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15 Mar, 6 tweets, 2 min read
Breaking: JULIAN ELIE KHATER, State College, Pa & GEORGE PIERRE TANIOS, Morgantown, West Virginia arrested! "Defendants Sprayed U.S. Capitol Police Officers B. Sicknick and C. Edwards, & MPD Officer D. Chapman with a Chemical Substance".
They are charged "with conspiring to injure officers and assaulting federal officers, among other charges, on Jan. 6. Khater was arrested as he disembarked from an airplane at Newark Airport in New Jersey. Tanios was arrested at his residence in West Virginia."
Court Docs say: “In reviewing surveillance footage of this incident, your affiant observed the SUBJECTS, JULIAN ELIE KHATER and GEORGE PIERRE TANIOS, working together to assault L/E officers with an unknown chemical substance by spraying officers directly in the face and eyes.
Your affiant further observed these SUBJECTS appeared to time the deployment of chemical substances to coincide with other rioters’ efforts to forcibly remove the bike rack barriers that were preventing the rioters from moving closer to the Capitol building.”
Khater was apparently tracked down after a someone tipped off authorities to a social media account. Using the account, authorities located one of his former colleagues, showed that person a photo. That person "positively identified the individual as “Julian” and was “100% sure”
Doc say, A former business partner of Tanios, who'd known him "for 15 years", identified him. Social media, again, was a factor, as well as telephone numbers that connected Khater and Tanios. Much more to come. @insidethescif @NatSecAnswers @mvhaydencenter @threadreaderapp unroll

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