Key takeaways:
- Julian Khater was sentenced to 80 months in prison for assaulting U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick with pepper spray during the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack.
- George Tanios pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and entering and remaining in a restricted building.
- Officer Sicknick’s colleagues and fellow officers attended the sentencing to honor his memory and to ensure that justice was served.
Washington, DC – On Friday, a man who admitted to spraying U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick with pepper spray during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack was sentenced to 80 months in prison in a Washington, D.C. courtroom packed with Sicknick’s colleagues and fellow officers.
Julian Khater pleaded guilty in September to two counts of assaulting, resisting or impeding officers with a dangerous weapon. His co-defendant, George Tanios, pleaded guilty last summer to disorderly conduct and entering and remaining in a restricted building.
During the sentencing, federal Judge Thomas Hogan said, “I don’t know what got into you, somehow you got determined to push your way through the crowd.”
Washington, DC’s chief medical examiner, Francisco Diaz, determined that the officer died of natural causes a day after defending the Capitol during the Jan. 6 assault. The medical examiner’s report summary cited “acute brainstem and cerebellar infarcts due to acute […]”
The death of Officer Sicknick has been a tragedy for the Capitol Police and the nation. His colleagues and fellow officers attended the sentencing to honor his memory and to ensure that justice was served.
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