A California doctor who is a leading figure in the anti-vaccine movement was sentenced on Thursday to two months in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol, where she delivered speeches to rioters during the mob's attack.
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington, D.C., also sentenced to 12 months of supervised release after her 60-day prison term and ordered her to pay a $9,500 fine. She can report to prison at a date to be determined.
The judge also said Gold's organization has misled supporters into believing her prosecution was politically motivated and trampled on her free speech rights. Cooper called it"unseemly" that America's Frontline Doctors has invoked the Capitol riot in raising money, including for her salary.pleaded guilty in March
"I can certainly speak to the place that I was, and it most emphatically was not a riot," she said."Where I was, was incredibly peaceful." "It beggars belief that Gold could have incurred anywhere near $430,000 in costs for her criminal defense: after all, she pleaded guilty — in the face of indisputable, readily identifiable evidence — without filing a single motion," prosecutors wrote in a court filing.
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