Anti-vaccine doctor sentenced to prison for storming the Capitol on Jan. 6

Outside during the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot (Wikimedia Commons)

Outside during the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot (Wikimedia Commons)

(NBC NEWS) – 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 Dr. Simone Gold 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.

Gold, a former emergency room physician, said she deeply regrets entering the Capitol during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021, and didn’t intend to get involved in an event that was “so destructive to our nation.”

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