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FBI agent who played key role in Whitmer kidnap investigation charged with assault
Washington Examiner via MSN ^ | 7/19/21 | Jeremy Beaman

Posted on 07/19/2021 4:57:32 PM PDT by Libloather

A special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation involved in the operation that resulted in a group of men being charged for allegedly plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was criminally charged on Monday in connection to a domestic incident.

Richard Trask was arraigned in a Michigan court on one count of assault with intent to do great bodily harm, less than a murder charge, after a domestic incident with his wife on Sunday and subsequently released on a $10,000 recognizance bond, according to the Detroit News.

Trask, 39, began his stint at the FBI in 2011 and has worked on terrorism and domestic extremism investigations, according to court documents. At least one of the investigations became a major story last October during some of the most politically tense moments of the coronavirus pandemic.

Federal prosecutors relied on the findings of an FBI investigation that began in early 2020 in charging six members associated with militia group "Wolverine Watchmen" that allegedly planned a conspiracy to kidnap Whitmer, a Democrat.

In an Oct. 6 affidavit, Trask swore to an account detailing what agents discovered during their investigation, a document integral to the government's case.

"Several members talked about murdering 'tyrants' or 'taking' a sitting governor," the affidavit said. "The group decided they needed to increase their numbers and encouraged each other to talk to their neighbors and spread their message."

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: assault; fbi; fib; gestapogretchen; gretchenwhitmer; kidnap; michigan; richardtrask; whitler; whitmer
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The FIB can't catch a break...
1 posted on 07/19/2021 4:57:32 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Too bad he could get his buddies to frame the wife......./s


2 posted on 07/19/2021 4:58:58 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Libloather

Yep. That’s the sort of bullies that Federal LE organizations hire.


3 posted on 07/19/2021 4:59:50 PM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Hannity has it backwards, it’s 99% bad, 1% good, and I’m not sure they really exist.


4 posted on 07/19/2021 5:00:24 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Libloather

Doesn’t sound like he’d be a very credible witness in court. Just saying ...


5 posted on 07/19/2021 5:04:53 PM PDT by TigersEye (Who shot Ashli Babbitt?)
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To: Libloather

no more gun for him... right???


6 posted on 07/19/2021 5:15:35 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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To: Libloather

7 posted on 07/19/2021 5:16:57 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: Libloather
Related...

FBI agent in Whitmer kidnap case arrested following domestic incident

8 posted on 07/19/2021 5:18:57 PM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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FBI shouldn’t exist, its an unconstitutional criminal organization.


9 posted on 07/19/2021 5:20:13 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: Libloather

Another fbi lawbreaker


10 posted on 07/19/2021 5:27:14 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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"Federal prosecutors relied on the findings of an FBI investigation that began in early 2020 in charging SIX MEMBERS associated with militia group "Wolverine Watchmen" that allegedly planned a conspiracy to kidnap Whitmer, a Democrat."

I wonder which FBI agent shot Seth Rich?

11 posted on 07/19/2021 5:27:45 PM PDT by Dogbert41 ("Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled" (Matthew 5:6).)
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To: Libloather

Oh boy! Look! They threw us a bone! Of course, it’s just a chicken bone, one of those little tiny bones from the part that goes over the fence last.


12 posted on 07/19/2021 6:04:31 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Libloather

Today’s FBI. Looking for a few good sexual predators, pedophiles, and wife beaters.


13 posted on 07/19/2021 6:08:06 PM PDT by Flick Lives (“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
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To: Flick Lives

Charges will be changed to protect him from the unconstitutional Lautenburg Amendment. For guys like us, your wife could attack you, chase you around the room and you will go to jail. To add insult to injury the incident could be recorded proving your innocence and the corrupt legal system won’t care. Right Jamie?


14 posted on 07/19/2021 6:23:56 PM PDT by RBW in PA
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To: Libloather

Given the FIB is truly a Satanic organization, does it surprise anyone to see Domestic Violence is part of their corruption-based background?


15 posted on 07/19/2021 6:48:12 PM PDT by Prole ( )
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Richard Trask was arraigned in a Michigan court on one count of assault with intent to do great bodily harm, less than a murder charge, after a domestic incident with his wife on Sunday and subsequently released on a $10,000 recognizance bond, according to the Detroit News.

16 posted on 07/19/2021 7:32:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Chode

More gym time


17 posted on 07/19/2021 7:55:32 PM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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It doesn’t look like he’s a SA but just an informant.


18 posted on 07/19/2021 8:05:49 PM PDT by Reily
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To: ptsal

that’ll do it


19 posted on 07/19/2021 8:07:28 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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The FIB instigators involved in the case outnumbered the ‘militia morons’ arrested two to one.


20 posted on 07/19/2021 8:14:07 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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