Officer Brian Sicknick's girlfriend, Sandra Garza, filed a wrongful death lawsuit on January 6th, seeking $10 million from Trump and two others listed defendants.

The Case: Sandra Garza v. Donald J. Trump, Julian Elie Khater, and George Pierre Tanios

The Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

The Case No.: 1:23-cv-00038

The Plaintiff: Sandra Garza v. Donald J. Trump, Julian Elie Khater, and George Pierre Tanios

The plaintiff in the case, Sandra Garza, was Officer Sicknick's longtime girlfriend. Garza filed a wrongful death lawsuit accusing the defendants' campaign of lies and incendiary rhetoric as the cause of the U.S. Capitol ransacking in 2021 and, ultimately, the wrongful death of Sicknick. Officer Brian Sicknick died a day after the siege. Khater and Tanios, defendants in the case, were arrested in March 2021 and accused of assaulting officers with pepper spray. One of the officers they assaulted, Sicknick, collapsed later that day and died the following day after he suffered a series of strokes. After a medical examiner determined Sicknick died of natural causes, neither of the two listed defendants was charged with the officer's death. However, Khater pleaded guilty to assaulting Sicknick and another officer, USCP Officer Caroline Edwards.

The Defendant: Sandra Garza v. Donald J. Trump, Julian Elie Khater, and George Pierre Tanios

Sicknick died while trying to stop the insurrectionist effort at the Capitol. Garza's wrongful death lawsuit listed three defendants. Julian Khater and George Tanios were sentenced in federal court for their part in the assault on Sicknick. Tanios purchased the pepper spray used during the attack. Khater received one of the most severe sentences of the Capitol riot defendants.

The Case: Sandra Garza v. Donald J. Trump, Julian Elie Khater, and George Pierre Tanios

Garza's lawsuit requests $10 million in damages to be paid by each defendant named in the suit. In addition, the plaintiff requests punitive damages and attorney fees and costs. Edwards, the other officer Khater pleaded guilty to assault with pepper spray during the riot, suffered a traumatic brain injury due to the assault.

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