{UAH} UNLIKE THE ALWAYS JEFFREY ROSEN'S OPEN MOUTH, BRIAN SICKNICK DIED OF A NATURAL CAUSE

Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick died from strokes a day after siege of Congress, DC medical examiner says

by Jerry Dunleavy, Justice Department Reporter & Jake Dima, Breaking News Reporter | 

April 19, 2021 04:06 PM

Updated Apr 19, 2021, 04:31 PM

Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, whose death was initially claimed to have been caused by rioters during the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, succumbed to natural causes stemming from a stroke the day after the violence, according to the top medical examiner in the nation's capital.

Francisco Diaz, the chief medical examiner for Washington, D.C., told the Washington Post that Sicknick died on Jan. 7 after suffering two strokes and that he did not suffer an allergic reaction to any chemical irritants.

The medical examiner’s office told the Washington Examiner that Sicknick’s “cause of death” was “acute brainstem and cerebellar infarcts due to acute basilar artery thrombosis” — a stroke — and the “manner of death” was “natural.” The office said Sicknick was sprayed with a chemical substance around 2:20 p.m. on Jan. 6, collapsed at the Capitol around 10 p.m. that evening, and was transported by emergency services to a local hospital. He died around 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 7, the office added.

The Capitol Police announced Sicknick, a 42-year-old who joined the agency in 2008, died on Jan. 7, one day after rioters broke into the Capitol as lawmakers counted electoral votes to affirm now-President Joe Biden's victory over former President Donald Trump.

"Officer Sicknick was responding to the riots on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol and was injured while physically engaging with protesters. He returned to his division office and collapsed. He was taken to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries," the Capitol Police said in January.

Julian Elie Khater and George Pierre Tanios were charged in March with coordinating to assault Sicknick and two other officers with a chemical spray, although the men were not accused of murdering Sicknick and have not been charged in connection with his death.

Former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen said the day after Sicknick's death that the officer "succumbed last night to the injuries he suffered defending the U.S. Capitol against the violent mob who stormed it." He added that the Justice Department "will spare no resources in investigating and holding accountable those responsible.”

FBI Director Christopher Wray repeatedly declined to provide details related to the death of Sicknick during Senate testimony in March.

Sicknick received the rare tribute of lying in honor in the Capitol rotunda, where his casket was visited by Biden, and Sicknick's cremated remains were sent to Arlington National Cemetery.

Capitol Police officer William “Billy” Evans, an 18-year veteran of the force, was killed in a car-ramming attack, allegedly by self-described “follower of Farrakhan” Noah Green, on April 2, and he was also honored in a Capitol rotunda ceremony last week.

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