Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021. - Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the a 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification.
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Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021. - Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the a 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification.
(Harrisburg) — A central Pennsylvania man facing charges in connection the January 6th Capitol insurrection is asking to be released on bail.
Thirty-two-year-old Julian Khater is accused of assaulting Capitol police officers outside the building during the riot.
In the pretrial motion – his attorney argues the charges against him center around a “limited and isolated” incident.
Because he apparently did not enter the Capitol building that day – Khater – who worked at a smoothie shop in State College- should be released to home detention.
Khater, who was linked to State College, Pa. in charging documents, and George Tanios, of West Virginia, were both a face multiple felony charges for allegedly “working together to assault law enforcement officers.”
The pair grew up together in New Jersey but left the area to operate fast-food franchise locations in university towns: Tanios ran a deli in West Virginia while Khater opened and managed a smoothie shop in State College.
The pair reunited to attend the Jan. 6 “Save America” rally, along with thousands of other Trump supporters in an effort to overturn the results of the 2020 General Election.
According to charging documents, the duo are visible on surveillance footage and online videos of the day’s events approaching a police barricade. Khater is audible on a video indicating that he had been pepper sprayed by police and appears to retrieve a canister of bear mace or a similar chemical repellant from Tanios’ backpack to retaliate.
“Give me that bear —-,” Khater says. “They just ——- sprayed me.”
Khater is seen directing chemical spray at three officers – including Brian Sicknick – who died the day after the attack.
The motion does not mention a new medical examiner’s report finding Sicknick suffered a stroke and died from natural causes.
It also noted Sicknick was among the officers who tried to hold off the mob — saying “all that transpired played a role in his condition.”
NPR’s Investigative and News Apps teams have published a database of everyone arrested so far in connection with the Capitol riot. This area of reporting is ongoing, and the database is being updated.
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