Alan Hostetter

Alan Hostetter is an American convicted felon, anti-lockdown activist and founder of the American Phoenix Project who took part in the United States Capitol attack on January 6, 2021.

He was sentenced on December 7, 2023, to 11 years and three months in prison, as well as $2,000 in restitution and a fine of $30,000, for four felonies related to the attack.

On January 20, 2025, after beginning his second presidency, Donald Trump issued pardons to roughly 1500 individuals charged with crimes connected to January 6, including Hostetter.

Career In the 1980s, Hostetter served in the United States Army after graduating from high school, during which time he was deployed to West Germany. He then worked for the Orange County Sheriff's Department in the 1990s and later for the Fontana Police department leaving as a Deputy Chief and becoming police chief of La Habra, California, in 2009. He gave up the position due to spinal problems less than a year later, moved to San Clemente and began a new career as a yoga instructor and sound healer.

Anti-lockdown protests Following the early 2020 outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hostetter quickly became involved in protests against Californian lockdown measures. Hostetter and Taylor used a Telegram group chat named "California Patriots - Answer the Call Jan. 6" to tell his group to drive to D.C. instead of fly so they could take weapons with them.

On January 5, Hostetter spoke at the Rally to Save America in front of the Supreme Court Building. Alice Butler-Short stated at the event that without Hostetter's sponsorship, they would not have their speaker setup. Hostetter claimed in his speech that "we are at war in this country, we are at war tomorrow." and then attended the "Stop the Steal" rally, but did not go near as he had items the guards would not allow in. He was convicted of four felonies including conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and entering a restricted area with a deadly or dangerous weapon in an indictment that linked four of his co-defendants with the Three Percenters.

Prosecutors requested a sentence of 151 months for Hostetter, but he represented himself during his closing arguments,