Donald Trump Asks Judge To Postpone Trial By Partner Of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, Murdered In Aftermath Of Jan. 6 As His Federal Case Plays Out

Former President Donald Trump on Monday requested that a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the partner of the late Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick be put on hold while his Jan. 6 federal case plays out.

Trump was indicted earlier this month on felony charges related to his role in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and the January 6 attack on the Capitol.

His attorneys argued that the federal case should be resolved before the wrongful death lawsuit continues.

In January, Sandra Garza, Sicknick’s longtime partner before his death, sued Trump and two of the Capitol rioters, arguing that his death was a “direct and foreseeable consequence” of their actions that day.

It asked for at least $10 million in damages from Trump and the two men accused of assaulting the Capitol police officer.

Former President Donald Trump (left) on Monday requested that a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the partner of the late Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick (right) be put on hold while his Jan. 6 federal case plays out.

Rioters clash with Capitol police officers during the violent riots on January 6, 2021

One of those men, Julian Khater, was sentenced to six years in prison later that month after pleading guilty to the assault, after spraying Sicknick in the face with pepper spray during the violent riot.

The other, George Tanios, was sentenced to the time he had already served in prison.

Sicknick died the day after the uprising at the Capitol after two strokes

Tanios had bought the pepper spray.

Sicknick died a day after the riot at the Capitol, with the medical examiner saying his death was a natural cause, but adding that “everything that happened played a role in his condition,” with Capitol police treating it as considered a line of duty fatality.

He died after two strokes.

Garza’s lawsuit blamed Trump for broadly culpable culpability for the Jan. 6 violence and specifically for Sicknick’s death.

Trump’s attorneys, Jesse Binnall and David Warrington, pointed out that Garza waited two years after Sicknick’s death to file her wrongful death lawsuit so she wouldn’t be harmed if the lawsuit dragged on a bit longer.

However, Trump could be hurt by having to fight her lawsuit and the indictment by Special Counsel Jack Smith at the same time.

“In the absence of a stay, President Trump will be placed in the untenable position of litigating this case in its entirety and risking his criminal defense, or advocating the Fifth Amendment and hindering his chance of success in this case,” he said. said Binnall and Warrington.

“Such a dilemma should be avoided especially when it comes to a former president of the United States and current front-runner, Republican Party presidential candidate in 2024,” Binnall and Warrington added.