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Assault on the Capitol: the companion of a killed police officer files a complaint against Donald Trump

2023-01-06T14:42:28.723Z


Two years after the attack that shook American democracy, the companion of one of the five dead in the assault is claiming 10 million


The companion of one of the Capitol police officers, who died after being attacked during the January 6 insurrection two years ago, filed a complaint Thursday, by name, against Donald Trump and two Trumpist rioters who wanted to prevent certification of Joe Biden's election.

Sandra Garza has filed her “wrongful death” petition in US federal court.

She accuses the former president as well as Julian Khater and George Tanios, his attackers, of being "directly and indirectly responsible" for the death of his companion Brian Sicknick.

Constable Brian Sicknick was deployed to the clashes at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. He was pepper sprayed and collapsed hours later while returning home.

He had succumbed on Thursday, January 7 in the evening of two cerebral vascular accidents, attributed to a natural cause by the medical examiner who autopsied his body.

"Everything that happened on January 6, including the actions taken by defendants Trump, Khater and Tanios, played a significant role in the medical condition that led to Constable Sicknick's death the following day. “, defends his companion in his complaint.

$10 million

Already prosecuted for his participation in the attempted insurrection, Khater pleaded guilty last September to assaulting the police with a dangerous weapon.

As part of a plea deal made in July, Tanios had pleaded guilty to entering and remaining in a building with restricted access and engaging in disorderly or disruptive conduct in that building.

District of Columbia prosecutors' investigation showed Tanios purchased four canisters of pepper spray and provided Khater with spray before arriving at the Capitol.

To them as to Trump, Sandra Garza claims 10 million dollars in damages.

During the riot, at least three officers, including Sicknick, "were unable to perform their duties for at least 20 minutes or more while recovering from the spray," one of their colleagues said in a statement. september.

He had sworn that the spray was “as strong, if not stronger, than any version of pepper spray they had been exposed to during their training as law enforcement officers,” according to the minutes of his hearing.

The former Republican president did not react to this new questioning but since the events two years ago, he has always denied any wrongdoing, as he has always minimized the events of January 6.

The House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill named Trump as the "central cause" of the attack.

Without waiting for the conclusions of the parliamentary commission of inquiry, a special prosecutor has been appointed to oversee, in an independent manner, the investigations concerning Trump and his role in the assault.

192 people were sentenced to prison

Two years to the day after the assault that shook American democracy, and signified the extreme polarization of society, American President Joe Biden was to decorate this Friday twelve people who had "contributed in an exemplary manner to our democracy around the 6 January 2021” of the Presidential Medal of Citizenship, one of America’s highest civilian honours.

Seven members of the police force must receive it.

Brian Sicknick is to receive it posthumously.

Two years after the events, more than 950 people have been identified and arrested.

192 received a prison sentence.

US police are still looking for 350 participants, as well as a person suspected of planting roadside bombs near Congressional headquarters the day before the assault.

Source: leparis

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