The United States Capitol Police announced Monday that the unnamed officer who shot and killed pro-Trump insurrectionist Ashli Babbit outside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office on Jan. 6 will not face any disciplinary action, and that their actions were "lawful and within Department policy."
Saying that "the actions of the officer in this case potentially saved Members [of Congress] and staff from serious injury and possible death," the Capitol Police's statement Monday is the latest step on the part of the nearly 200-year-old law enforcement branch to both address and move past last year's attempted insurrection. As part of that effort, the Capitol Police will for the first time in its history be expanding out of its namesake locale by opening up a pair of field offices in both San Francisco and Tampa, Florida.
