Alan Hostetter, who was found to have carried a hatchet during the Capitol attack, cited Vivek Ramaswamy's suggestion at Wednesday's GOP debate that Jan. 6 was an "inside job."

WASHINGTON — A former California police chief who called for the execution of Donald Trump’s political enemies, joined the U.S. Capitol attack and then spread conspiracy theories about Jan. 6 was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison Thursday.

Alan Hostetter was found guilty in July on charges of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an official proceeding, entering or remaining on restricted grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon and disorderly or disruptive conduct on restricted grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon. He represented himself at a bench trial before U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, a Ronald Reagan appointee, who sentenced him to 135 months Thursday.

Hostetter, who was the chief of the La Habra, California, Police Department in 2010, was arrested in June 2021.

  • merc@sh.itjust.works
    25·
    11 months ago

    Alan Hostetter, who was found to have carried a hatchet during the Capitol attack, cited Vivek Ramaswamy’s suggestion at Wednesday’s GOP debate that Jan. 6 was an “inside job.”

    He was there. He was carrying 2 hatchets, a knife, a bludgeon and wearing reinforced gloves. He entered the buildings. In what way could it possibly have been an inside job?

    “Sure, I carried a weapon and broke into the building, but it was an inside job because um… I was a former police chief, therefore I was indirectly employed by the government… so the government did it!”

    the entire thing was staged

    My guy, you were there. In what way was it staged? Were you a crisis actor?

    He represented himself at a bench trial

    What’s that expression about a fool for a client?

    • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
      4·
      11 months ago

      He is saying it is an inside job because he still believes Drumph won the election so he got orders from “inside the government”