My name is George Tanios and I am a January 6 defendant. I was arrested on March 14, 2021 and spent 5 months in jail. I was fortunate enough to win an appeal in front of the D. C. Court of Appeals and secure my release. All 3 appellate judges ruled in my favor stating that trial judges "clearly ruled in error" by keeping me detained. 2 trial court judges left me in jail, when I should have only been in there for a week or two max. (Judge Alto of WV, Judge Thomas Hogan of D.C.) Due to this, we were forced to close our restaurant and absorb bills on top of bills. After 17 years in Morgantown serving college students and the community until 3 am, our business was lost basically over night. I can't even count the hours of research and development, blood, sweat and tears went into it.
https://www.revolver.news/2021/08/revolver-jan-6-george-tanios-appeal/
After spending 3 months on home confinement and 12 months on curfew, I finally had my sentencing on January 27, 2023. The judge sentenced me to time served, 1 year probation and 100 hours community service. I took the plea deal of two misdemeanors to avoid the lengthy court battle with a D. C. judge and a D.C. jury.
The United States Government initially charged me with 10 Felonies! The DOJ pieced together a story and made me and my co-defendant out to be cop killers. After denying several plea deals, they dropped all the felony charges and added two misdemeanors and offered me a deal that I just couldn't refuse in my situation. With 3 children and another on the way, I had to do what was best for my family.
This saga has had many twists and turns for me, and I was silly to think this was almost over. On January 5th, I was served with a civil suit for 10 million dollars with my co-defendants President Donald Trump and Julian Khater. The Sicknick Family is seeking 10 Million Dollars from each of us for the wrongful death of Officer Brian Sicknick.
May Brian Rest In Peace, but we had nothing to do with his death. He died of Natural Causes the next day. I didn't even see him or come within 100 feet of him. All this will come out in discovery and I look forward to that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIWTWnkvTJo
https://nypost.com/2023/01/06/brian-sicknicks-family-suing-donald-trump-for-wrongful-death/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIWTWnkvTJo
Here is President Donald J. Trump's latest statement on January 6th.
Statement from President Donald J. Trump
This GiveSendGo has been set up to help me pay for this lengthy legal battle that could cost me upwards of $80,000+. A team of lawyers have reached out to help and they are ready to fight.
I am not here to grift and live off of donations. I have a steady income that covers bills and basic expenses but I need help with these legal fees. Several organizations are out there to help with criminal cases, and they have their hands full helping nearly 1200+ families with many more to come. Crazy times. This is the first major civil suit arising out of January 6th.
Please, if you can afford to chip in and help me, it would be greatly appreciated. If you cannot, please just keep my family and I in your prayers. Follow along as I will post updates as they come in.
God Bless you all!
- George
