US EditionFormer California police chief found guilty of conspiracy over role in Jan. 6
- Alan Hostetter, a former California police chief, was found guilty of four felonies, including conspiracy to obstruct Congress, for his involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
- Hostetter coordinated and conspired with other rioters from California to travel to Washington, D.C., and carried a hatchet as he breached a police line and entered the restricted area of the Capitol.
- The judge, Royce Lamberth, stated that no reasonable person, especially someone with law enforcement experience, would believe that using mob violence to obstruct Congress was lawful.
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Former California police chief found guilty for role in Jan. 6 insurrection
Alan Hostetter, a former La Habra police chief-turned yoga instructor and activist who joined the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol while carrying a hatchet in his backpack, was convicted on Thursday, July 13 of taking part in the plot to stop the certification of President Joe Biden’s electoral victory. A federal judge in Washington D.C. rejected Hostetter’s conspiracy-focused claims that he was set up and entrapped by corrupt federal law enforce…
Former California police chief found guilty of conspiracy over role in Jan. 6
A former California police chief was found guilty Thursday of four felonies, including conspiracy to obstruct Congress, over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Alan Hostetter, 56, was convicted of conspiring to obstruct and obstructing an official proceeding, as well as entering a restricted area and engaging in disorderly or disruptive conduct…
Former police chief who defended himself at trial convicted of conspiracy in Jan. 6 riot
A former California police chief was convicted of joining the riot at the U.S. Capitol with a hatchet in his backpack. The post Former police chief who defended himself at trial convicted of conspiracy in Jan. 6 riot first appeared on Maryland Daily Record. The post Former police chief who defended himself at trial convicted of conspiracy in Jan. 6 riot appeared first on Maryland Daily Record.
Former police chief who defended himself at trial is convicted of conspiracy in Jan. 6 riot
A former California police chief was convicted on Thursday of joining the riot at the U.S. Capitol with a hatchet in his backpack and plotting to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.
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