The feds arrested alleged right-wing terrorists they said plotted to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer over her COVID lockdown. Then things got messy.
in an effort to mitigate the deadly virus, a group of armed, far-right militiamen grew determined to violently overthrow the government., already a well-established target for right-wing ire for her aggressive, early attempts to protect her state from mass death.October 2020 plan included ambushing and kidnapping the Democratic leaderBut after months of planning, the plot was ultimately thwarted after six alleged co-conspirators were arrested by federal agents.
Epner, who is also a Daily Beast contributor, noted that prosecutors still have hours of secret audio and video recordings, online chat activity, and testimony from two flipped defendants—who previously pleaded guilty—to help their case. In return for their work, court documents show, Robeson and Big Dan received thousands of dollars from the FBI.
Rahmani went on to argue that while prosecutors may have something of an uphill battle in this case because of the allegations of misconduct, informants are routinely part of cases like this one. A Boogaloo Boy holds a rifle at a rally at the Capitol Building on October 17, 2020, in Lansing, Michigan. While the rally was an effort to distance themselves from the Whitmer plot, prosecutors said some defendants were members of the far-right scene.“Adam Fox did not commit a crime in this case,” defense attorney Christopher Gibbons said before focusing on Robeson, whom he claimed portrayed his client as the leader of the so-called Michigan Three Percent Patriot Militia.
“There was no plan, there was no agreement and no kidnapping,” defense attorney Joshua Blanchard said. He added that while these informants were secretly recording Croft and the others, they were all “stoned, absolutely out-of-your-mind stoned.”
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