Good grief - where do you get that BS? Gretchen
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Posted On: 09/12/2022 3:13:05 PM
Good grief - where do you get that BS?
Gretchen Whitmer: Michigan governor kidnap plot case collapses
A US federal jury has acquitted two men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan's governor and failed to reach a verdict for two other defendants.
Adam Fox, 38, Daniel Harris, 24, Brandon Caserta, 33, and Barry Croft, 46, each faced a kidnapping conspiracy charge.
Mr Harris and Mr Caserta were found not guilty, but the charges against Mr Fox and Mr Croft ended in mistrial.
Throughout the trial, they maintained that the men had been entrapped - or improperly induced into the crime - by an undercover FBI operation.
The FBI has said it began tracking the group's movements after spotting online discussions of political violence.
According to an FBI affidavit, an undercover source attended a June 2020 meeting in Ohio, where a group of Michigan-based militia members discussed overthrowing state governments "that they believed were violating the US Constitution".
FBI agent Timothy "Red" Bates also took the stand, testifying that the group discussed blowing up bridges near the governor's house to thwart law enforcement.
But the defense alleged an FBI informant named Daniel "Big Dan" Chappel who infiltrated the group acted as a "double agent", befriending and radicalizing the men to advance the plot.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60999431
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/08/us/verdict...-case.html
Gretchen Whitmer: Michigan governor kidnap plot case collapses
A US federal jury has acquitted two men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan's governor and failed to reach a verdict for two other defendants.
Adam Fox, 38, Daniel Harris, 24, Brandon Caserta, 33, and Barry Croft, 46, each faced a kidnapping conspiracy charge.
Mr Harris and Mr Caserta were found not guilty, but the charges against Mr Fox and Mr Croft ended in mistrial.
Throughout the trial, they maintained that the men had been entrapped - or improperly induced into the crime - by an undercover FBI operation.
The FBI has said it began tracking the group's movements after spotting online discussions of political violence.
According to an FBI affidavit, an undercover source attended a June 2020 meeting in Ohio, where a group of Michigan-based militia members discussed overthrowing state governments "that they believed were violating the US Constitution".
FBI agent Timothy "Red" Bates also took the stand, testifying that the group discussed blowing up bridges near the governor's house to thwart law enforcement.
But the defense alleged an FBI informant named Daniel "Big Dan" Chappel who infiltrated the group acted as a "double agent", befriending and radicalizing the men to advance the plot.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60999431
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/08/us/verdict...-case.html
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