GOP congressman presents Jan. 6 rioter with flag flown over Capitol

A Republican congressman from Texas offered a convicted Jan. 6 rioter with a flag that was flown over the U.S. Capitol after the rioter was launched from federal jail on Friday.

Rep. Louie Gohmert sought to honor Dr. Simone Gold for contributions to "public well being, medical freedom and our God-given constitutional rights," in response to a press launch from his workplace.

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He known as Gold a "patriot and an American hero" and stated she was unjustly prosecuted by the Biden administration.

“After having her identify and fame shamefully dragged by means of the mud, the Biden administration’s DOJ threw her in jail for peacefully strolling into the U.S. Capitol on January 6 and delivering a speech," Gohmert stated within the assertion. "Dr. Gold is the definition of what a political prisoner seems like — one thing I by no means thought I’d see right here in the USA of America."

Gold, a COVID-19 vaccine skeptic and the chief of the group America's Frontline Medical doctors, pleaded responsible in March to getting into and remaining in a restricted constructing in the course of the Capitol riot. She was sentenced to 2 months in jail in June.

Gold shared photographs of her launch on Twitter, together with her embracing Gohmert. "We will by no means permit this miscarriage of justice to occur once more," she stated.

Gohmert, a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump, misplaced the GOP major for Texas legal professional basic earlier this 12 months.