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January 30, 2023

Jan. 6 Rioter Who Assaulted Brian Sicknick Sentenced to 80 Months in Prison
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In Washington, D.C., a federal judge has sentenced the man who
pepper-sprayed the late Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick during the
January 6 insurrection to 80 months in prison. Sicknick died of a stroke
one day after the riot. Julian Khater, who pepper-sprayed three officers
that day, had pleaded guilty to the charges. Another man, George Tanios,
who traveled to D.C. with Khater and supplied the pepper spray, was
sentenced to time served. Some 950 people have been charged in
connection with the insurrection.


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