John Strand, a January 6 defendant who peacefully entered the Capitol and acted as security detail for Front Line Doctors founder Dr. Simone Gold has been convicted on all charges by a D.C. jury and faces up to 24 years in prison.
Supporters of Front Line Doctors, a group founded to draw attention to the government’s widespread medical disinformation during Covid, say Strand and Gold are among those prosecuted for political reasons. Front Line Doctors provided lawful medical advice and treatment for thousands of Americans who were looking for facts and options during the confusion surrounding government recommendations.
John Strand earlier refused a favorable plea bargain on a single misdemeanor charge saying that he wanted to stand strong in his convictions and innocence.
The situation we are facing is not legitimate, it’s not acceptable, it’s not honorable. Someone must stand up and speak the truth. It is a constitutional violation to target and prosecute and punish certain groups of people and not other groups of people for similar actions when you are explicitly choosing who to prosecute and punish based on your desire to, to isolate and silence and, you know, destroy them, based on their political affiliation or opinion.
John Strand, Front Line Doctors Jan. 6 Defendant
The following statement was provided by America’s Frontline Doctors (AFLDS) in response to Strand’s verdict.
A guilty verdict was handed down by a D.C. jury on all charges for John Strand’s involvement with January 6th. He will face sentencing on January 12, 2023. He faces up to 24 years in prison on the five convictions. Mr. Strand and Dr. Gold were co-defendants in the same indictment. Mr. Strand was Dr. Gold’s security detail and assistant at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 and was close by Dr. Gold the entire time she was in the building.
On Monday, September 19, 2022, John Strand, who has been a human rights title-holder since early 2020, appeared for a seven-day jury trial presided over by U.S. District Judge Christopher R. Cooper. Judge Cooper is the same judge who sentenced AFLDS Founder Dr. Simone Gold to a 60-day prison sentence. Mr. Strand’s trial began just days after Dr. Gold’s release from Miami Federal Detention Center.
Before trial, counsel for Mr. Strand made a request for Judge Cooper to recuse himself due to conflict of interest. Judge Cooper declined. Additionally, counsel filed a motion for a change of jurisdiction from Washington D.C. as the jury pool is documented to be poisoned against J6 defendants. During jury selection several jurors stated that they believed any person at the Capitol (or grounds) that day was guilty. The motion for change in venue was also denied.
John Strand was charged with and tried for four misdemeanor charges and one felony. For the felony charge, obstruction of justice for preventing an official proceeding, he faces a potential 20 years of prison. Mr. Strand’s conduct at the Capitol with Dr. Gold that day was entirely peaceful as captured on closed circuit TV and social media video and is detailed in a prior AFLDS press release from June 16th. As two of the charges include the requirement of “disorderly” and Mr. Strands’ peaceful behavior was captured on videotape, it is clear that the jury disregarded the evidence.
Our system only works if the prosecution (government) charges defendants correctly – jurors rely upon that being an ethical process as our judicial system does not permit the jury to know of the potential punishment, meaning the jurors did not know they were convicting Mr. Strand of a felony crime that can be punished by 20 years imprisonment. It is doubtful they would have supported such a result. They also were not permitted to be informed that Mr. Strand was offered the same plea deal offered to Dr. Gold, which likely would have resulted in no prison time or certainly not more than Dr. Gold received.
The jury was unaware that in January and again in March 2022, John Strand refused to take this very favorable plea bargain of a single misdemeanor. Instead, he stood strong in his convictions and innocence. Before his trial, Mr. Strand explained:
The situation we are facing is not legitimate, it’s not acceptable, it’s not honorable. Someone must stand up and speak the truth. It is a constitutional violation to target and prosecute and punish certain groups of people and not other groups of people for similar actions when you are explicitly choosing who to prosecute and punish based on your desire to, to isolate and silence and, you know, destroy them, based on their political affiliation or opinion.
In the face of the corrupted D.C. justice system, this act seemed to many in the freedom movement to be almost self-sacrificial. Before the trial, Mr. Strand said, “…Obviously, I am going to Washington DC. It’s a very politicized and heavily biased environment. It is not a fair and honest system or setup. I know I am innocent, so I am trusting God for the outcome.”
AFLDS again reminds you that there are countless January 6th defendants who have been denied due process as detailed in Julie Kelly’s book January 6 and the documentary film, Capitol Punishment. Mr. Strand valiantly represented all of these defendants and all Americans by standing up in Court and speaking truth to power. In turning down this favorable plea deal, Mr. Strand summed up his motivations as follows: “I will not bear false witness … including against myself.”
We at AFLDS stand behind John Strand and other January 6 defendants, some of whom still languish in prison pre-trial, 20 months, in gross violation of Constitutional due process. AFLDS strongly supports and encourages all Americans to stand up for their rights to ensure they do not disappear. We all must follow our Founding Father and third President Thomas Jefferson: “When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.”
About AFLDS
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Mrs. Atkinson,
Thank you for bringing Mr. Strand’s story to our attention. May God bless him for the courageous stand he is taking for the sake of truth and freedom.
Respectfully,
Cyndi
I agree!
Biden could help unite this country by giving Pardons to these people.
It’s not Biden’s job to unite. He’s in there to divide. That’s his job. Pay attention..
You’re correct, but I am certainly not holding my breath. I just hope the Republicans have the balls to hold hearings and get a case in front of SCotUS about this blatant violation of their rights to a fair and speedy trial. The trials are not fair because of the obvious political bias in any DC jury, and it goes without saying that they haven’t been speedy…
Congress needs to do more on this! Get this information out to the public, most people have no idea what is happening and would be horrified if the did.
If you’re looking for a clear sign of how far this country has fallen, look no further than this case. What a travesty of everything it means to be a free American.
“The situation we are facing is not legitimate, it’s not acceptable … ”
The above line is from the narrative and it describes much of what is wrong with America today. The ‘not legitimate’ part begins with the electoral fraud that put Biden into office. 0fficially, there was not evidence of fraud because the Democrats did want to look for evidence because they knew exactly what they did. Most Republicans knew what happened, but the Republicans did not have the guts to expose the Democrats because they did not have the guts to do something about it.
2 Justices, Alito & Thomas wanted to review the Texas lawsuit, 7 justices broke along party lines as I explained above. 2 more were needed to bring about the review. This gives lie to the Conservative Supreme Court.
“What was not acceptable” just became Acceptable because that became the default position.
I’m certain that any comment I make will be preaching to the choir here as those on the Left only get their information from the Lame Stream Media.
I applaud Mr. Strand for standing on his conviction and not taking the plea deal.
It is a damn shame that so very few in Congress remain quiet during this travesty of justice. Other than Congressman Louie Ghomert who has been a stalwart in protesting the treatment and a couple others who occassionally mention the travesty, the GOP leadership has been very weak. While MTG, Gaetz, Cruz and a couple others comment on it, one must ask where are the supposed heavy weights like McConnell and McCarthy!
If you are reading this and are a believer, in addition to being outraged about the deception, the bias, the hatred ~ repent and pray. Our nation has much to repent over. Then pray for Mr. Strand, pray for the legal teams defending J6 defendants, pray for our nation.
If anyone really wants to do something effective, print out and distribute copies of my papers that expose the BLATANT criminality of the legal system!! Here are some of the titles of them. The Legal System Is Even WORSE Than Gambling!, The Scam Of The Legal System, The Holes In The Legal System, Pulling The Teeth Out Of The Mouth Of The Legal System, Any Person Subject To…, The Achilles’ Heel Of EVERYTHING In The Universe, Is Someone Shopping Around For A Friendly Judge? and several others too.
When you expose the fraud, you will win, because the legal system cannot tolerate its crimes against Humanity being revealed to the world!
And another thing, WHERE is our written guarantee that we will actually GET a fair trial? Without such a guarantee, a trial in the legal system is a gamble at best, and a rigged up con game at worst. And I can assure you that it is the latter!!
“We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force.”
A relevant quote from Ayn Rand
The only way justice will be served is when DeSantis becomes president and grants full pardons for all these patriots being persecuted by their own government!