Dr. Simone Gold, medical freedom champion and foundress of the America’s Frontline Doctors (AFLDS), issued a short statement from federal prison where she is serving a 60-day jail term for a misdemeanor count of entering the “restricted” grounds of the Capitol building on January 6, 2021.
“I remain in this Miami prison, serving time for a bogus trespassing charge,” began the former emergency room doctor in an email statement to supporters.
Having her computer time limited to 15-minute sessions, Gold first expressed her gratitude for the countless letters of support she has received and for the prayers offered on her behalf by so many.
Gold went on to describe how the prison has used COVID-19 as an excuse to impose solitary confinement on all females entering the prison.
“All incoming female inmates are put into a punishment isolation cell under the guise of a ‘quarantine,’” she said. “They told me it wasn’t for punishment, but it was certainly a punishing and inhumane experience.”
“Another form of arbitrary punishment is moving me, along with other inmates, to new cells with no notice. A guard simply yells my name, and I’m expected to move at any moment. My staff knows that if I stop emailing or calling, it’s because they have moved me or possibly put me back into isolation,” Gold wrote.
The highly accomplished graduate of both Chicago Medical School and Stanford University Law School continued, stating, “I’ve noticed activity in the prison that makes me fearful for my own safety.”
On this point, she did not elaborate further, but assured her readers, “My spirits are high. I am more determined than ever to keep fighting for you and medical freedom.”
In addition to the 60-day prison sentence she received in June, Gold also faces 12 months of supervised release and $9,500 in fines, which CNN noted at the time is “the largest fine imposed to date among the almost 200 rioters who have been sentenced.”
Not aware that she was in a restricted area, like many January 6th defendants, Gold had peacefully entered the Capitol on January 6, where “she gave a speech at Statuary Hall on her opposition to COVID-19 vaccine mandates and government-imposed lockdowns,” according to MedPage.
Gold’s sentence is unusually severe for her misdemeanor charge. Most of those who merely entered the Capitol on January 6 without any disorderly conduct, who have already been charged, were sentenced with probation without any jail term.
On June 16, Gold was sentenced by Obama-appointed judge Christopher Cooper, who also happened to have current Attorney General Merrick Garland officiate his wedding in 1999. Furthermore, AFLDS reported on June 28 that Cooper had his romantic advances rebuffed by Gold during their time in law school, which according to the Code of Conduct for United States Judges, would require him to recuse himself from the case.
Full story at LifeSiteNews.
Only an idiot would think that anywhere in the Capitol building is an unrestricted area. She was indeed trespassing. I’m glad she was convicted and imprisoned. And I was a Trump voter. But I have no sympathy at all for anyone who entered the Capitol building without authorization on January 6, 2021. F around and find out.
They were let in.
“they were let in”. Was that before or after they broke the windows and batteries the doors?
No, they weren’t. Capitol police decided not to forcibly resist their breaking and entering. That doesn’t mean the crowd wasn’t trespassing.
Who cares? Anyone defending that den of iniquity needs to be institutionalized. God’s coming back
Since this is a Catholic site, please keep you language civil. Or I might be inclined to say I am glad you will be punished for your hateful speech.
I’ve been in the Capitol several times, and I was not trespassing. It can be done.
How about she not violate the law? It is simply unbelievable to me that she was unaware that she was part of an illegal mob.
RepubliKKKans get what they deserve! How do you like how the shoe fits?
Demokkkrats get what they deserve… Biden, Pelosi, Schumer, etc.
It doesnt fit until the Left and permanent Washington is wiped out
Dr. Gold is such a hero. Praying that she stays safe and this suffering will only make her stronger. We need more people like her for Truth.
Dr. Gold pushes unproven medical treatment for COViD and a lawbreaker. She deserves to have action taken against her medical license as well as jail time.
She’s not promoting illegal or unauthorized treatments. Action should be taken against those who promoted lockdowns, distancing and masks, which now the CDC has admitted do nothing to suppress COVID. And we’re seeing that the jab does nothing to prevent COVID infection, either. It’s like the flu. It always was. But the Dems had an election to steal, so they made the most of it.
CDC has admitted no such thing. And it’s not all that like the flu. You are not only telling lies to us, but to a million dead Americans.
https://nypost.com/2022/08/14/too-little-too-late-disband-the-cdc-now/
It’s not a bogus trespassing charge. She was where she wasn’t supposed to be, trespassing in a federal building. Why can’t everyone see that clear as day?
This article is very much out of the realm of “catholic.” It is a political article. And more importantly, it is based on lies. There was no peaceful entry into the Capitol on January 6th. It was an insurrection and a threat to our democratic republic. She may be well educated, but also ignorant. This article is beneath you.
Totally agree! What is this nonsense doing on a California *Catholic* website?
It makes sense for this article to be here in this regard: Most if not all who go to this blog are politically right of center, many are even registered Republicans, or even Libertarians. I know because I’ve been visiting this blog for over a decade. Articles like this would be an interest to them. Nothing wrong with that. What is wrong is when these politically charged people, some of whom claim to be Catholics by the way although I seriously doubt it, have their moral conscience informed more so by their politics than by their Catholicism. You can read it in their comments. That is my critique of Democrat Catholics too, but here aren’t too many of them who visit here on a regular basis. Their politics are what is paramount in their comments, decision-making, criticisms of the bishops, the Pope, etc. They fail to remember that the teachings of the Church do not fall neatly within Republican and Democrat platforms. The teachings of the Church straddle and overlap. They can’t fathom that.
It makes sense for this article to be here in this sense: most if not all who go to this blog are politically right of center, many are even registered Republicans, or even Libertarians. I know because I’ve been visiting this blog for over a decade. Articles like this would be of interest to them. Nothing wrong with that. What is wrong is when these politically-charged people, some of whom claim to be Catholics by the way although I seriously doubt it, have their moral conscience informed more so by their politics than by their Catholicism. You can read it in their comments. It’s tragic. That is my critique of Democrat Catholics too, but there aren’t too many of them who comment on this blog on a regular basis. For many of these folks in the left and in the right who comment here, their politics are what is paramount in their commentary, decision-making, criticisms of the bishops, the Pope, etc. Sad, I know. They fail to remember that the teachings of the Church do not fall neatly within Republican and Democrat platforms. The teachings of the Church straddle and overlap. They can’t fathom that.
Bob One, the real threat to our republic (not democracy) is an unaccountable bureaucratic state infested with Leftist who at a stroke of a pen can destroy a citizen’s life. It wasn’t Trump or the Republicans who weaponized the Justice department, it’s Biden, it wasn’t the Republicans who used the IRS to go after political opponents, it was Obama, it’s not Republicans who call for the end of the Electoral College or the filibuster or adding more states to the Union or adding more judges to the supreme court in the name fighting “white supremacy” when it’s lust for power.
Ever hear of J. Edgar Hoover?
Oh look the tolerant white liberals brings up a completely irrelevant fact from 2 generations ago, but will not answer of the points I made.
I am not a tolerant white liberal. LOL
Everybody isn’t arguing with you.
Be a warrior for Christ.
Stop sinning especially sins of the flesh.
Make sacrifices for the conversion of sinners daily. (On Fridays, do not eat meat or make another sacrifice.)
Pray the Morning Offering.
Pray Morning Prayer.
Go to daily Mass.
Do a Holy Hour Daily.
Pray the Rosary daily.
Pray the Chaplet of Mercy daily. Read a page from St. Faustina’s Diary daily.
Read the Bible for 30 minutes daily
Read the Catechism for 10 minutes daily
Do another Spiritual Reading for 20 minutes daily
Pray Evening Prayer.
If you have family, make time for prayer with your family besides Prayer before and after Meals.
Pray a nightly Examen and Compline or other prayer before bed.
Pray the Office of Readings (Bonus)
The headline is very misleading. Again.
Liz Cheney lost in the Republican primary.
What a joke that she thinks the judge made romantic advances toward her when they were in law school and that because she rejected him, she claims, the guy who is now a judge threw the book at her and gave her a harsh sentence out of spite. Some women will make anything up.
It’s perfectly possible that the judge did give her a worse sentence out of spite and retribution. He should have recused himself, since it’s clear that he got too many connections.
When some violent criminals are released the same day, 60 days in prison for a misdemeanor seems excessive. I’m not saying she doesn’t deserve some punishment. But, she’s not a felon. The punishment should fit the crime. Anyone really think she’s not in prison for so long due to politics? I guess that makes her a political prisoner.
60 days is not a felonious sentence. It is a misdemeanor sentence which is what she was convicted of. Her very crime was political. It was a political uprising. To then complain that her sentence was political is a bit rich.
My point is some felons are released with less time. If she was part of a crowd involved in a BLM riot or disrupting a church service, do you think she’d be incarcerated for two months? It’s the disparity in punishment that I’m pointing out.
If you click the link that says CNN, you can see why the judge made the decision that he did.
Disrupting a church service is not quite the same thing as invading a capitol, being part of an armed mob intent on taking hostages and murdering, and attempting to disrupt the legitimate transfer of power from one presidency to the next. The two are hardly comparable.
“armed mob?” Not!
The armed mobs were the BLMers who firebombed police buildings, set major cities afire, looted and MURDERED. Yet, where were their punishments for the many felonies they committed?
There’s a double-standard in this country. Conservatives are imprisoned, while DemocRATS are, at most, given a slap on their hands.
This year.
Insurrection is a seriously treasonous crime.
And no one that entered the Capitol on January 6th has been charged with it…
She is “fearful for (her) safety.” Prison is not summer camp.
Probably more people of color than she’s ever been around and close to in her entire life.
Because trespassing is a slam-dunk conviction and is good enough.
Take a look at the list of charges brought. I wouldn’t be so smug about insurrection not being one of them. https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/capitol-breach-cases
At least 11 have been charged with seditious conspiracy. Do you think sedition is a whole lot better than insurrection?
Hey YFC, your dictator in chief demonized half the country with his speech, to sum it up he said if you oppose me you are an enemy of the State….bring it on you senile old fool
Sheesh !!!
Dear Calligraphy girl. Please check your facts. Some of the January 6 insurrectionists were armed with various types of weapons. https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-were-there-armed-protesters-capitol-january-6-1715326?amp=1
This is a grotesquely disingenuous story. She knew full well she was in a restricted area and she walked directly past a fallen police officer to whom she declined to render aid so as to deliver her misinformative diatribe.