Ex-police chief, 5 others charged in Capitol riot conspiracy [View all]
Source: Associated Press
ALANNA DURKIN RICHER,
Associated Press
June 10, 2021
Updated: June 10, 2021 6:14 p.m.
A former California police chief and five other men have been indicted on conspiracy charges in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to court documents made public Thursday.
The men four of whom prosecutors say identify as members of the Three Percenters antigovernment extremist movement are accused of plotting with one another to block the certification of President Joe Bidens victory.
Among those charged is a former La Habra police chief and founder of a far-right group called the American Phoenix Project, which was formed to protest pandemic-related restrictions and has helped pushed the lie that the election was stolen from former President Donald Trump.
In court documents, authorities describe how the group's founder, Alan Hostetter, in the weeks leading up to Jan. 6 called for violence against those who supported the results of the election. During a Stop the Steal rally held in Huntington Beach on Dec. 12, Hostetter warned that Trump must be inaugurated on Jan. 20th."
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Alan Hostetter