House Speaker Kevin McCarthy appeared to dismiss claims from Republican US Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene and other far-right officials that Ashli Babbitt was “murdered” by a US Capitol Police officer after she tried to climb into the House chambers through a broken window during a riot in the halls of Congress on 6 January, 2021.
Asked on 2 February whether he agreed with Ms Greene or believed that the officer “did his job” that day, Mr McCarthy said: “I think the police officer did his job.”
