Judge allows ex-La Habra police chief Alan Hostetter to be his own lawyer at Capitol riot trial
A former Orange County police chief turned yoga instructor and conservative protester facing criminal charges related to the Capitol riot can serve as his own attorney during his federal trial, a judge has ruled.
Alan Hostetter will be allowed to represent himself during the ongoing criminal proceedings, while his former court-appointed attorney will serve as an advisory counsel, U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth decided on Thursday.
Hostetter is a San Clemente resident and former deputy chief of the Fontana Police Department who briefly led the La Habra Police Department. Since leaving law enforcement, Hostetter became a yoga instructor, helped organize Orange County Stop the Steal and anti-coronavirus pandemic restriction rallies and emerged as one of the most high-profile of the many Capitol insurrection defendants.
Like other defendants who opt to represent themselves against criminal charges, Hostetter was warned by the judge that going without a defense attorney is almost certainly not in his best interest. In a video that circulated on social media, Hostetter explained that his decision wasn’t based on a rift with his previous legal counsel, but instead due to his concern that paying for a legal defense could bankrupt him.
Read more: https://www.dailynews.com/2021/10/29/judge-allows-ex-la-habra-police-chief-alan-hostetter-to-be-his-own-lawyer-at-capitol-riot-trial/
(Los Angeles Daily News)
Alan Hostetter speaks during a pro-Trump election integrity rally he organized at the Orange County Registrar of Voters offices in Santa Ana, CA on Monday, November 9, 2020.(Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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U knew that was coming
To watch. 
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