Just The News: The Capitol Hill Cop Who Murdered Ashley Babbit Had Long Disciplinary Record Including Reports of Mishandling Firearms

What a hero.

Can we vote him a Congressional Medal of Honor, to be presented by Lindsey Graham, who demanded the Capitol Police begin indiscriminately murdering citizens?

Cop who fatally shot J6 protestor has lengthy disciplinary record that includes gun incidents

The issues in officer Michael Byrd's background included a failed shotgun qualification test, a failed FBI background check, a suspension for a lost weapon and referral to prosecutors for firing his gun at a stolen car.

By John Solomon and Steven Richards

The Capitol Police officer who fatally shot Ashli Babbitt during the Jan. 6 riots and then was promoted has a lengthy internal affairs and disciplinary record that includes firearm-related incidents, a sweeping congressional investigation has found.

The issues in Captain Michael Byrd's background included a failed shotgun qualification test, a failed FBI background check for a weapon's purchase, a 33-day suspension for a lost weapon and referral to Maryland state prosecutors for firing his gun at a stolen car fleeing his neighborhood, according to congressional and police documents obtained by Just the News.

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The incidents described in Loudermilk's letter are corroborated by congressional records and police reports that date as early as 2004 including:

A 2004 incident where Byrd, who was off duty, fired his weapon at a stolen vehicle as it was fleeing his residential neighborhood;

A 2015 "conduct unbecoming an officer" complaint filed by a fellow officer after Byrd, again off duty, confronted him while the officer was working at a high school football game in an incident with racial overtones;

A 33-day suspension in 2019 after Byrd left his service weapon unattended in a public Capitol Hill bathroom;

A failure to pass a routine background check shortly after Jan. 6 when attempting to purchase a shotgun for home protection, after the USCP worked to provide Byrd a department-issued shotgun instead, he failed the training; and

Three further referrals to the Capitol Police Office of Professional Responsibility for which records are reportedly missing.

Mark Schamel, the lawyer representing Byrd, did not respond several requests for comment. The U.S. Capitol Police also did not return several inquiries from Just the News.

"I showed utmost courage"

In his only interview to date, Byrd told NBC News' Lester Holt about his experience on Jan. 6 and defended the decisions that he made that day, including to use his firearm against Ashli Babbitt, a pro-Trump protestor who had entered the Capitol.

"I believe I showed utmost courage on January 6, and it's time for me to do that now," Byrd said when he was asked why he decided to come forward publicly.

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By 2023, Byrd was promoted to the rank of captain by Capitol Police leadership.

Loudermilk is specifically concerned about Byrd's promotion because of his lengthy disciplinary history, which includes at least two firearm incidents and one confrontation with another officer while off duty.

Oh boy, we sure don't want Trump filling the government with "loyalists." No one in the government is a "loyalist" to their fellow leftwing Deep State Regime operatives right now.

In more Deep State news: Wray and Mayorkas decided they didn't feel like showing up for a congressional Homeland Security hearing so they just blew it off.

There is a prison cell missing two hoodlums.

Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI director Christopher Wray did not show up for a Senate Homeland Security hearing on Thursday as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to relieve both of them of their duties.

The break with precedent sparked outrage from committee chairman Senator Gary Peters (D., Mich.) and other lawmakers.

"In a shocking departure from the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's longstanding tradition of transparency and oversight of the threats facing our nation, for the first time in 15 years, the Homeland Security Secretary and FBI Director have refused to appear before the Committee," Peters said.

"Their choice to not provide public testimony about their departments' efforts to address wide-ranging national security threats robs the American people of critical information and the opportunity for public accountability of what the federal government is doing to keep Americans safe," he added.

When reached for comment, the FBI and DHS both told National Review the committee lawmakers would be better off meeting in a classified setting to discuss the threats to American national security.

"We remain committed to sharing information about the continuously evolving threat environment facing our nation and the extraordinary work the men and women of the FBI are doing," the FBI said in a statement.

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"DHS and the FBI already have shared with the Committee and other Committees, and with the American public, extensive unclassified information about the current threat environment," the spokesperson added.

Unsatisfied with that explanation, Senator Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) a member of the committee, is calling for Mayorkas and Wray to face subpoenas to testify.

"This is Mayorkas & Wray giving the middle finger to the American people. They are REQUIRED BY LAW to testify. And now they're saying it's good enough to post something on a website? Both are unfit for office. The Senate should subpoena them immediately and hold them in contempt," Hawley said on X.

Muh Normzzz.

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