Frontline doctor Simone Gold sentenced to 60 days in prison for going inside the Capitol on January 6

Lifesite ^ | June 16, 2022

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Frontline doctor Simone Gold sentenced to 60 days in prison for going inside the Capitol on January 6 The US government has 'aggressively violated' the civil rights of Jan. 6 defendants, including Dr. Simone Gold. Featured Image

Thu Jun 16, 2022 - 6:23 pm EDT

(LifeSiteNews) — Simone Gold, M.D., J.D., founder of the advocacy group America’s Frontline Doctors (AFLD), was sentenced Thursday to 60 days in prison for being present during the January 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Gold, a former emergency room doctor and an early opponent of draconian COVID-19 lockdowns and mandates, was charged with one misdemeanor count of “entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds” for being in the U.S. Capitol building as protesters objected to the certification of the 2020 election and some engaged in violence and property damage.

Gold’s attorney, Kira Anne West, stated that her client pleaded guilty to standing “with a crowd outside the East Rotunda door, where she eventually entered shortly after about 2:27 p.m. along with her co-defendant John Strand. She remained inside the Capitol for a little over half an hour. Around 2:55 p.m., she gave a speech at Statuary Hall stating her opposition to COVID-19 vaccine mandates and government-imposed lockdowns,” MedPage reported.

In addition to being sentenced to 60 days behind bars, Gold also faces 12 months of supervised release and $9,500 in fines, which CNN noted is “the largest fine imposed to date among the almost 200 rioters who have been sentenced.”

Left-wing media outlets have accused Gold, who is scheduled to appear at LifeSite’s 25th anniversary gala in August, of spreading “misinformation” for challenging the prevailing COVID-19 narrative. Far-left outlet Mother Jones has characterized her as an “insurrectionist” for being present to give a speech on January 6.

However, AFLD argued Thursday that “unlike the vast majority of January 6th protesters, Dr. Gold was not even there for political reasons.”

Gold, who had participated in a press conference on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in July 2020 where she blasted the authoritarianism of the COVID-19 response, attended the January 6 rally to continue her work advocating for medical freedom and free speech, according to an AFLD press release shared with LifeSiteNews.

According to the press release, Gold had been “scheduled to speak on January 6th alongside numerous other presenters after President Trump’s appearance at the rally, which had a government-approved permit.”

“At her expected start time, Dr. Gold was then told all speeches were suddenly canceled without explanation. Upon hearing this, Dr. Gold was amongst thousands swept into the Capitol building when the doors were opened from the inside, with law enforcement officers ushering people in. While there, Dr. Gold realized it was the only remaining moment to deliver her message to those who came to hear it, and so she gave her remarks there.”

The release added that when officers ultimately asked Gold to leave the building, “she did so, immediately.” 2022-06-17T00:00:00.000Z

While videos taken during the January 6 protests showed people engaging in physical altercations and causing property damage, other videos showed that many people were let into the Capitol by police and simply walked around the building.

During sentencing, however, Obama-appointed Judge Christopher Cooper slammed Gold for describing January 6 proceedings as “political persecution.”

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According to Cooper, the more than $400,000 raised by AFLD to help with Gold’s hefty legal expenses is “unseemly” and a “disservice to the true victims that day,” CNN noted.

Cooper spoke during sentencing about “the five people who died that day,” as well as “the four people who committed suicide because of the trauma they suffered that day because of the mob.”

The judge’s comments come in spite of the fact that Gold has not been found guilty of engaging in violence during the January 6 protest. Moreover, the only person directly killed during the protest was unarmed Trump-supporter and Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed by a Capitol police officer.

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In the AFLD news release shared with LifeSite, the organization argued that “[a]s we consider the results of Dr. Gold’s sentencing, one thing is clear: We are still far from the change that is needed. The Constitution is crumbling before us, and we must continue to stand for what is right. We will never cower to government threats and harassment.”

Gold’s sentencing comes amid the highly partisan January 6 Committee’s primetime hearings in which Democrats have continued to assert that pro-Trump protesters engaged in an “insurrection” on January 6, presenting a grave threat to American democracy.

Gold wasn’t the first high-profile figure to face legal action amid the hearings, which former President Donald Trump has blasted for being a “political witch hunt.”

[Jane Long]

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[cableguymn]

If it were a Democrat event and a Democrat put in jail all hell would break loose

[FlingWingFlyer]

The ‘RATS call it “The People’s House” but you better keep your ass the hell out of there. And don’t pee on Nanzi’s laptop and gavel. They put all the felons back on the streets to make room for the American JSixers in the prisons.

[Jane Long]

You know it.

Two tiered system, for sure.

[Hostage]

No jury?

Says her attorney let her plead guilty to standing outside. WTH?

Doesn’t add up .....

[Captain Peter Blood]

Who are the other 4 people who died.

[bitt]

p

[knarf]

[El Cid]

During sentencing, however, Obama-appointed Judge Christopher Cooper slammed Gold for describing January 6 proceedings as “political persecution.”

And then Obama-appointed Judge Cooper goes about proving that he engages in political persecution.

According to Cooper, the more than $400,000 raised by AFLD to help with Gold’s hefty legal expenses is “unseemly” and a “disservice to the true victims that day,” CNN noted.

The American political prisoners who have been locked up in DC Gitmo for over a year and a half? Nope, the "Judge" was not talking about those victims.

Cooper spoke during sentencing about “the five people who died that day,” as well as “the four people who committed suicide because of the trauma they suffered that day because of the mob.”

Sounds like Cooper is conflating a lot of numbers. The only two people I believe that were killed that day were both Trump supporters. An unarmed Ashli Babbitt that was shot dead by a frightened, and incompetent, Capitol officer. And Rosanne Boyland who was clubbed to death by another DC cop.

Unfortunately another DC (or Capitol) policeman died due to a stroke/heart attack - but he was not killed/murdered like Babbitt and Boyland.

The judge’s comments come in spite of the fact that Gold has not been found guilty of engaging in violence during the January 6 protest.

Yeah, well that is the way 'political persecution' rolls. The Judge will receive his judgement later (Vengeance is mine, saith the LORD).

Moreover, the only person directly killed during the protest was unarmed Trump-supporter and Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed by a Capitol police officer.

I still think Boyland should be added to the list. She had other health issues (and was conveniently determined by the Capitol officials to have died due to a drug overdose), but based on the limited video - it sure looked like she was beaten to death by the police (or, at least, the beating certainly didn't help her condition).

[TexasFreeper2009]

quote “charged with one misdemeanor count of “entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds””

um... 60 days in jail for a misdemeanor? I hope some of these people start suing the government.

[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

I honestly can’t believe what the hell has happened to our country our founders are turning in their graves it just makes me nauseous!!

[jonrick46]

Our nation has raised from the dead the evil ghouls who were put in their crypts with the end of the Soviet Union. Our universities gave reawakening to the Pink and are training new minions in a Marxist reproduction program.

[crusty old prospector]

That’s funny. And fitting.

[metmom]

What law did she break, I wonder.

Did congress pass a law that nobody could enter the Capitol building on Jan 6?

Or any day for that matter?

[NorthMountain]

Early 1990s version of Microsoft Word spellchecked “Schumer” to “scummier”.

[kiryandil]

It's disgusting.

Stay away from the turd-world Mitthole on the Potomac.

[Catholic and Conservative]

Three are other protesters (two heart attacks and a drug overdose). The 4th must be Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who died of a stroke on January 7th.

[know.your.why]

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