THE COP-KILLER WHO WASN’T: January 6 Hostage Julian Khater, Robbed of Due Process, Framed for Murder

After January 6, many false narratives were disseminated to the public in the form of atrocity propaganda. One of the most pernicious was that hundreds of Capitol Police and Metro Police were seriously injured at the Capitol, and worse, cops died on January 6.

In fact, many of the injuries sustained by police on January 6 were self-inflicted, and no cops died on January 6. This reality did not stop the propagation of the lie that Officer Brian Sicknick was murdered on January 6. Initially, it was claimed that Sicknick was beaten over the head with a fire extinguisher. This lie was then revised to him passing away from exposure to chemical irritants sprayed by rioters.

In March of 2021, two men, Julian Khater and George Tanios, would become codefendants after being framed for the alleged murder of Officer Sicknick. I met Julian Khater in April of 2021 after he’d arrived in the DC Gulag’s “patriot pod” C2B. Julian got absolutely railroaded after January 6. He didn’t kill Officer Brian Sicknick, and yet that’s the narrative the government and media ran with without any evidence.

Authorities eventually admitted that Sicknick died of natural causes. He was never killed by a fire extinguisher, nor because Khater and Tanios sprayed him with mace. Khater’s codefendant, George Tanios, was ordered released from pretrial detention in August of 2021 following the Munchel decision.

Bizarrely, the Munchel decision was not applied to Julian. In fact, most January 6 defendants in the DC jail should’ve been released on bond, including Julian, by the standards of the DC Circuit. He had no past felony convictions, no extremist ties, and no post-January 6 criminal behavior.

Julian Khater got absolutely railroaded after January 6. He didn’t kill Officer Brian Sicknick and yet that’s the narrative the government and media ran with without any evidence. If he had gone to trial he’d have had a biased jury like all defendants, but far worse. I know that… pic.twitter.com/SdTKNrsdTq

— Tim Hale – Criminally Funny J6er (@LouisofMonmouth) February 18, 2024

(Julian Khater, myself, Jeff McKellop, Pete Schwartz, and Jorden Mink joke around with a jail laptop in 2022)

While most of us in the DC Gulag goofed around during what little time we had to socialize, Julian was, in fact, a saint compared to myself and others. The Julian I knew in the DC jail was one of the most docile, religious men to have been there. Being a Lebanese-American, Julian is a devout Maronite Catholic. After Shane Jenkins ended his ministry activities in C2B’s Second Bible Study, Julian took over Shane’s duties without a fuss.

When many inmates grew uncomfortable with provocateurs infiltrating study sessions to promote the assassination of politicians, the Second Bible Study was abolished. At times, it felt that nothing was sacred and that even within a religious body meant to honor God, we political prisoners had to be suspicious of speech meant to entrap us. We formed a third group, uncreatively named the “Third Bible Study,” headed by myself alongside Julian, Shane, and Pete Schwartz. Two Catholics and two Protestants. It was here that Julian truly shined as he was able to discuss scripture among peers in good faith. When I bought a dozen theology books for C2B he was one of the few actually interested in reading them. To this day, he continues to immerse himself in theology while wasting away in prison. Recently, his family passed on a book to me which Julian finished reading about the life of Saint Charbel. Julian was quiet but also a thoughtful, studious man, and loyal beyond compare.

While the courts dropped assault charges against George Tanios, who pled to a misdemeanor charge and was sentenced to time served, Julian Khater was forced to plead guilty to a felony and sentenced to over 6 years in prison. Julian spent 2 years in the DC jail, much of it in solitary confinement before finally being transferred to federal prison. His case is a tragedy among tragedies. If he had gone to trial, he’d have had a biased jury like all defendants, but far worse. Deliberate disinformation was used to prejudice any possible DC jury more than they already would be regarding January 6. I know firsthand how that works following my swift jury conviction for nonviolent charges. Unfortunately, when Julian took a plea deal, they railroaded him even harder. Spraying a cop isn’t good, but the feds and the court cared more about saving a narrative about a cop’s death than about the duty to save a young man’s life.

I’m still amazed that Julian Khater could be sentenced to nearly 7 years for headlines. Like many of us caught up in January 6, he was smeared by the feds and media. However, unlike the rest of us, he was framed as the murderer of Officer Sicknick. I’ve been slandered as an extremist, but Julian will be called a cop-killer by unhinged leftists for the rest of his life, even if Trump pardons him. In September of this year, Kamala Harris lied during her debate with President Trump, claiming officers died on January 6, demonstrating how the lies surrounding January 6 continue to echo through history years after the fact.

Upon leaving prison myself, I made it my goal to exonerate as many of the men from the DC Gulag I left behind as humanly possible. While some video of Julian Khater on January 6 was circulated in media hit-pieces, few journalists actually attempted to contextualize Julian macing the cops on the West Terrace. Lazy journalism at best, weaponized propaganda at worst. Nobody cared. One of the major headlines for January 6 defendants, alongside the Oath Keeper and Proud Boy cases, and nobody cared to report the truth?

I synced video and audio from released BWC (body-worn cameras) with released CCTV (closed circuit television) and zoomed into the spot where Julian and George were. I also checked the government’s own transcripts from the beginning when they alleged his dangerousness. Guess what?

It still amazes me that Julian Khater could be sentenced to 7 years. Like many of us caught up in January 6, he was smeared by the feds and media, but unlike the rest of us he was framed as the murderer of Officer Sicknick, which wasn’t true. I’ve been slandered as an extremist,… pic.twitter.com/Zkf7Qpvqln

— Tim Hale – Criminally Funny J6er (@LouisofMonmouth) October 24, 2024

Julian Khater only sprayed at cops after police had already begun hosing down entire sections of peaceful protestors. Khater was, in fact, sprayed more than once, despite harming no one, before retaliating with a pocket-sized mace dispenser. And even by the government’s own transcripts from January 6, Julian said “They just f***ing sprayed ME!” Julian got 80 months – six and a half years – for spraying mace at cops who sprayed him first without justification. Over 6 years, for 3 seconds of mace. Absolutely insane. This is compounded by the fact that this evidence was not provided to Julian as he languished behind bars, a due process violation meant to force him into taking a plea deal.

And worse, Julian is being sued by the ex-girlfriend of Officer Sicknick… somehow. On top of having an insane sentence for using a weak mace and after being slandered for years as a cop-killer, Julian’s currently facing a frivolous lawsuit over the death of a cop he didn’t kill. A wrongful death claim for Sicknick was already dismissed against President Trump earlier this year. Yet Julian Khater is still forced to bear the burden of a civil suit pending against him while he continues to serve a prison sentence for a crime he didn’t commit.

Julian Khater’s family have expended a burdensome amount of wealth to fight Julian’s criminal charges and pending civil suit. I ask that anyone willing to show support to my fellow political hostage do so HERE:

This is a gross miscarriage of justice. Please donate to help Julian in his current federal and future baseless civil battle to clear his name and fight back against the machine and the swamp. Thank you for your support and for standing up for American ideals and justice.

President Trump has promised to make innocent January 6 defendants whole again, and for that I am hopeful. Many January 6 defendants have been framed and smeared, but not all to the same degree. I’m a crude satirist who was framed as a Nazi, sure.

But Julian was a straight-laced private citizen who was framed as a cop killer. That’s a form of smearing I don’t think any other defendant comes close to. I will never abandon my brother Julian, nor should America.