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George Pierre Tanios

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**Codefendant of Julian Khater in case 1:21-cr-222 (the Capitol pepper-spray incident involving Officer Brian Sicknick).** Pleaded guilty 7/27/22 — roughly five weeks **before** Khater's plea on 9/1/22. Sentenced 1/27/23 to **time served** (plus 12 months supervised release, $50 assessment, $500 restitution), while his codefendant Khater was sentenced the same day in the same case to **80 months of incarceration**, $10,000 fine, and $2,000 restitution. --- ### Eyewitness account — Ryan Nichols (@RealRyanNichols) Ryan Nichols, a fellow January 6 defendant who was held at the D.C. Jail during the pretrial period of this case and was pardoned by President Donald J. Trump on January 20, 2025 (charges dismissed with prejudice), has stated publicly and on the record: > "I personally heard George Tanios telling federal investigators that his codefendant Julian Khater committed all of the alleged actions and that George himself had done nothing. He was squealing like a pig to the feds about how Julian did it all and he didn't do anything. It was pathetic." This is **first-person eyewitness testimony from a named, identifiable individual** who was present in the same facility during the relevant period. ### What the public record shows on its own - **Same arrest day** (3/15/21), same indictment (3/17/21), same case number (1:21-cr-222), same court, same sentencing judge. - **Tanios pleaded first** (7/27/22, with an *information* filed the same day — a procedural marker often associated with cooperation pleas). - **Khater pleaded later** (9/1/22) — and received an 80-month custodial sentence. - **Both sentenced on the same day** (1/27/23) — Tanios walked with time served; Khater went to federal prison. The sentencing disparity, on its own, does not legally establish cooperation. Combined with Ryan Nichols's eyewitness testimony above, the public record is consistent with the pattern he describes. DOJ defendant page: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/tanios-george