Man who filmed death of Ashli Babbitt during J6 riot sentenced to six years in prison

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AUtah man that filmed the fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt on January 6, 2021, was sentenced to six years in prison on Friday, despite his claims that he was at the Capitol as a citizen journalist.

Babbitt was a protester and 14 year Air Force veteran who was killed by a United States Capitol police officer during the protest on Capitol Hill. Babbitt was shot trying to enter a secured area inside the U.S. Capitol Building the day the Capitol riot took place. She was unarmed at the time, and tried to climb through a broken window in a door near the House Chamber.

Prosecutors claimed John Earle Sullivan, who was convicted on multiple charges including felony obstruction of an official proceeding and civil disorder, made $90,000 off his footage of the riot, which included Babbitt's death. Sullivan was in the Speaker's Lobby at the time, and was encouraging rioters to break glass panes when he filmed Babbitt's death, per Axios. Sullivan was also heard shouting expletives that encouraged the protesters.

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