Simone Gold, a California doctor who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, pleaded guilty this Thursday to unlawfully entering and remaining in the Capitol building, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Gold, a prominent anti-vaccine doctor who has gained notoriety during the COVID-19 pandemic, and an associate, John Herbert Strand, also of Beverly Hills, were indicted in January 2021 on five charges, including obstruction, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds and disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted government building.
Gold said little at Thursday’s hearing before a U.S. District Court judge for the District of Columbia beyond “yes, your honor” and asking him to refer to her as Dr. Gold, rather than Ms. Gold.
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Gold is the founder America’s Frontline Doctors, a right-wing political organization known for spreading misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic. The group, which bills itself as “America’s premier civil liberties group,” gained a following in the summer of 2020 by promoting the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for the coronavirus.
Read the full report over at the Los Angeles Times.
