Salvador Sandoval

In fact, Salvador and Donna decided to head to Washington, D.C. to attend the Stop The Steal rally.  He and his mother had been moved by some of the reporting they’d read outside of the main-stream-media.  Several instances of ballot harvesting, boxes of ballots being tossed in the trash and worse, Republican ballot counters being locked out!  They had good reason to ask congress and the DOJ to investigate. But they had no idea that in D.C., the establishment of bureaucrats and live-long politicians protect their own… at any cost.

After the rally they walked to the capital.  They walked inside the capital, or as the DOJ calls it, “they breached the east entrance” but no matter the wording, they walked inside peacefully.  Many videos show the doors open and the police letting people in.    While nothing was reported outside the capitol, once inside where they were met by the D.C. Metropolitan Police, now recognized as the tip of the spear with their aggressive tactics.   Sandoval is seen on video pushing two of the officers who then pepper sprayed him.  Disoriented and fighting to stand, he grabbed one officer’s riot shield. In Sandoval’s own words, “We’re at the U.S. Capitol. I got pepper sprayed in the face and mouth.  I got out because I needed a break, and there’s still people inside.” This heat-of-the-moment video then pans to the Capitol building where dozens of protestors were waving in flags and chanting “USA, USA, USA!” in front of the Rotunda entrance.  Once outside, they Sandoval and his mother left the capitol grounds.

Back in Iowa, they anticipated their arrest.  Salvador deleted his social media accounts, which is not illegal but the government prosecution team would use it in court to make it seem as if was about the disappear.  Then on February of 2021 at 6:00am, Salvador and his mother Deborah were at home when FBI agents dressed in combat flash banged the home and swarmed in with combat gear and guns pointed in their faces.

Upon arraignment, Salvador pled not guilty to all of the charges.  His mother, however, pleaded guilty to one charge and the other charges were dropped against her. Still, she was sentenced to five months.  But the prosecution went hard after Sandoval to make an example of him. He was young and did not have the resources to fight, which made him an easy target.  The prosecution even went as far as trying to introduce random footage of the police and protestors clashing that had nothing to do with Salvador.  His attorney filed a motion to suppress any video footage that did not include him.  No word on whether the crowd video was used or not but clearly, this action does make the case that government prosecutors were willing to do anything, say anything, shade, mislead and even hide evidence to get a quick conviction and harsh sentence.  And his was harsh, one of the worst. 

Sandoval also was found guilty of six misdemeanors, including entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly conduct in a Capitol building; act of physical violence in the Capitol grounds or building; and parading demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. The verdict followed a bench trial before U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan. He was sentenced to 88 months in prison, 36 months of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution.

While his mother Deborah did nothing but wave a flag and walk peacefully into the capitol, she sat in jail for 5 months. But Salvador, for shoving two officers and trying to grab the riot shield of another as a result of violence directed at him, was given a sentence over 7 years!  That’s one of the longest of any J6 prisoners. Please write to him and pray for his emotional strength and that one day soon, he’ll get his appeal approved and can move on with his life.