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Julian Elie Khater
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Julian Elie Khater was a small business owner - the guy who signed the lease, made payroll, and opened a Frutta Bowls smoothie shop two blocks off the Penn State campus in State College, Pennsylvania. Start with the correction, because it is the one thing almost every reader gets wrong. THE RECORD SET STRAIGHT FACT - Julian Khater was never charged with causing the death of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick. The District of Columbia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined that Officer Sicknick died of natural causes - strokes - and the U.S. Capitol Police announced that finding publicly (uscp.gov press release). For years Khater was described in headlines as the man who killed an officer. The medical examiner said otherwise, and prosecutors never brought such a charge. DOCUMENTED INFERENCE - Anyone reading about Julian Khater and January 6 deserves that fact in the first paragraph, not the last. WHO HE IS FACT - Khater co-owned and managed the Frutta Bowls franchise at 262 E. Beaver Avenue in State College, Pennsylvania, which opened in March 2019 (StateCollege.com; Penn State Daily Collegian). FACT - He had previously run a Frutta Bowls location in Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Chapelboro; INDY Week). DOCUMENTED INFERENCE - Two franchise builds in two college towns before he was 30. That is a young entrepreneur taking real financial risk, in a business - fresh food retail - that eats people alive. The State College store closed in 2020, the year COVID shutdowns gutted campus-town restaurants. THE LEGAL FIGHT FACT - Khater was arrested March 14, 2021 in New Jersey. FACT - On September 1, 2022 he pleaded guilty to two counts of assaulting officers with a dangerous weapon under 18 U.S.C. section 111(a)(1) and (b), admitting he used a chemical spray on officers. FACT - On January 27, 2023 he was sentenced to 80 months in prison and a $10,000 fine (NPR; Daily Collegian). FACT - On January 20, 2025, his conviction was covered by the full-pardon provision of the presidential clemency proclamation. Julian Khater is a pardoned January 6 defendant. Charges are charges. His plea is in the record and this archive does not hide it. Neither does it repeat a death he was never charged with. SUPPORT His family ran a public fundraiser at GiveSendGo under the title Help the Khaters Save Julian Khater. CASE RECORD Name: Julian Elie Khater Business: former co-owner, Frutta Bowls - State College, Pennsylvania and Chapel Hill, North Carolina Case number: 1:21-cr-00222-TFH-1 Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Arrest: March 14, 2021 Plea: September 1, 2022 Sentence: January 27, 2023 - 80 months, $10,000 fine Clemency: Full pardon, January 20, 2025 DOJ case page: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/khater-julian Search terms people use to find this page: Julian Khater January 6, Julian Khater pardon, Julian Khater Brian Sicknick medical examiner, State College January 6 defendant, J6 pardon Pennsylvania. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you - or your family - claiming it is free, forever.
The case file
On the record
- Case number
- 1:21-cr-00222-TFH-1
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Judge
- Thomas F. Hogan
- Defense attorney
- Chad Seigel; Joseph Tacopina (detention appeal)
- Disposition
- Pleaded guilty September 1, 2022 to two counts under 18 U.S.C. §111(a)(1) and (b); sentenced January 27, 2023; covered by the full-pardon provision of the January 20, 2025 presidential proclamation.
- Arrested
- March 14, 2021
- Plea
- September 1, 2022
- Sentenced
- January 27, 2023
Charges
- Count 1 — Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon, 18 U.S.C. §111(a)(1) and (b)
- Count 2 — Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon, 18 U.S.C. §111(a)(1) and (b)
Sentence
80 months imprisonment; $10,000 fine; $2,000 restitution. Public government-derived records conflict on supervised release: DOJ sentencing press release says 36 months, while the DOJ January 6 sentencing table/archive dataset says 24 months. Native judgment pending.
Press & news
- https://chapelboro.com/news/crime/former-chapel-hill-frutta-bowls-co-owner-charged-with-assault-of-capitol-officer →
- https://clearinghouse.net/case/48067/ →
- https://indyweek.com/news/orange/frutta-bowl-julian-khater/ →
- https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/judgments/docs/2021/07/21-3033-1907769.pdf →
- https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66703343/garza-v-trump/ →
- https://www.givesendgo.com/savejuliankhater →
- https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/two-men-charged-assaulting-federal-officers-dangerous-weapon-january-6 →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/defendants-new-jersey-and-west-virginia-sentenced-assaulting-officers-during-jan-6 →
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/new-jersey-man-pleads-guilty-assaulting-officers-dangerous-weapon-during-jan-6-capitol →
- https://www.npr.org/2023/01/27/1152111889/khater-sentenced-prison-pepper-spraying-officers-jan-6 →
- https://www.psucollegian.com/news/former-state-college-business-owner-sentenced-to-80-months-for-involvement-in-jan-6-riots/article_be1dac6c-9ea5-11ed-be09-1795417a6193.html →
- https://www.statecollege.com/articles/local-news/former-state-college-business-owner-pleads-guilty-to-assaulting-officers-on-jan-6/ →
- https://www.uscp.gov/media-center/press-releases/medical-examiner-finds-uscp-officer-brian-sicknick-died-natural-causes →
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/granting-pardons-and-commutation-of-sentences-for-certain-offenses-relating-to-the-events-at-or-near-the-united-states-capitol-on-january-6-2021/ →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Julian Elie Khater appears in the record of United States v. Nichols through 7 shared documents on file below. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
Walk the whole case →Evidence on file
7 documents on file
Ryan5 documents
Ryan Nichols' own paperwork — grievances, motions, letters, cell notes.
article · Jan 27, 2023
DOJ sentencing record — Julian Khater
The Justice Department reported an 80-month prison sentence, $10,000 fine, and $2,000 restitution. Its press release says 36 months supervised release, while a separate DOJ sentencing table reports 24 months; the native judgment is needed to resolve the conflict.
Readarticle · Sep 1, 2022
DOJ plea record — Julian Khater
The Justice Department reported that Khater pleaded guilty on September 1, 2022 to two felony counts of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers with a dangerous weapon.
Readruling · Jul 26, 2021
D.C. Circuit judgment affirming Julian Khater pretrial detention
The D.C. Circuit affirmed Judge Hogan’s May 12, 2021 pretrial-detention order after concluding that the district court made an individualized Bail Reform Act assessment. The judgment addressed detention, not guilt.
Readarticle · Apr 19, 2021
USCP statement accepting medical examiner finding for Officer Brian Sicknick
The U.S. Capitol Police accepted the D.C. medical examiner’s finding that Officer Brian Sicknick died of natural causes. This medical finding is separate from the assault charges and later plea in the Khater case.
Readarticle · Mar 15, 2021
DOJ arrest and complaint-stage record — Julian Khater and George Tanios
The Justice Department announced the March 14, 2021 arrests and summarized the complaint-stage allegations. The release expressly states that a criminal complaint is an accusation for probable-cause purposes and not evidence of guilt.
ReadCourt1 document
Court orders, rulings, transcripts, and docket entries.
Govt response1 document
Responses from DC DOC, the U.S. Marshals, and federal agencies.