Baker, Hanneman leave The Blaze to establish independent reporting platform](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2026/04/06/journalists-baker-hanneman-leave-the-blaze-to-establish-independent-reporting-platform/) - “Our investigation into the Jan. 6 pipe-bomb conspiracy has been slowed by internal censorship due to threatened litigation against Blaze Media,” Baker said. “We need to be able to pursue the facts wherever they lead. That has become nearly impossible in recent months.”
- [Mysterious Babbitt shooting witnesses incited rioters, met secretly with police](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2024/11/22/mysterious-babbitt-shooting-witnesses-incited-rioters-met-secretly-with-police/) - The pair later met secretly with U.S. Capitol Police at the edge of Capitol grounds and shared at least one video clip as evidence before the Babbitt shooting investigation was even officially under way. Capitol Police did not make a video or audio recording of their talks with the men. One of the men sat in an unmarked squad car and showed USCP special agents at least some of his video.
- [Brian Cole Jr.’s physical presence, posture, mannerisms are no match to hoodie-clad ­Jan. 6 pipe-bomb suspect](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2026/03/23/brian-cole-jr-s-physical-presence-posture-mannerisms-are-no-match-to-hoodie-clad-jan-6-pipe-bomb-suspect/) - Video analysis shows stark physical differences between Cole and the FBI’s original unknown subject in 2021 bomb case By Joseph M. Hanneman and Steve Baker || March 23, 2026 Despite his reported confession to placing explosive devices at two sites on Capitol Hill on Jan. 5, 2021, Brian Cole Jr.’s physical presence, gait, posture and
- [Sparkling forest from Christmases past lights up Wisconsin city](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2021/12/11/sparkling-forest-from-christmases-past-lights-up-wisconsin-city/) - Standing in the softly falling snow, staring at the colorful and brightly lit Christmas display, Barbara Bundy-Jost understood that there was just something special about that tree.
- [Fitzgerald’s fight: January 6 prosecution steams ahead unabated despite terminal colon cancer](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2024/10/31/fitzgeralds-fight-january-6-prosecution-steams-ahead-unabated-despite-terminal-colon-cancer/) - Fitzgerald’s peaceful 39-minute visit inside the Capitol brought federal felony and misdemeanor charges. Despite occasional discussions with Fitzgerald’s attorney about dropping the case, prosecutors have refused to dismiss the charges, even though Fitzgerald’s doctor says his cancer is incurable.
- [Pipe-bomb suspect Brian Cole Jr. has Level 1 autism spectrum disorder, OCD — new facts that recast the case against him](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2026/01/02/pipe-bomb-suspect-brian-cole-jr-has-level-1-autism-spectrum-disorder-ocd-new-facts-that-recast-the-case-against-him/) - Federal magistrate judge rules Cole must be jailed until trial, however — siding with prosecutors on the claim that Cole is too dangerous to release. By Joseph M. Hanneman Blaze Media || January 2, 2026 Brian J. Cole Jr. denied placing pipe bombs on Capitol Hill in January 2021 for more than two hours under
- [Analysis: FBI’s Jan. 6 pipe bomb update omits key evidence, withholds video](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2025/10/29/analysis-fbis-jan-6-pipe-bomb-update-omits-key-evidence-withholds-video/) - An 8 ½-minute FBI video on the Jan. 6 pipe bombs, released last week, omits key new evidence, relies on likely manipulated, low-quality footage, and excludes crucial hours of security video that could clarify the most persistent questions that surround the languishing investigation.
- [Security cameras suddenly pan away as bomb squad responds to Jan. 6 pipe bomb](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2024/02/14/security-cameras-suddenly-pan-away-as-bomb-squad-responds-to-jan-6-pipe-bomb/) - WASHINGTON—Two key U.S. Capitol Police security cameras that were pointed at the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) offices during the Jan. 6, 2021, pipe bomb incident were remotely redirected by police and didn’t record or broadcast critical portions of the police response, The Epoch Times has learned.
- [3rd pipe bomb camera deliberately turned away from scene on Jan. 6](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2024/02/27/3rd-pipe-bomb-camera-deliberately-turned-away-from-scene-on-jan-6/) - WASHINGTON—A third U.S. Capitol Police security camera was turned away from the Democratic National Committee during the police response to the pipe bomb found near a bench at DNC headquarters on Jan. 6, The Epoch Times has learned. Security video obtained by the newspaper from Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) showed Camera 8021 that was recording the operations of a bomb robot suddenly panned away from the scene just before 2:21 p.m.
- [Biden-Harris DOJ moves to imprison disabled, nonviolent Jan. 6 defendant for 4 years](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2024/11/05/biden-harris-doj-moves-to-imprison-disabled-nonviolent-jan-6-defendant-for-4-years/) - Thomas Caldwell's attorney said his client is ‘more akin to a loud-mouth Walter Mitty than the Rambo-type figure the government has portrayed him.’ By Joseph M. Hanneman Blaze Media || Nov. 5, 2024 When federal agents raided the rural Virginia farm of Thomas Caldwell on Jan. 19, 2021, they were sure he was a kingpin
- [Exclusive: Nightmare January 6 case delivers miracle outcome for Thomas Caldwell](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2025/01/14/exclusive-nightmare-january-6-case-delivers-miracle-outcome-for-thomas-caldwell/) - More than four years after January 6, US District Judge Amit Mehta sentences Caldwell to time served and a $100 fine. By Joseph M. Hanneman Blaze Media || Jan. 14, 2025 The way Tom Caldwell figures it, his own government wanted him to die. He said he was tortured during his intake at the Central
- [Exclusive: Years of Jan. 6 police lies compound pain for family of late Rosanne Boyland](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2025/02/26/exclusive-years-of-jan-6-police-lies-compound-pain-for-family-of-late-rosanne-boyland/) - Former Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell and Officer Harry Dunn professed honesty but did not practice it in the case of the dying Georgia woman. By Joseph M. Hanneman Blaze Media || Feb. 26, 2025 “Never tell lies.” Those three words are perched atop the opening paragraph of “American Shield,” the 2023 autobiography of former
- [Veteran says FBI brought war tactics to Minnesota family home over Jan. 6](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2024/01/03/veteran-says-fbi-brought-war-tactics-to-minnesota-family-home-over-jan-6/) - The FBI raided a Minnesota family home twice in 2021, even flying a drone into the chicken coop. One family member called the raids ‘strict intimidation.’ By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || Jan. 3, 2024 LINDSTRÖM, Minn.—The knock at the door came before sunrise, but the men outside didn’t wait for an answer.
- [An explainer of Jan. 6 and its three-year aftermath](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2024/01/06/an-explainer-of-jan-6-and-its-three-year-aftermath/) - Jan. 6, 2021, will forever be a prominent part of American history—in ways that few people fully realize. It was most certainly a fork in the road. By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || Jan. 6, 2024 It was a day of infamy. Worse than Pearl Harbor, 9/11, or even the Civil War, Americans
- [False claims haunt family of woman who died tragically on Jan. 6, 2021](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2023/10/30/false-claims-haunt-family-of-woman-who-died-tragically-on-jan-6-2021/) - “We knew from the early morning of January 7 that somehow the cause of death would be listed as drug-related,” Cheryl Boyland told The Epoch Times. “Both the medical examiner’s office and the detective said to expect a fentanyl overdose. We told them that was impossible, but they continued to insist on it.”
- [Lingering trauma from years-long Jan. 6 prosecution haunts Minnesota family](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2025/04/14/lingering-trauma-from-years-long-jan-6-prosecution-haunts-minnesota-family/) - This gathering was a celebration of freedom for four members of the Westbury family who had just seen the federal Jan. 6 criminal cases against them dismissed with prejudice in Washington, D.C. Just months before, such a notion seemed at best a faint hope, as the massive U.S. Department of Justice Jan. 6 prosecution machine prepared to devour four more defendants.
- [Widowed Erika Kirk’s moment of grace and astonishing mercy: ‘I forgive him.’](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2025/09/21/widowed-erika-kirks-moment-of-grace-and-astonishing-mercy-i-forgive-him/) - Standing before 100,000 people at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, Erika Kirk poured out her heart, shared her indescribable grief and—following the example of Christ himself—uttered words of forgiveness. “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do,” she said, repeating Christ’s prayer to the Father from the Cross at Calvary.
- [EXCLUSIVE: Jan. 6 Capitol Hill security footage challenges key narratives](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2023/08/11/exclusive-jan-6-capitol-hill-security-footage-challenges-key-narratives/) - The Epoch Times earlier this year began investigating 41,000 hours of U.S. Capitol Police Jan. 6 security video. Starting in late April, the newspaper scrubbed through hundreds of hours of video that was previously hidden under court seal. Access to this trove of video was provided in a room near the Capitol by House Speaker
- [Jan. 6 case dismissed 40 days after judge found Luke Coffee guilty of ‘assault’ on MPD Officer Lila Morris](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2025/01/24/jan-6-case-dismissed-40-days-after-judge-found-luke-coffee-guilty-of-assault-on-mpd-officer-lila-morris/) - Texas filmmaker Luke Coffee took a direct blow to the left arm from Metropolitan Police Department Officer Lila Morris on Jan. 6, 2021, yet it was Coffee who was found guilty of assaulting the notorious D.C. officer who seconds later savagely beat Rosanne Boyland with a hardened walking stick, multiple videos viewed by Blaze News showed.
- [Carrying American flag at the Capitol on Jan. 6 was a crime, DOJ says](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2024/05/15/carrying-american-flag-at-the-capitol-on-jan-6-was-a-crime-doj-says/) - In a filing in the criminal case against Jan. 6 defendant William Alexander Pope of Topeka, Kansas, the U.S. Department of Justice said carrying a flag in support of “free elections, fair elections and President Trump” constitutes a crime under Title 40 of the United States Code.
- [Faith drives long-suspended FBI Special Agent Garret O’Boyle as he waits for justice](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2025/03/28/faith-drives-long-suspended-fbi-special-agent-garret-oboyle-as-he-waits-for-justice/) - A week after Empower Oversight sent a history of his case to the FBI with a request to reconsider the bureau’s revocation of his security clearance, O’Boyle said while he struggles with the painful delays, he uses his experience to talk to people about Jesus Christ and the faith that sustains him and his family.
- [Shadow of infamous 1912 assassination attempt still looms over Milwaukee](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2024/07/14/shadow-of-infamous-1912-assassination-attempt-still-looms-over-milwaukee/) - The shadow of the July 13 attempted murder of former President Donald J. Trump in Pennsylvania will loom large over the 2024 GOP convention, so Milwaukee’s historical ties to another attempted assassination plot take on added significance nearly 112 years later.
- [Justice finally arrives for newly pardoned former Jan. 6 defendant Thomas Caldwell](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2025/04/02/justice-finally-arrives-for-newly-pardoned-former-jan-6-defendant-thomas-caldwell/) - Caldwell, 70, of Berryville, Va., was neither an Oath Keeper nor a leader of the organization made up of military veterans, law enforcement officials, and first responders. Nor did his colorful language and pointed statements in private messages and on social media constitute a plot to attack the Capitol. But that did not stop the FBI and Department of Justice from attempting to make that narrative stick in front of a jury.
- [Suspended special agent risks it all to warn Americans about politicized FBI](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2024/09/14/suspended-special-agent-risks-it-all-to-warn-americans-about-politicized-fbi/) - “I’ve been telling my wife since the beginning of the suspension that we’re different people now,” O’Boyle explained. “We’re changed forever. We’re never going to be the Garret and Heidi that we were. I struggle with that on one end, because we liked our life.”
- [Sheriff’s deputy became a Jan. 6 trophy in a lie-filled ‘manifest injustice’](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2025/01/20/sheriffs-deputy-became-a-jan-6-trophy-in-a-lie-filled-manifest-injustice/) - Colt McAbee keenly feels the irony of his living situation. The former Georgia and Tennessee sheriff’s deputy and onetime prison guard now wears a different uniform from the ones he pinned his badge to for seven years — tan work clothes issued to inmates at the Federal Medical Center run by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
- [Jan. 6 defendant Colt McAbee on presidential pardon: ‘Best day of my life other than my wedding’](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2025/01/21/jan-6-defendant-colt-mcabee-on-presidential-pardon-best-day-of-my-life-other-than-my-wedding/) - Sarah McAbee and her mother, Kim, came forward in the bitter minus-18-degree weather to rescue Colt McAbee after he spent 1,252 days in government custody, brought on by a criminal prosecution that was marred by bald-faced lies. After a handshake with Orum, McAbee was off to live his life again.
- [Victim shot with police munition on Jan. 6 finds no justice](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2025/05/28/victim-injured-by-munition-jan-6-finds-no-justice/) - The officer lowered the weapon slightly, video showed, and shot Griffin.“What are you doing?” the officer spouted. He popped the smoking empty shell out of the barrel and hustled off to reload.
- [How could a small-town Minnesota boy morph into an accused political assassin?](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2025/08/14/could-a-small-town-minnesota-boy-morph-into-a-political-assassin/) - Vance Luther Boelter has little in his pedigree to suggest he might turn from a joyful Christian preacher into a calculating, brutal killer. Vance Luther Boelter has a habit of not finishing what he started. Whether it was entrepreneurial business plans, charity proposals, or planned religious endeavors, Boelter’s life is littered with unfinished business. Vance Luther Boelter has a habit of not finishing what he started. Whether it was entrepreneurial business plans, charity proposals, or planned religious endeavors, Boelter’s life is littered with unfinished business. It’s not that he wasn’t intelligent, wasn’t productive, or didn’t accomplish good things. But as often as not, Boelter didn’t complete the things he started.
- [Assassination suspect Vance Boelter tells STUNNING inside story about shooting](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2025/08/15/assassination-suspect-vance-boelter-tells-stunning-inside-story-about-shooting/) - In an exclusive interview, Boelter told Blaze News that it was never his intention to shoot anyone that night, but his plans went wrong as soon as Sen. Hoffman, 60, opened the door to his Champlin home just after 2 a.m. Boelter said he did not expect the Hoffmans’ daughter Hope, 28, to be at the home that night, so his original plan to detain the senator and restrain his wife went off the rails. So he told the family instead, “This is a robbery.”
- [Trans-identifying man with a ‘twisted mind’ said ‘I want to die’ before opening fire on Catholic Mass in Minneapolis](https://www.hannemanreports.com/2025/08/27/trans-identifying-man-with-a-twisted-mind-said-i-want-to-die-before-opening-fire-on-catholic-mass-in-minneapolis/) - A hate-filled 23-year-old male who claimed to be transgender and said he had a “twisted mind” and wanted to die opened fire on a full Annunciation Catholic Church in south Minneapolis on Wednesday, killing two children and injuring 17 while fulfilling “a final act that has been in the back of my head for years.”

## Pages

- [The Killing of Ashli Babbitt: A Jan. 6 Timeline](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt-a-jan-6-timeline/) - The Killing of Ashli Babbitt: A January 6 Timeline Info-Graphic As my investigation into the shooting death of Ashli Babbitt yielded more details, we wanted a way to display some of the information in a graphically appealing way. I worked with my talented colleagues at The Epoch Times to create an info-graphic that is reproduced
- [Speaker’s Lobby window smasher found guilty on 10 counts](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/speakers-lobby-window-smasher-found-guilty-on-10-counts/) - Speaker’s Lobby window-smasher Zachary Alam found guilty on 10 Jan. 6 criminal counts Alam taunted police inside the U.S. Capitol and smashed out the window pane where Ashli Babbitt was shot By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || Sept. 13, 2023 A Virginia man who taunted police inside the U.S. Capitol and smashed out
- [Speaker McCarthy has not seen video of Ashli Babbitt shooting](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/speaker-mccarthy-has-not-seen-video-of-ashli-babbitt-shooting/) - Speaker Kevin McCarthy has not seen video of fatal Ashli Babbitt shooting on Jan. 6, her mother says micki witthoeft urges speaker to watch the video so ‘you’ll have a more informed opinion.’ By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || March 23, 2023 House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told Ashli Babbitt’s mother that he has
- [Speaker Kevin McCarthy to meet with Ashli Babbitt's mother](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/speaker-kevin-mccarthy-to-meet-with-ashli-babbitts-mother/) - Speaker Kevin McCarthy plans to meet with Micki Witthoeft, Ashli Babbitt’s mother witthoeft requested the meeting after mccarthy said lt. michael byrd ‘was doing his job’ when he shot ashli babbitt By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || March 2, 2023 A month after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said that U.S. Capitol Police Lt.
- [Settlement ‘in principle’ reached in Babbitt lawsuit](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/settlement-in-principle-reached-in-babbitt-lawsuit/) - Settlement ‘in principle’ reached in $30 million Ashli Babbitt wrongful death lawsuit The settlement news was revealed in a raucous US District Court hearing in which the judge shouted at Aaron Babbitt’s Judicial Watch attorney. By Joseph M. Hanneman Blaze Media || May 2, 2025 A “settlement in principle” has been reached in the $30
- [Retiring Capitol Police chief takes shots at Babbitt](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/retiring-capitol-police-chief-takes-shots-at-babbitt/) - In March, Manger announced he was retiring after nearly four years on the job. His announced last day was May 2, but a Capitol Police source told Blaze News that Manger was still on duty on May 6. “How do we tolerate Manger criticizing the current administration in a civil matter without questioning his judgement
- [Republican J6 panel should probe Ashli Babbitt killing](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/republican-j6-panel-should-probe-ashli-babbitt-killing/) - Rep. Greene: Republican Jan. 6 committee should investigate Ashli Babbitt killing, Rosanne Boyland death By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || June 10, 2022 Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) says an investigation into the killing of Ashli Babbitt and the beating and subsequent death of Rosanne Boyland at the Capitol will be among the
- [Provocateur who filmed Babbitt killing a man of contradictions](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/provocateur-who-filmed-babbitt-killing-a-man-of-contradictions/) - Sullivan said he doesn’t bear responsibility for Babbitt’s death. “I didn’t pull the trigger, so, no,” he told The Epoch Times. “I know who should feel guilty though, Trump and all the political figures who were at the Ellipse rallying the crowd to ‘Stop The Steal.’ They single-handedly imprisoned hundreds of their supporters, killed six
- [President Trump will ‘take a look at’ Ashli Babbitt death](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/president-trump-will-take-a-look-at-ashli-babbitt-death/) - ‘We’re prepared to fire back at them. We have guns drawn.’ While the legacy media have painted the veteran of 14 years in the U.S. Air Force and several years in the D.C. National Guard as a rioter and insurrectionist, ample video from the hallway where she was shot proves she tried to stop the
- [Officer abandoned Capitol post for card game](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/officer-abandoned-capitol-post-for-card-game/) - Officer who killed Ashli Babbitt abandoned US Capitol post for card game, lied to investigators about it, source says Capitol Police Internal Affairs Division probe led to a recommendation that Michael Byrd be fired for the 2001 incident. He kept his job. By Steve Baker and Joseph M. Hanneman Blaze Media || Dec. 12, 2024
- [Notorious Jan. 6 figure gets 8 years in prison](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/notorious-jan-6-figure-gets-8-years-in-prison/) - Notorious Jan. 6 Speaker’s Lobby defendant asks for pardon, gets 8 years in prison Zachary Jordan Alam, who created chaos minutes before Ashli Babbitt was shot, suggests he deserves ‘compensation.’ By Joseph M. Hanneman Blaze Media || Nov. 9, 2024 Zachary Jordan Alam, the troubled Virginia man who created chaos just before the fatal shooting
- [Monster threads on killing of Ashli Babbitt](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/monster-threads-on-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/) - Return to the main Ashli Babbitt page
- [Man who stood next to Ashli Babbitt during J6 shooting is sentenced](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/man-who-stood-next-to-ashli-babbitt-during-j6-shooting-is-sentenced/) - Man who stood next to Ashli Babbitt when she was shot on Jan. 6 is sentenced iraj javid stood in the northeast corner of the Speaker’s Lobby entrance when babbitt was shot By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || Feb. 3, 2023 A Virginia man who stood next to Ashli Babbitt with his hands
- [Man who filmed Babbitt killing gets prison](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/man-who-filmed-babbitt-killing-gets-prison/) - Man who filmed Ashli Babbitt killing sentenced to 6 years in prison John Earle Sullivan had been convicted in late 2023 of seven Jan. 6 charges. He filmed the shooting of Babbitt outside the Speaker’s Lobby at the Capitol. By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || April 26, 2024 John Earle Sullivan, the onetime
- [Man who filmed Ashli Babbitt shooting found guilty](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/man-who-filmed-ashli-babbitt-shooting-found-guilty/) - Man who filmed Babbitt shooting found guilty on 7 Jan. 6 criminal counts A federal court jury in Washington D.C. rejects his defense that he was acting as a journalist at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || Nov. 16, 2023 John Earle Sullivan, the onetime Black Lives
- [Lt. Byrd made false radio broadcast after shooting Ashli Babbitt](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/lt-byrd-made-false-radio-broadcast-after-shooting-ashli-babbitt/) - EXCLUSIVE: After shooting Ashli Babbitt, Capitol Police Lt. made false radio report: lawsuit By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || Jan. 5, 2024 Within a minute after firing the fatal bullet that struck Ashli Babbitt on Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd broadcast a radio report claiming shots were being fired
- [Lieutenant who killed Ashli Babbitt on Jan. 6 was ‘doing his job,’ McCarthy says](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/lieutenant-who-killed-ashli-babbitt-on-jan-6-was-doing-his-job-mccarthy-says/) - Lieutenant who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt on Jan. 6 was ‘doing his job,’ House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says new GOP speaker ‘has very little actual knowledge about the events that led to my wife’s murder,’ Aaron Babbitt said in response. By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || Feb. 2, 2023 With the GOP-controlled
- [Judicial Watch sues for all FBI records on Ashli Babbitt](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/judicial-watch-sues-for-all-fbi-records-on-ashli-babbitt/) - Judicial Watch sues DOJ for all FBI records on Jan. 6 shooting victim Ashli Babbitt A Federal suit filed in U.S. District Court in San Diego alleges the FBI illegally withheld records about Babbitt and her husband, Aaron babbitt. By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || Feb. 2, 2024 A federal lawsuit filed in
- [Judicial Watch fights effort to move Ashli Babbitt lawsuit](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/judicial-watch-fights-effort-to-move-ashli-babbitt-lawsuit/) - Judicial Watch fights DOJ attempt to move Ashli Babbitt lawsuit to Washington DOJ wants to move the $30 million wrongful-death case from San Diego, but Aaron Babbitt’s attorney says the law gives deference to his client. By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || March 27, 2024 Attorneys for the estate of Ashli Babbitt have
- [Judge explodes in Babbitt lawsuit hearing](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/judge-explodes-in-babbitt-lawsuit-hearing/) - Federal judge explodes in Ashli Babbitt court hearing as wrongful-death case slows Attorney Robert Sticht said what appeared to be him interrupting the judge was due to an audio lag in the Zoom teleconference. By Joseph M. Hanneman Blaze Media || May 13, 2025 A May 12 court hearing in the Ashli Babbitt $30 million
- [Judge allows John Sullivan to subpoena filmmaker in J6 trial](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/judge-allows-john-sullivan-to-subpoena-filmmaker-in-j6-trial/) - Judge grants activist John Sullivan’s request to subpoena California filmmaker for Jan. 6 trial U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth will issue a subpoena to Jade Sacker, who filmed Sullivan at the Capitol for an upcoming documentary, ‘A House Divided.’ By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || Oct. 7, 2023 A federal judge in Washington
- [Jan. 6 rioter has psychiatric history](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/jan-6-rioter-has-psychiatric-history/) - J6 rioter has psychiatric history including college suicide attempt, court told Zachary Jordan Alam, who smashed out windows in the entrance to the House Speaker’s Lobby before Ashli Babbitt was shot, is scheduled for sentencing on July 17. By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || May 23, 2024 The Virginia man who taunted police
- [Feds settle Ashli Babbitt lawsuit](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/feds-settle-ashli-babbitt-lawsuit/) - Feds settle multimillion-dollar lawsuit in killing of Ashli Babbitt Settlement brings a measure of justice to Aaron Babbitt and Ashli’s mother, Micki Witthoeft. By Joseph M. Hanneman Blaze Media Nearly four and a half years after Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd shot and killed Ashli Babbitt at the U.S. Capitol, her husband on June 6
- [FBI opened Ashli Babbitt probe after her death](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/fbi-opened-ashli-babbitt-probe-after-her-death/) - FBI opened Ashli Babbitt investigation within a week of her Jan. 6 death FBI investigation listed Babbitt’s ‘potential violations of federal law’ 8 days after she was killed by Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd. By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || April 10, 2024 Ashli Babbitt, the California Air Force veteran fatally shot at
- [Far-left congressman calls Ashli Babbitt a terrorist](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/far-left-congressman-calls-ashli-babbitt-a-terrorist/) - A group of Oath Keepers encountered Dunn at 2:44 p.m. in the Small House Rotunda on the second floor of the Capitol. Dunn was engaged in a an almost frantic shouting match with protesters. In one exchange, Dunn said, “I will take as many of you out as I can before you get to me!”
- [Ex-lawyer puts Babbitt settlement at risk](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/ex-lawyer-puts-babbitt-settlement-at-risk/) - The Washington Post, citing unnamed sources, claimed May 19 that the settlement agreement is for less than $5 million. Parties in the suit would not comment on the news story or the alleged amount. The Post reported incorrectly that Judicial Watch and Washington, D.C., attorney Richard Driscoll would take one-third of any settlement. “I can
- [Epoch TV to premiere ‘The Real Story of Jan. 6’ July 22](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/epoch-tv-to-premiere-the-real-story-of-jan-6-july-22/) - Epoch TV to premiere ‘The Real Story of Jan. 6’ on Friday, July 22 By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || July 19, 2022 “The story of January 6 changes drastically, depending on who is telling it.” With those words, Joshua Philipp opens “The Real Story of Jan. 6,” a new documentary produced by
- [Epoch Times interview with Aaron Babbitt about wife’s murder](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/epoch-times-interview-with-aaron-babbitt-about-wifes-murder/) - Return to main Ashli Babbitt page
- [DOJ seeks 11 years in prison for Speaker’s Lobby rioter](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/doj-seeks-11-years-in-prison-for-speakers-lobby-rioter/) - DOJ seeks 11 years in prison for Jan. 6 Speaker’s Lobby rioter Zachary Alam Alam smashed windows in the Speaker’s Lobby entrance where Ashli Babbitt was fatally shot and later told protesters leaving the Capitol: ‘We need guns.’ By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || May 1, 2024 The Department of Justice is seeking
- [DOJ says ‘insufficient evidence’ of excessive force in Babbitt death](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/doj-says-insufficient-evidence-of-excessive-force-in-babbitt-death/) - ‘Insufficient evidence’ of excessive force in shooting death of Ashli Babbitt, DOJ report says By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || June 8, 2022 Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd produced no reports on his fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt and refused to give an official statement to investigators, but he agreed to a “voluntary
- [Documentary drops inconvenient truths on Jan. 6 narrative](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/documentary-drops-inconvenient-truths-on-jan-6-narrative/) - Documentary drops some inconvenient truths on the Jan. 6 narrative nick Searcy’s ‘Capitol Punishment’ pushes back on democrat propaganda By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || Dec. 30, 2021 “If she was your friend, you needed no other friend.” That’s how Aaron Babbitt describes his wife, Ashli Babbitt, 35, the U.S. Air Force veteran
- [Doctor who tried to save Ashli Babbitt faces J6 charges](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/doctor-who-tried-to-save-ashli-babbitt-faces-j6-charges/) - Doctor who tried to save Ashli Babbitt on Jan. 6 charged with 4 misdemeanors for time at the US Capitol Dr. austin harris was checking babbitt's vital signs when he was forced away from her by Capitol Police By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || Jan. 27, 2023 A California doctor who treated the
- [Doctor who helped Ashli Babbitt sentenced to probation](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/doctor-who-helped-ashli-babbitt-sentenced-to-probation/) - Doctor who helped a wounded Ashli Babbitt on Jan. 6 sentenced to probation Dr. Austin Brendlen Harris wrote that Ashli Babbitt still had a pulse when he was forced away from rendering aid by a U.S. Capitol Police officer. By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || Feb. 4, 2024 A California physician who gave
- [Details emerge from 20,000 hours of Jan. 6 video](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/details-emerge-from-20000-hours-of-jan-6-video/) - FBI medics, U.S. Capitol Police, and D.C. Fire and EMS paramedics rendered medical aid to Ashli Babbitt after she was shot outside the Speaker’s Lobby on Jan. 6, 2021. (U.S. Capitol Police, Steve Baker) The FBI agents sailed through the security screening area and turned right down the adjacent hallway. Moments later, Camera 0176 showed,
- [Defendant confronted by Ashli Babbitt pleads with judge](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/defendant-confronted-by-ashli-babbitt-pleads-with-judge/) - Notorious January 6 defendant confronted by Ashli Babbitt pleads with judge after conviction Federal prosecutors are seeking more than 11 years in prison, but Alam’s attorney says he needs treatment, not more incarceration. By Joseph M. Hanneman Blaze Media || Oct. 15, 2024 One of the most active and visible rioters at the U.S. Capitol
- [Babbitt tried to stop attack on Speaker’s Lobby, video shows](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/babbitt-tried-to-stop-attack-on-speakers-lobby-video-shows/) - Babbitt tried to stop Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Speaker’s Lobby, video shows By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || Jan. 17, 2022 Ashli Babbitt, who was fatally shot by a police officer at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, desperately tried to prevent rioters from vandalizing the doors leading to the Speaker’s Lobby
- [Ashli Babbitt’s killer housed in secret at military base](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/ashli-babbitts-killer-housed-in-secret-at-military-base/) - Ashli Babbitt’s killer housed in secret at Joint Base Andrews after Jan. 6 shooting, Judicial Watch alleges lt. michael byrd lived at secure military hotel while his name was withheld from the public By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || Oct. 7, 2022 Michael Byrd, the U.S. Capitol Police lieutenant who shot and killed
- [Ashli Babbitt, Betsy Ross flag tied to violent extremism?](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/ashli-babbitt-betsy-ross-flag-tied-to-violent-extremism/) - Ashli Babbitt, Betsy Ross flag, and Liberty Tree tied to violent extremism in leaked FBI bulletin FBI ALLEGES murdered BABBITT CONSIDERED A ‘MARTYR’ by militia violent extremists By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || Aug. 3, 2022 A leaked FBI internal bulletin on domestic terrorism lists U.S. Capitol shooting victim Ashli Babbitt as someone
- [Ashli Babbitt was murdered under color of authority, expert says](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/ashli-babbitt-was-murdered-under-color-of-authority-expert-says/) - Ashli Babbitt was murdered under color of authority on Jan. 6: use-of-force expert ‘She was shot and killed under color of authority by an officer who violated not only the law but his oath, and committed an arrestable offense.’ By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || July 25, 2022 Ashli Babbitt, the 35-year-old Air
- [Ashli Babbitt was murdered on Jan. 6, lawmaker says](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/ashli-babbitt-was-murdered-on-jan-6-lawmaker-says/) - ‘It’s like they wanted this to happen,’ Texas lawmaker tells Jan. 6 hearing U.S. rep. troy nehls said he believes ashli babbitt ‘was murdered that day.’ By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || June 14, 2023 Republican Texas Rep. Troy Nehls told a House of Representatives hearing that January 6 was an “epic law-enforcement
- [Ashli Babbitt rescuer pleads guilty to single Jan. 6 count](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/ashli-babbitt-rescuer-pleads-guilty-to-single-jan-6-count/) - Ashli Babbitt rescuer pleads guilty to petty misdemeanor for being at the Capitol on Jan. 6 dr. austin b. Harris faces a maximum of 6 months in jail for ‘Parading’ at the capitol By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || June 15, 2023 A California physician who was pulled away by police as he
- [Ashli Babbitt punched rioter just before being shot](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/ashli-babbitt-punched-rioter-just-before-being-shot/) - Babbitt then stepped toward the corner, grabbed Alam’s backpack, and delivered a left hook to his nose, knocking his glasses off, the video shows. As Alam fumbled to put his glasses back on, Babbitt climbed into the window, where she was shot by U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd. She fell backward to the floor,
- [Ashli Babbitt pleaded with police to call for backup](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/ashli-babbitt-pleaded-with-police-to-call-for-backup/) - The first time, he grabs one police officer’s shoulder with his left hand, then punches between him and another officer, striking the window, the video shows. “Chill out! Chill the f**k out, bro!” someone shouts. “Hey! Chill out!” “These guys work for us!” someone in the crowd interjects. “You gonna shoot him?” another person asks.
- [Aaron Babbitt’s mission is clear after wife’s Jan. 6 death](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/aaron-babbitts-mission-is-clear-after-wifes-jan-6-death/) - 3 years ago his wife was killed on Jan. 6, now Aaron Babbitt’s mission is clear ‘Ashli’s voice was taken that day. Now I speak for her. Ashli’s name is going to be written in history books at some point. I want it to be written correctly.’ By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times ||
- [Aaron Babbitt is on a mission to get justice for Ashli](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/aaron-babbitt-is-on-a-mission-to-get-justice-for-ashli/) - It’s been a long and difficult journey from the fateful day when he saw the shooting that took Ashli’s life played repeatedly on national television. So many days of heartbreak, but a few good days, too. ‘I tell people Ashli died on the best day of her life.’ A July phone call from former President
- [3 Babbitt shooting witnesses removed from most-wanted list](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/3-babbitt-shooting-witnesses-removed-from-most-wanted-list/) - 3 Ashli Babbitt shooting witnesses removed from FBI Most-Wanted list By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || Feb. 1, 2022 Three witnesses who were in the hallway outside the Speaker’s Lobby of the U.S. Capitol when Ashli Babbitt was shot were once wanted by the FBI, but their photos have disappeared from the FBI’s
- [2 More Babbitt shooting witnesses identified](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/2-more-babbitt-shooting-witnesses-identified/) - 2 more witnesses at Ashli Babbitt shooting identified By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || Jan. 27, 2022 Two men sought by the family of Ashli Babbitt as witnesses to her death at the U.S. Capitol have been identified as previously arrested by the FBI and indicted on federal charges from the Jan. 6,
- [19 minutes in the Jan. 6 life, death of Ashli Babbitt](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/19-minutes-in-the-jan-6-life-death-of-ashli-babbitt/) - New video covers 19 minutes in the Jan. 6 life and death of Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt Collected and synchronized video evidence in the case of the killing of Babbitt by Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd. By Joseph M. Hanneman Blaze Media || April 30, 2025 A new video by Judicial Watch Inc. on
- [$30 million sought in ‘ambush murder’ of Ashli Babbitt](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/30-million-sought-in-ambush-murder-of-ashli-babbitt/) - Capitol Police sued for $30 million for ‘ambush murder’ of Ashli Babbitt on Jan. 6 ‘The facts speak truth. Ashli was ambushed when she was shot by Lt. Byrd. Multiple witnesses at the scene yelled, ‘you just murdered her,’” the lawsuit states. By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || Jan. 5, 2024 Judicial Watch
- [‘Helmet Boy’ faces new charges](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/helmet-boy-faces-new-charges/) - Ashli Babbitt stood up to him — now J6er ‘Helmet Boy’ faces new charges Zachary Jordan Alam, 33, was charged with one felony and one misdemeanor in Henrico County, Va. By Joseph M. Hanneman Blaze Media || May 14, 2025 Zachary Jordan Alam, the Jan. 6 rioter who vandalized windows, taunted police, and incited chaos
- [The Killing of Ashli Babbitt](https://www.hannemanreports.com/the-killing-of-ashli-babbitt/) - The Killing of Ashli Babbitt Her death was the central tragedy of Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol. Yet 4½ years after a deadly shot rang out that killed 35-year-old Ashli Elizabeth Babbitt, so many unanswered questions remain. Why was the shooter, Lt. Michael Leroy Byrd, never questioned by internal affairs detectives? Why was the
- [Videos shed light on death of Rosanne Boyland at U.S. Capitol](https://www.hannemanreports.com/justice-for-rosanne-boyland/videos-shed-light-on-death-of-rosanne-boyland-at-u-s-capitol/) - Videos shed light on death of Rosanne Boyland at U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || Jan. 7, 2022 Newly released video from the West Terrace tunnel of the U.S. Capitol provides more details on the collapse, beating, and death of Rosanne Boyland on Jan. 6, 2021. A three-hour
- [Rosanne Boyland’s rescuer pens emotional letter to her parents](https://www.hannemanreports.com/justice-for-rosanne-boyland/rosanne-boylands-rescuer-pens-emotional-letter-to-her-parents/) - EXCLUSIVE: Rosanne Boyland’s would-be rescuer pens emotional letter to her parents ‘Her death, her murder haunts me,’ Ronald McAbee wrote. By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || Jan. 20, 2023 One of the men who tried in vain to rescue a lifeless 34-year-old Rosanne Boyland on the Lower West Terrace of the U.S. Capitol
- [Rosanne Boyland was begging and pleading, witness says](https://www.hannemanreports.com/justice-for-rosanne-boyland/rosanne-boyland-was-begging-and-pleading-witness-says/) - ‘She was begging and pleading’: Jan. 6 protester recalls witnessing Rosanne Boyland die By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || Feb. 3, 2022 “It was hell itself.” Philip Anderson doesn’t like to talk about that part of Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol. It’s just too painful, even with family and friends. “It’s so
- [Prison for former sheriff's deputy who aided Rosanne Boyland](https://www.hannemanreports.com/justice-for-rosanne-boyland/prison-for-former-sheriffs-deputy-who-aided-rosanne-boyland/) - Nearly 6 years in prison for former sheriff’s deputy who aided Rosanne Boyland on Jan. 6 A federal judge has sentenced Ronald Colton McAbee to 70 months in prison on seven criminal charges. By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || March 1, 2024 Ronald Colton McAbee, the former Tennessee sheriff’s deputy who tried to
- [New bodycam footage increases interest in release of 14,000 hours](https://www.hannemanreports.com/justice-for-rosanne-boyland/new-bodycam-footage-increases-interest-in-release-of-14000-hours/) - The collapse of Boyland and the police's failure to help her enraged the massive crowd on the Lower West Terrace. Fighting between protesters and police intensified for more than an hour before the crowd was driven off the terrace by a fusillade of police munitions. Bret Boyland, Rosanne's father, said the family still hopes for
- [Dramatic video shows efforts to revive lifeless Rosanne Boyland](https://www.hannemanreports.com/justice-for-rosanne-boyland/dramatic-video-shows-efforts-to-revive-lifeless-rosanne-boyland/) - A group that included tactical officers from U.S. Park Police, MPD, and U.S. Capitol Police began CPR. Radio traffic from U.S. Capitol Police, also obtained by The Epoch Times, adds detail to the tragic story of Boyland, one of four supporters of President Donald Trump who died at the Capitol on Jan. 6. According to
- [Bodycam videos show police officer assaulting unconscious protester](https://www.hannemanreports.com/justice-for-rosanne-boyland/bodycam-videos-show-police-officer-assaulting-unconscious-protester/) - EXCLUSIVE: New Jan. 6 bodycam videos show DC police officer assaulting unconscious protester By Joseph M. Hanneman The Epoch Times || April 29, 2022 A District of Columbia police officer used a large wooden stick to strike the body and head of protester Rosanne Boyland three times as she lay motionless on the ground on Jan.
- [Bodycam shows DC police striking unconscious Trump supporter](https://www.hannemanreports.com/justice-for-rosanne-boyland/bodycam-shows-dc-police-striking-unconscious-trump-supporter/) - A longer bodycam video clip picked up the dialogue: “We’ve got a man down here, dying!” someone said. “A man may be dead!” Another person shouted: “A medic! Now!” In the far lower right part of the screen, Boyland is seen being given CPR after bystanders moved her away from the police line. Ronald McAbee,
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