
The mother of Ashli Babbitt, the Capitol rioter killed on 6 January 2021 while trying to disrupt a joint meeting of Congress, was arrested in Washington DC while protesting on the second anniversary of the attack, Capitol police confirmed.
According to a Capitol Police news release, Micki Witthoeft, Ms Babbitt’s mother, was arrested on Friday when a group of protesters who did not have a permit to demonstrate on the Capitol grounds attempted to cross a street and enter the grounds.