Man sentenced to over 6 years in Jan. 6 assault on Brian Sicknick
One of the men charged with assaulting Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick on Jan. 6 was sentenced to over 6 years in prison on Friday.
WASHINGTON — One of the men charged with assaulting Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick on Jan. 6 was sentenced to over 6 years in prison on Friday.
Julian Khater, who admitted to spraying Sicknick and another officer with a chemical irritant, was sentenced to 80 months in prison with credit for 22 months of time served. His co-defendant, George Tanios, who bought the spray and handed it to Khater, was also sentenced, to time served.
Sicknick died a day after being assaulted, but prosecutors declined to charge the two men with his death.
New video of Capitol riot shows Officer Sicknick and others being hit with chemical sprayApril 29, 202101:16Before handing down his sentence, Judge Thomas Hogan told Khater, “People can conclude in their own minds that the spray may have caused [Sicknick’s death] but medically they haven’t shown it.”
“I am concerned about what you did do, regardless of if you’re responsible directly for the death of Officer Sicknick,” Hogan said. “I don’t find any excuse for anyone attacking an officer, particularly in this situation, doing their duty facing overwhelming odds.”
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