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The civil lawsuit, filed last week in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, comes more than a month after the Department of Justice announced it would not pursue criminal charges against the Capitol police officer who fatally shot Babbitt, according to a CNBC report.
Authorities said it was reasonable for the officer to believe he was firing in self-defense or in defense of members of Congress, their aides and others from the violent Trump mob.
The officer and his colleagues were struggling to prevent Babbitt and other Trump supporters from gaining access to the Capitol and rampaging through the building.
More than 465 people have been arrested across nearly all 50 states in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department announced.
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