Ashli Babbit’s trashy mother arrested after hitting another woman outside DC jail

Micki Witthoeft, 58, was spotted by The Daily Beast being taken into custody just after 6:45 p.m.

Zachary Petrizzo
Politics Reporter
Updated May. 30, 2023 10:26PM ET / Published May. 30, 2023 7:27PM ET

The mother of Ashli Babbitt, Micki Witthoeft, was arrested Tuesday evening after striking a counter-protester at a right-wing event outside of the Washington, D.C. jail where many of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot defendants are being held.

Witthoeft, 58, was spotted by The Daily Beast being taken into custody just after 6:45 p.m. She was surrounded by officers and handcuffed before being walked into a waiting police van.

The arrest comes just one day after Witthoeft’s alleged violent outburst was caught on film and later reported to police. A senior law enforcement official confirmed to The Daily Beast that the arrest was related to the earlier assault.

“58-year-old Michelle Witthoeft, of Spring Valley, CA, was arrested and charged with Simple Assault and Destruction of Property,” Hugh Carew, a D.C. Metropolitan Police Department Public Information Office, told The Daily Beast after publication.

Lock her up, throw away the key.