A former California police chief who called for the execution of Donald Trump's political enemies after the 2020 election and spread conspiracy theories about Jan. 6 after taking part in the Capitol attack has been found guilty of four charges.
Alan Hostetter at a pro-Trump rally at the Orange County Registrar of Voters' offices in Santa Ana, Calif., on Nov. 9, 2020.ByWASHINGTON — A former California police chief who called for the execution of Donald Trump's political enemies after the 2020 election and spread conspiracy theories about Jan. 6 after having taken part in the Capitol attack was found guilty of four charges Thursday.
Hostetter, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth found, possessed a hatchet when he joined the mob that broke police lines, saying he didn't believe Hostetter's claim that he didn't have the hatchet on Jan. 6, 2021, because it was stolen out of his truck."Mr. Hostetter has a right to believe whatever he likes about the 2020 presidential election and to voice those opinions," Lamberth said, according to notes prepared for his oral ruling that were filed on the court docket.
Hostetter"has not presented any evidence that could make out an entrapment defense on the theory that the January 6 riot was a staged event," Lamberth said. Hostetter was a pro se defendant, meaning he represented himself with the assistance of standby counsel. Two other pro se defendants were also on trial this week in other courtrooms in the Washington federal courthouse:
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