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Alan Hostetter speaks during a pro-Trump election integrity rally he organized at the Orange County Registrar of Voters offices in Santa Ana, Calif., Nov. 9, 2020. Hostetter, a former California police chief convicted of a conspiracy charge in the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, after giving a speech that praised Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy's suggestion the Jan. 6, 2021, attack could have been an "inside job." (Paul Bersebach/The Orange County Register via AP, File)

A Jan. 6 rioter praised Vivek Ramaswamy at his sentencing for suggesting riot was an ‘inside job’

By Lindsay Whitehurst - Associated Press

Alan Hostetter speaks during a pro-Trump election integrity rally he organized at the Orange County Registrar of Voters offices in Santa Ana, Calif., Nov. 9, 2020. A former California police chief was convicted on Thursday, July 13, 2023, of joining the riot at the U.S. Capitol with a hatchet in his backpack and plotting to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's 2020 electoral victory. A judge in Washington's federal court heard testimony without a jury before convicting Hostetter, a right-wing activist and vocal critic of COVID-19 restrictions who defended himself at his bench trial with help from a standby attorney. (Paul Bersebach/The Orange County Register via AP, File)

Former police chief who defended himself at trial is convicted of conspiracy in Jan. 6 riot

By Michael Kunzelman - Associated Press