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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

Ashli Babbitt’s husband says Trump contacted him after Jan 6: ‘I knew I had friends in the right places at that point’

Aaron Babbitt, the widower of Ashli Babbitt, who was killed during the Capitol riot of January 6, 2021, has revealed that President Donald Trump called him in the aftermath of her death to express his sympathies.

Speaking on Newsmax’s Greg Kelly Reports Tuesday, on the fifth anniversary of the failed insurrection and his wife’s death, Babbitt said of Trump reaching out: “It was a game-changer for my confidence.

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