What is America’s Frontline Doctors, the Covid denialist organisation sponsoring CPAC?

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Conservative Political Action Conference, a highly influential hub on the Republican political circuit, heads to Washington on Wednesday, and it will be The group, called America’s Frontline Doctors, passes itself as any other medical organisation, but public health experts and critics say it has promoted pseudoscientific Covid cures like using horse dewormer, fostered anti-vaccine sentiment, and abused donor funds. Founded in 2020, AFD brands itself as a leading medical authority, writing on its website that “America’s Frontline Doctors is the nation’s independent authority on ethical and transparent standards in science, health, and human right,” touting its efforts to “provide individuals with unbiased and accurate information from the world’s top experts in medicine and law.” In fact, the group is connected to influential conservative political organisations including the Tea Party Patriots Foundation and a GOP network called CNP Action. “That evening, when I left the office building and entered the parking garage, four men jumped out of the SUV with cameras and recording equipment and confronted me as I tried to get into my car to drive home.” Jose Jimenez, an attorney for AFD founder Dr Simone Gold, claimed the group’s theories about Covid have been “vindicated.” “It’s interesting to see that now two years later, Dr Gold and AFD have been vindicated on ivermectin,” he told The Independent. “Unfortunately they continue to spread untruths, lies, even though it’s been stated in court that the board knew and approved and encouraged the purchase of the property and the vehicles and it’s all in the name of the foundation,” Mr Jimenez said of the claims in the lawsuit, which was launched amid a dispute over control over AFD arising from Dr Gold’s temporary resignation from the group amid her legal troubles.