{{Short description|American writer, conspiracy theorist, political activist and former FBI agent}} {{Infobox person | name = John Guandolo | image = | caption = | birth_name = John David Guandolo | other_names = | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|45|2011|9|9}} | birth_place = | education = United States Naval Academy (BS) | occupation = Counterterrorism activist, retired FBI Special Agent | years_active = | alma_mater = | known_for = | website = {{URL|https://johnguandolo.com/}} | module = {{Infobox military person |embed = yes |branch = United States Marine Corps |service_years = 1989–1996 |battles = Gulf War}} }} '''John D. Guandolo''' (born {{birth based on age as of date|45|2011|9|9|noage=1}})<ref name="triblive">{{cite news|url=https://archive.triblive.com/news/former-fbi-agent-salutes-america-in-song/|title=Former FBI agent salutes America in song|first=Eric|last=Heyl|work=Trib Live|date=September 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216163602/https://archive.triblive.com/news/former-fbi-agent-salutes-america-in-song/|archive-date=February 16, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> is an American former Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent and counterterrorism expert who has provided training seminars for law enforcement and local elected officials across the United States. Having been described as an anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist for his work after his retirement from the FBI,<ref name="fwst"/><ref name="independent"/><ref name="theintercept">{{cite news|url=https://theintercept.com/2017/05/25/anti-muslim-conspiracy-theorist-trained-senior-u-s-marshal-national-guard-members-documents-show/|title=Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theorist Trained Senior U.S. Marshal, National Guard Members, Documents Show|date=May 25, 2017|work=The Intercept}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/09/19/anti-muslim-conspiracy-theorist-john-guandolo-speak-texas-gop-luncheon|title=Anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist John Guandolo to speak at Texas GOP luncheon|work=Southern Poverty Law Center|date=September 19, 2018}}</ref> his seminars have been controversial and protested against by advocacy groups. He ran the seminars with the organization Understanding the Threat until the group closed down in 2023.<ref name="uttclosed"/>
==Military and FBI career== Guandolo graduated from the United States Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science in general engineering in 1989,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.claremont.org/featured/2011-lincoln-fellows/|title=2011 Lincoln Fellows|work=Claremont Institute|accessdate=January 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111154008/https://www.claremont.org/featured/2011-lincoln-fellows/|archive-date=January 11, 2024}}</ref><ref name="whoswho">{{cite web|url=https://www.worldwidewhoswhoreleases.com/press-release/john-d-guandolo-honored-for-success-in-military-operations|title=John D. Guandolo Honored for Success in Military Operations|work=Worldwide Who's Who|date=March 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250416164423/https://www.worldwidewhoswhoreleases.com/press-release/john-d-guandolo-honored-for-success-in-military-operations|archive-date=April 16, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> after which he served in the U.S. Marine Corps and took part in the Gulf War's Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm as a platoon commander in the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines.<ref name="utt">{{cite web|url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/understanding-threat|title=Understanding the Threat|work=Southern Poverty Law Center|accessdate=June 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230625091356/https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/understanding-threat|archive-date=June 25, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="justice">{{cite web|url=https://www.justiceclearinghouse.com/resource/john-guandolo/|title=John Guandolo|website=Justice Clearinghouse|accessdate=March 22, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831180150/https://www.justiceclearinghouse.com/resource/john-guandolo/|archive-date=August 31, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> He thereafter served in the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company, and was deployed to the Adriatic and Bosnia.<ref name="whoswho"/><ref name="justice"/> He was a combat diver, military free-fall parachutist, and a graduate of the U.S. Army Ranger School.<ref name="justice"/> He resigned from the military and joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as a field officer in 1996.<ref name="utt"/>
According to press reports, Guandolo was a counterterrorism expert in the FBI following the September 11 attacks,<ref name="aas">{{cite news|last=Tilove|first=Jonathan|url=https://statesman.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/03/06/john-guandolo-from-undercover-fbi-agent-to-uncovering-islamic-terrorists-under-every-bed/5762308007/|title=John Guandolo: From 'undercover' FBI agent to uncovering Islamic terrorists under every bed|work=Austin American-Statesman|date=March 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617012010/https://statesman.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/03/06/john-guandolo-from-undercover-fbi-agent-to-uncovering-islamic-terrorists-under-every-bed/5762308007/|archive-date=June 17, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="bridge">{{cite web|url=https://bridge.georgetown.edu/research/factsheet-john-guandolo/|title=Factsheet: John Guandolo|date=December 8, 2017|work=Bridge Initiative|publisher=Georgetown University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618204345/https://bridge.georgetown.edu/research/factsheet-john-guandolo/|archive-date=June 18, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> after having been part of the recovery and investigation of the airliner crash into the Pentagon.<ref name="triblive"/> In 2007, he was awarded the Defender of the Homeland Award by U.S. Senators Jon Kyl and Joseph Lieberman on behalf of the Center for Security Policy.<ref name="whoswho"/><ref name="justice"/><ref name="bridge"/> He was also involved in other cases, and according to court documents, Guandolo was found to have "had an intimate relationship with a confidential source that he thought could damage an investigation," in connection with the corruption case against former U.S. Representative William Jefferson.<ref name="aas"/> Guandolo resigned from the FBI around December 1, 2008, before he could be questioned by the Office of Professional Responsibility regarding his sexual liaisons with the source, or with women FBI agents.<ref name="aas"/> He later reportedly expressed "deep remorse" for the relationship.<ref name="aas"/>
==Post-FBI activities== ===Understanding the Threat=== Since his resignation from the FBI, Guandolo regularly provided training courses for law enforcement and elected officials across several US states under the title "Understanding and Investigating the Jihadi Movement" with his consulting company Understanding the Threat (UTT),<ref name="aas"/> a Dallas-based<ref name="utt"/> counter-jihad organization<ref>{{cite thesis|title='Green Crescent, Crimson Cross': The Transatlantic 'Counterjihad' and the New Political Theology|url=https://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3780/1/Pertwee__green-crescent-crimson-cross.pdf|page=268|last=Pertwee|first=Ed|date=October 2017|publisher=London School of Economics|doi=10.21953/lse.xx0e1p4w3f3y|doi-access=free}}</ref> founded in 2010.<ref name="waco">{{cite news|url=https://wacotrib.com/this-ex-fbi-agent-who-called-islam-barbaric-and-evil-was-allowed-to-train-texas/article_cd469f7a-5d48-5e85-846e-52611cc5d64e.html|title=This ex-FBI agent who called Islam "barbaric and evil" was allowed to train Texas law enforcement|first=Jolie|last=McCullough|date=May 14, 2018|work=Waco Tribune-Herald}}</ref> Other activists working for the organization at various times have included Chris Gaubatz, John Bennett, John Andrews and Peggy Mast.<ref name="utt"/> He also helped run a company called Strategic Engagement Group with Stephen Coughlin,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://politicalresearch.org/2011/07/22/john-guandolo-another-counterterrorism-expert-exposed|title=John Guandolo: Another Counterterrorism Expert Exposed|first=Thomas|last=Cincotta|work=Political Research Associates|date=July 22, 2011}}</ref> which aimed to "educate the public on the counter jihad movement,"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/which-local-politician-sponsoring-islamophobic-seminar-for-arizona-cops-9319441|title=Guess Which Local Politician is Sponsoring 'Islamophobic' Seminar for Arizona Cops?|work=Phoenix New Times|date=May 11, 2017}}</ref> and has worked with groups such as ACT for America and the Center for Security Policy.<ref name="bridge"/>
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) routinely monitors Guandolo, who it describes as "a disgraced ex-FBI agent" who makes a living from "anti-Muslim witch-hunts,"<ref name="aas"/> and has designated UTT as a "hate group".<ref name="utt"/> Guandolo has responded that the SPLC is "intentionally supporting a terrorist organization in violation of U.S. Law."<ref name="aas"/> The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has called on local Republican Party chapters to cancel events with Guandolo, who it similarly describes as "a disgraced ex-FBI agent and anti-Muslim extremist who has peddled conspiracy theories about Islam and Muslims."<ref name="aas"/> Guandolo in turn claims that CAIR is a front for Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.texasobserver.org/john-guandolo-texas-cops-against-muslims/|title=John Guandolo is on a Crusade to Turn Texas Cops Against Muslims|first=Gus|last=Bova|work=Texas Observer|date=December 4, 2018}}</ref> and a "terrorist organization which hates and violently opposes free speech."<ref name="independent"/> In 2014, it was reported that Guandolo had helped draft a bill introduced by Rep. Michele Bachmann that would have designated the Muslim Brotherhood a "foreign terrorist entity".<ref name="bridge"/>
In 2016, a planned event at Cedar Valley College in Texas was cancelled after pressure from CAIR.<ref name="independent">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/texas-college-cancels-controversial-law-enforcement-training-event-led-by-antimuslim-conspiracy-theorist-a7061731.html|title=Texas college cancels controversial law enforcement training event led by 'anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist'|date=June 2, 2016|work=The Independent}}</ref> The same year the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) attempted to cancel an event in Maricopa County, Arizona.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/maricopa-county-attorney-bill-montgomery-spent-public-money-on-islam-bashing-seminar-8417180|title=Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery Spent Public Money on Islam-Bashing Seminar|first=Stephen|last=Lemons|date=June 30, 2016|work=Phoenix New Times}}</ref> In 2018, Guandolo hosted a law enforcement training in San Angelo, Texas, which after pressure from advocacy groups was rejected by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement because it "paints an entire religion with an overly broad brush" and "does not seem to provide any law enforcement training value to attendees."<ref name="fwst"/><ref name="tribune">{{cite news|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2018/05/16/reversal-texas-state-agency-says-ex-fbi-agent-who-called-islam-barbari/|title=In reversal, Texas agency says ex-FBI agent who called Islam "barbaric and evil" can't train law enforcement|date=May 16, 2018|work=The Texas Tribune}}</ref> The same year, several of his planned events in the Midwest were cancelled due to local activism.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/04/12/john-guandolo%E2%80%99s-tour-collapses-and-longtime-partner-chris-gaubatz-quits|title=John Guandolo's tour collapses and longtime partner Chris Gaubatz quits|date=April 12, 2018|work=Southern Poverty Law Center}}</ref> He was also secretly filmed by an Al Jazeera undercover investigation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/5/14/ex-fbi-agent-caught-teaching-police-islamophobic-ideas|title=Ex-FBI agent caught teaching police Islamophobic ideas|date=May 14, 2018|work=Al Jazeera}}</ref> By 2022, Guandolo's bookings from law enforcement had "lessened significantly" according to the SPLC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/12/09/california-trains-cops-prison-guards-anti-muslim-video|title=California Trains Cops, Prison Guards With Anti-Muslim Video|date=December 9, 2022|work=Southern Poverty Law Center}}</ref>
By 2022, Guandolo also organized training sessions for right-wing citizens about the perceived threat of "communist & Jihadist networks,"<ref name="fwst"/> and to "organize communities into operational forces to identify roots of corruption & dismantle the hostile networks behind it, and re-establish a Republican form of government at the local level," which were joined by former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn.<ref name="flux">{{cite news|url=https://flux.community/kyle-mantyla/2022/07/michael-flynn-teams-up-with-radical-far-right-activist-john-guandolo/|title=Michael Flynn teams up with radical far-right activist John Guandolo|first=Kyle|last=Mantyla|work=Flux|date=July 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722130324/https://flux.community/kyle-mantyla/2022/07/michael-flynn-teams-up-with-radical-far-right-activist-john-guandolo/|archive-date=July 22, 2022}}</ref> In June 2023 his organization Understanding the Threat closed down, stating that "the assaults from our adversaries financially and legally have been withering and overwhelming."<ref name="uttclosed">{{cite news|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/06/21/anti-muslim-hate-group-known-biased-law-enforcement-training-shuts-down|title=Anti-Muslim Hate Group Known for Biased Law-Enforcement Training Shuts Down|first=Caleb|last=Kieffer|date=June 21, 2023|work=Southern Poverty Law Center}}</ref>
===Culpeper auxiliary deputy=== Guandolo was appointed an auxiliary deputy in Culpeper County, Virginia by Sheriff Scott Jenkins in 2014, as Jenkins hosted Guandolo's law enforcement training seminars in 2014 and 2016.<ref name="starexponenet">{{cite news|url=https://starexponent.com/news/muslim-advocates-questions-culpeper-sheriff-s-association-with-anti-islam-speaker/article_1d43ee94-3fce-5b4c-a48c-bc14e1cf790f.html|title=Muslim Advocates questions Culpeper sheriff's association with 'anti-Islam speaker'|work=Culpeper Star-Exponent|date=May 22, 2018|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250111035053/https://starexponent.com/news/muslim-advocates-questions-culpeper-sheriff-s-association-with-anti-islam-speaker/article_1d43ee94-3fce-5b4c-a48c-bc14e1cf790f.html|archive-date=January 11, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://dailyprogress.com/archives/jihadi-training-in-culpeper/article_00313f58-9f94-11e3-90da-0017a43b2370.html|title=Jihadi training in Culpeper|first=Allison Brophy|last=Champion|work=The Daily Progress|date=February 27, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://dailyprogress.com/archives/culpeper-sheriff-brings-back-controversial-jihadi-threat-training/article_4646fe48-7939-11e6-9fc9-bb94afa7a631.html|title=Culpeper sheriff brings back controversial "jihadi threat" training|work=The Daily Progress|date=September 12, 2016|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250414224618/https://dailyprogress.com/archives/culpeper-sheriff-brings-back-controversial-jihadi-threat-training/article_4646fe48-7939-11e6-9fc9-bb94afa7a631.html|archive-date=April 14, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> The seminar in 2014 was protested against by the SPLC and CAIR,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://fredericksburg.com/article_d655c531-5ac3-510e-a5a6-87a9d5c8fa44.html|title=Sheriff says Culpeper counterterrorism training will go on|first=Donnie|last=Johnston|work=The Free Lance-Star|date=February 21, 2014|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250111035143/https://fredericksburg.com/article_d655c531-5ac3-510e-a5a6-87a9d5c8fa44.html|archive-date=January 11, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> after which the Rappahannock regional criminal justice academy withdrew training credits for the course.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/24/virginia-counterterror-training-anti-muslim-john-guandolo|title=Virginia counter-terror training by anti-Muslim activist sparks outcry|first=Ed|last=Pilkington|work=The Guardian|date=24 February 2014}}</ref> A California-based nonprofit legal group, Muslim Advocates, in 2018 sent a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to inspect public records related to the sheriff office's relationship with Guandolo, stating that Guandolo and his associates "have a long, well-documented history of spreading anti-Muslim sentiment through public comments and private law enforcement trainings in the United States."<ref name="starexponenet"/>
In October 2022, Guandolo's Culpeper Sheriff's Office rifle was seized by police after he was involved in a car crash in Dallas, which led to questioning of Culpeper Sheriff Scott Jenkins,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/investigations/culpeper-sheriff-cant-or-wont-explain-powerful-pricey-gun-found-in-dallas-wreck/3393487/|title=Culpeper sheriff can't or won't explain powerful pricey gun found in Dallas wreck|first=Ted|last=Oberg|work=NBC4 Washington|date=July 27, 2023}}</ref> later finding that he "didn't properly train or keep records on [the] reserve force."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://starexponent.com/news/local/culpeper-sheriff-didn-t-properly-train-or-keep-records-on-reserve-force-documents-show/article_5e77d486-6939-11ee-bc1f-a7a06baf57e4.html|title=Culpeper sheriff didn't properly train or keep records on reserve force, documents show|first1=Allison Brophy|last1=Champion|first2=Patrick|last2=Wilson|work=Culpeper Star-Exponent|date=October 16, 2023|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231107013107/https://starexponent.com/news/local/culpeper-sheriff-didn-t-properly-train-or-keep-records-on-reserve-force-documents-show/article_5e77d486-6939-11ee-bc1f-a7a06baf57e4.html|archive-date=November 7, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Civil lawsuit=== Guandolo was accused in 2017 of assaulting Hennepin County, Minnesota sheriff Rich Stanek at a National Sheriffs' Association (NSA) expo in Reno, Nevada, where Guandolo was a presenter.<ref name="bridge"/> Guandolo had previously claimed in a blog post that the sheriff "works with jihadis in the community".<ref name="bridge"/><ref name="fox9">{{cite news|url=https://www.fox9.com/news/no-charges-in-sheriff-stanek-scuffle-at-reno-hotel-casino|title=No charges in Sheriff Stanek scuffle at Reno hotel-casino|date=October 31, 2017|work=FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul}}</ref> Nevada prosecutors quietly dismissed the charges against Guandolo, stating that even from a video of the incident, it was not clear who made first contact.<ref name="aas"/><ref name="fox9"/><ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBlxiFVeXtI|title=Video Shows Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theorist John Guandolo's Alleged Assault on Minnesota Sheriff|work=Fox 9|publisher=CAIR|via=YouTube|date=October 31, 2017}}</ref> Two years later, a Dallas County jury, however, awarded Stanek $600,000 in a civil lawsuit.<ref name="fwst">{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/tarrant-county-top-elected-official-214806175.html|title=Tarrant County's top elected official held meeting with anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist|work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|date=May 4, 2023|first=Emily|last=Brindley|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617012017/https://news.yahoo.com/tarrant-county-top-elected-official-214806175.html|archive-date=June 17, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2019/09/24/leader-of-dallas-based-anti-muslim-group-must-pay-ex-minnesota-sheriff-600k-for-assault-jury-decides/|title=Leader of Dallas-based anti-Muslim group must pay ex-Minnesota sheriff $600K for assault, jury decides|work=The Dallas Morning News|first=Sarah|last=Sarder|date=September 24, 2019}}</ref> Guandolo later lost a self-defense appeal in court.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/ex-fbi-agent-loses-self-defense-appeal-over-fight-with-sheriff|title=Ex-FBI Agent Loses Self-Defense Appeal Over Fight With Sheriff|first=Janet|last=Miranda|work=Bloomberg Law|date=March 23, 2022}}</ref>
==Views on Islam and politics== Having described Islam as "barbaric and evil",<ref name="waco"/><ref name="tribune"/> Guandolo has claimed that "nearly every single Muslim organization in North America is controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood or a derivative group," and that they "seek to impose Islamic law in furtherance of establishing an Islamic state here."<ref name="bridge"/> According to ''The Intercept'', he has said that all American Muslim groups share the same ideology as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), that the majority of mosques in the US should be shut down, and called for the arrest of the leaders of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).<ref name="theintercept"/> He has also said that the U.S. Justice Department should have prevented two Muslim women (Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib) from being elected to Congress, and claimed that then-CIA Director nominee John Brennan is a secret Muslim convert.<ref name="aas"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2013%2F02%2F12%2F265874|title=John Brennan, CIA nominee, may have converted to Islam: report|work=Al Arabiya|date=February 12, 2013}}</ref> In 2018, Guandolo's Twitter account was suspended after he posted a tweet that tied the Democratic Party to the Ku Klux Klan and the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh.<ref name="fwst"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2018/10/28/twitter-controversial-muslim-threat-trainer-john-guandolo-suspended-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting/1803092002/|title=Controversial Muslim 'threat' trainer suspended after tweet about synagogue shooting|work=AZCentral|first=Bree|last=Burkitt|date=October 28, 2018}}</ref> In 2019, he suggested the US should bomb the Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia with cruise missiles in retaliation for the Naval Air Station Pensacola shooting.<ref name="newsweek">{{cite news|url=https://www.newsweek.com/ex-fbi-agent-urges-us-bomb-mecca-retaliation-pensacola-shooting-says-cruise-missile-would-1478129|title=Ex-FBI Agent Urges U.S. to Bomb Mecca in Retaliation for Pensacola Shooting, Says a 'Cruise Missile' Would Send the 'Message'|date=December 19, 2019|work=Newsweek}}</ref> Following the January 6 United States Capitol attack, having been present at the pro-Trump "Stop the Steal" rally with a group to pray,<ref name="utt"/> he praised insurrectionists for showing "restraint" by not publicly executing lawmakers.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newsweek.com/right-wing-activist-praises-rioters-restraint-not-executing-lawmakers-1560203|title=Right-Wing Activist Praises Rioters For 'Restraint' In Not Executing Lawmakers|date=January 8, 2021|work=Newsweek}}</ref>
==Works== ===Bibliography=== * {{cite book|title=Shariah: The Threat To America|others=Co-authored as Team B II|year=2010|publisher=Center for Security Policy Press|isbn=978-0982294765}} * {{cite book|title=Raising a Jihadi Generation: Understanding the Muslim Brotherhood Movement in America|year=2013|publisher=Lepanto Publishing|isbn=978-0988724501}} * {{cite book|title=The Secure Freedom Strategy: A Plan for Victory Over the Global Jihad Movement|others=Co-authored as The Tiger Team|year=2015|publisher=Center for Security Policy Press|isbn=978-1507756133}} * {{cite book|title=Islam's Deception: The Truth About Sharia|year=2019|publisher=Guandolo Associates LLC|isbn=978-0988724518}}
===Discography=== ====Boats Against The Current==== Guandolo is the lead vocalist, guitarist and a songwriter for the band Boats Against The Current.<ref name="triblive"/> {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * "America (Land of the Free)", single (2011) * ''America'', studio album (2012) * ''The Journey'', studio album (2016) * "A Moment", single (2017) * ''Love Hold Me'', studio album (2018) * ''Boats in Nashville'', EP (2021) * "Whatever Happened to America", single (2023) * "It Is Love", single (2023) * "The Call, Pts. 1 & 2", single (2023) {{div col end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== <!-- per WP:ELMINOFFICIAL, choose one official website only --> * {{Official website|https://johnguandolo.com/}}
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