NBC News reports:
A former California police chief charged with joining anti-government extremists in rioting at the U.S. Capitol told the IRS last year that he formed a charity called the American Phoenix Project to defend “human and civil rights” and educate the public about vaccines.
Instead, Alan Hostetter used his tax-exempt nonprofit as a platform to oppose Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, protest that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump and advocate for violence against political opponents, according to an eight-count indictment secured by the U.S. Justice Department.
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A former California police chief charged with rioting at the US Capitol told the IRS last year that he formed a charity called the American Phoenix Project to defend “human and civil rights” and educate the public about vaccines. https://t.co/mNHWXLUnqG
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 17, 2021
Breaking: Two Orange County extremists — a former police chief and his partner in organizing Stop the Steal rallies — have been indicted along with members of the Three Percenters militia for their roles in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. https://t.co/MQ1TAy692w
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) June 10, 2021
[BREAKING] Three Percenter Alan Hostetter has been indicted by a federal grand jury on *FOUR COUNTS* including conspiracy #SeditionHasConsequences #SeditionHunters https://t.co/WhHzZuJgeC
— Sedition Track (@seditiontrack) June 10, 2021
Alan Hostetter, the former chief of the La Habra police department, has been at the center of resurgent right-wing extremism in Orange County, along with entrepreneur Russell Taylor, who was also indicted. https://t.co/69nGk36CTK
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) June 10, 2021