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No Evidence Officer Who Shot Ashli Babbitt Was Pardoned by Biden

No Evidence Officer Who Shot Ashli Babbitt Was Pardoned by Biden

In his final hours as president, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons for House committee members who investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and the police officers who testified before that committee. Online posts make an unfounded claim that Biden pardoned the officer who shot and killed protester Ashli Babbitt. The officer, who was cleared of wrongdoing, wasn’t among those who testified.