Two men have been arrested and charged with assaulting Capitol Hill police officer Brian Sicknick. On January 6th, Sicknick was on the front lines as a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol. Julian Elie Khater, 32, of Pennsylvania and George Pierre Tanios, 39, or Morgantown West Virginia were arrested on Sunday and are expected to appear in federal court on Monday, according to The Washington Post:
“Give me that bear s—,” Khater allegedly said to Tanios on video recorded at the Lower West Terrace of the Capitol at 2:14 p.m., where Sicknick and other officers were standing guard behind metal bicycle racks, arrest papers say.
About nine minutes later, after Khater said he had been hit with bear spray, Khater is seen on video discharging a canister into the face of Sicknick and two other officers, arrest papers allege.
The two are being charged with nine counts of assaulting a police officer. Sicknick collapsed and later died hours after the protest. No cause of death has been made public. The two men could receive up to 20 years in prison.
This is a developing story and will be updated.