This week's idiot stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021 as part of the insurrection to overthrow the election. She assaulted an officer, was arrested, tried, convicted, and then pardoned by a virus. But Karma would still catch up. What's astounding is that she was a doctor. Now, the Massachusetts Medical board will not allow her renew her license to practice medicine.
Medical board revokes right to renew license for Mass. doctor who hit officer on Jan. 6
By Ross Cristantiello, Boston.com, July 21, 2026
The state’s Board of Registration in Medicine revoked a Massachusetts doctor’s right to renew her medical license last week, citing the fact that she struck a police officer while breaching the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Jacquelyn Starer, of Ashland, pleaded guilty to eight charges, including a felony assault charge, in 2024. She was sentenced to 9 months in prison for her actions, but was pardoned by President Donald Trump shortly after he began his second term last year.
Starer is a board certified obstetrician and gynecologist who has a subspeciality in addiction medicine. She was primarily a practitioner of addiction medicine before her arrest in 2022.
After traveling to Washington, D.C. to attend Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally, Starer walked with other protesters to the Capitol and entered the building through its East Door. She initially found the atmosphere inside “fairly calm,” but was drawn to an argument between police and rioters in the rotunda, Starer’s attorneys wrote in court documents.
Starer engaged in a “heated discussion” with another member of the crowd, and pushed his arm away from her because she felt like he was “invading her space.” During this interaction, she turned away from the line of police. One officer pushed Starer in the back. She responded by turning and striking the officer with a closed fist, her attorneys wrote.
She said that she was upset with the other rioter who had apparently tried to hold her back, and instinctively punched the officer’s arm after being pushed, her attorneys said.
Prosecutors said in court documents that Starer’s assault of the officer “riled up the hostile crowd and contributed to the dangerousness of the situation.” They emphasized that Starer yelled expletives at officers and pushed her way through the mob in order to confront police.
Starer was affected by pepper spray and exited the Capitol about 15 minutes after she entered it.
The interaction occurred as police attempted to keep rioters away from former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office. It was captured on video, including on footage from body-worn cameras.
Starer pivoted to addiction medicine after dealing with addiction herself and attempting suicide in 1996, according to court documents. She went on to serve as president of the Massachusetts Society of Addiction Medicine and as a consultant to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
In a 2024 letter to the judge who oversaw Starer’s case, her husband said that Starer hoped to continue practicing medicine.
“She would very much like to regain her privileges to practice medicine and continue to care for those struggling with addiction, but this is unlikely if the outcome of these proceedings is not in her favor,” he wrote. “At the very least, she would like to restore her reputation in the medical profession and in the community.”
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