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Alan Hostetter
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Alan Hostetter spent decades wearing a badge before January 6 ever entered his story. FACT: He served with the Orange County Sheriff's Department in the 1990s, rose to Deputy Chief at the Fontana Police Department, and in 2009 became Chief of Police in La Habra, California. He stepped away from the job less than a year later because of spinal problems. FACT: After law enforcement, Alan built a second life in San Clemente as a yoga instructor and sound healer — teaching wellness and breathwork in his Southern California community. During the 2020 COVID shutdowns he founded a nonprofit, the American Phoenix Project, and became a visible voice at protests against government lockdown orders. THE RECORD: Alan represented himself at trial. He was convicted in 2023 of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, entering restricted grounds with a dangerous weapon, and disorderly conduct, and on December 7, 2023 was sentenced to 11 years and 3 months, plus restitution and a fine. Charges are charges, and the court record stands as written. FACT: On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued clemency covering roughly 1,500 January 6 defendants. Alan Hostetter was among those pardoned, and he walked free. A police chief. A yoga teacher. A husband. A man who gave years of his life to public safety before any of this. Case record: United States v. Hostetter, No. 1:21-cr-392, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Indicted 6/9/2021, arrested 6/10/2021. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you — or your family — claiming it is free, forever.
The case file
On the record
- Case number
- 1:21-cr-392
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Indicted 6/9. Arrested 6/10. Arraigned 6/14 and pleaded not guilty to all counts. Status conference set for 10/4 at 1 pm. Defendant remains on personal recognizance.
Charges
- Conspiracy to Obstruct an Official Proceeding
- Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting
- Restricted Building or Grounds
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
Alan Hostetter appears in the record of United States v. Nichols through 2 shared documents on file below. The full case — timeline, people, documents — is public and free.
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2 documents on file
Ryan1 document
Ryan Nichols' own paperwork — grievances, motions, letters, cell notes.
indictment · May 10, 2023
Second superseding indictment in United States v. Hostetter
May 10, 2023 indictment stating the prosecution’s allegations and count structure.
Court1 document
Court orders, rulings, transcripts, and docket entries.
transcript · Dec 3, 2021
Transcript of December 3, 2021 status conference in United States v. Hostetter
Official-court-reporter transcript of the status conference at which six defendants were arraigned on the December 1, 2021 superseding indictment. Felipe Antonio “Tony” Martinez’s counsel entered a not-guilty plea, waived formal reading and did not object to a 60-day continuance. The indictment’s charges were accusations at that stage, not findings.