Julian Khater, 32, says 'I wish I could take it back' after admitting he used the pepper spray against Brian Sicknick and two other officers in a bid to overturn Donald Trump's election defeat.
The man who carried out a pepper-spray attack on a US Capitol police officer who died the day after the January 6 riot has been sentenced to almost seven years in prison.Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick died of a stroke on January 7 after being pepper-sprayed in WashingtonThe man who supplied the chemical agent to attacker Julian Khater is awaiting sentencing
Julian Khater, 32, who admitted in a guilty plea he had used the pepper spray against Brian Sicknick and two other officers, was given 80 months in prison with credit for time already served in pre-trial detention. Khater told US District Judge Thomas Hogan his rash actions that day were not in his nature, adding he wished he could take them back."What happened on January 6 — there are no words for it. … I wish I could take it back."US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden paid their respects to Mr Sicknick after his death., he told the Washington Post he believed "all that transpired" on January 6, 2021, played a role in the death.
Thousands of Donald Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol that day in an attempt to overturn his election loss. George Tanios, 41, of Morgantown, West Virginia, who travelled to Washington with Khater and supplied the chemical agent Khater used, pleaded guilty last year to lesser misdemeanour charges of disorderly conduct on restricted grounds.Both the prosecution and his defence attorneys were seeking credit for the five-plus months he served in pre-trial detention.
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