Posted on 12/31/2021 5:41:07 AM PST by Navy Patriot
Defense attorneys for the five men charged in a plot to kidnap Michigan Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer say their defendants "had no desire whatsoever to kidnap anyone" and that they have proof that the FBI and its confidential informants "conceived and controlled every aspect" of the plot.
The defense motions, filed on Christmas Day and on Wednesday, say that the five men, who are members of the Three Percenters and the Wolverine Watchmen anti-government militia groups, were entrapped in a plan by the government agents, reports the Washington Examiner. The attorneys have also asked that the cases be dismissed.
The filings come after prosecutors confirmed earlier this month that they wouldn't seek testimony from the three FBI agents closely linked to the investigation over allegations of professional and personal misconduct. Further, an undercover informant in the case was charged with fraud in an unrelated Wisconsin case.
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After the story of the initial plot broke in 2020, AM 760 (WJR, Detroit) afternoon host Guy Gorden had former Congressman and FBI agent Mike Rogers on the show to discuss the incident. As I recall the plot itself was discussed, but never why these people just seemingly went from zero to 100.
I’d really love to know if there was a follow up discussion on this issue after the revelation that about half of these people were FBI informants. I have my doubts as it seems neither Mr. Gorden, or Mr. Rogers have the fortitude to readdress this.
FBI Informant Who Helped Stage Phony Kidnapping Plot of
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is Charged with Fraud
https://bigleaguepolitics.com ^ | Shane Trejo | Dec 29, 2021
FR Posted on 12/30/2021, 8:50:42 AM by Red Badger
Stephen Robeson, an FBI informant who helped stage the phony kidnapping hoax of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, is being hit with fraud charges.
Robeson was charged last week for allegedly defrauding a couple out of an SUV by convincing them to donate it to a fake charity. His wife, Kimberly, has also been charged. They will face up to three years in prison with fines up to $10,000 if they are convicted.
Court records indicate that Robeson was particularly instrumental in setting up the phony kidnapping plot of Whitmer that was used as an “October Surprise” of sorts before the Nov. 2020 presidential election. He found the patsies who were set up, organized meetings that were bugged, and paid expenses for the poor saps to attend the events used to create the bogus kidnapping scheme.
Robeson, who is a serial recidivist felon, was also brought up on illegal firearm charges. Instead of serving a maximum of 10 years in prison on the felony charge, he accepted a plea deal that allowed him to skate with time served and probation. As usual, the feds protect their own and hold them to a different standard of justice than ordinary Americans.
Big League Politics reported on how another FBI stooge was hit with domestic abuse charges shortly after initiating the raid against patriots entrapped in the phony kidnapping setup:
“An FBI agent behind the arrests of several Michigan men who were allegedly planning the kidnapping of Governor Gretchen Whitmer has been fired by the federal agency, following serious domestic violence charges against the agent.
Richard Trask, the ex-agent in question, is accused of smashing his wife’s head against a nightstand and choking her in July. Court documents allege that Trask was angry with his wife after she told him she didn’t enjoy a swingers’ party the couple had attended.
A spokesperson for the FBI confirmed to Michigan WWMT that Trask no longer works for the agency on Saturday.
A confidential informant was paid almost $9,000 to recruit ‘military wannabees’ to the supposed kidnapping plot, which would’ve involved placing Whitmer on ‘trial’ outside of the state after kidnapping her from her home. A lawyer for one of the defendants has called the plot a fabrication on the part of the government, saying there was never anything to it beyond dramatic bluster posted in internet chat rooms. One alleged militia plotter has pled guilty, with proceedings ongoing at both the federal and state level for fourteen people.
Trask, an investigator of the supposed ‘Wolverine Watchmen,’ was dropped as a witness by the prosecutors of the case after he was pinned for left-wing social media posts in which he called former President Donald Trump a ‘douchebag’ and a ‘piece of s***.’
Trask’s downfall from the agency and political slant may jeopardize criminal charges against members of the supposed militia group, which continue to be litigated in the federal court system. Defense attorneys for the defendants have requested 90 days to investigate the backgrounds and actions of FBI agents involved in the purported bust, which increasingly resembles an entrapment-style plot with no chance of ever actually coming to fruition. Federal agencies have used such tactics in numerous instances against supposed ISIS supporters and Islamist radicals in previous years, in some cases creating chatrooms and peer groups that themselves radicalize potential extremists into criminal action.“
The Whitmer kidnapping plot stunk to high heaven from the start. The feds have to fake terror plots because there is no domestic terror threat to speak of coming from the Right. The real terrorists, after all, are operating out of Washington D.C.
Now do Ray Epps!
I’d like to see someone do a deep dive on this. I seriously doubt one or two field agents thought it up.
Stunning how corrupt this agency has become.
This plan was so dumb it could only be concocted by the deep state.
He's a dick and needs to be replaced by a real conservative.
Randy Weaver comes to mind....His crime was refusing to be an informant for the FBI.
Revolver has been doing articles on this plot and also how it extends to 1/6.
Then produce the evidence in court. This should be fun.
How do you remove the snakes in the FBI? Do you send the Army in to get them out? It seems there are snakes in the Army that were placed there to cover them. When you allow a police state to rule, its not easy to change it back to the way it was. The snakes will prevail. Oy Vey, when will they ever learn? Distractions in the media like street crimes are there for you to look away from the major ones being committed within the Govt.. The sleazy Gov’t. will always raise the “its a conspiracy theory” defense when they are caught with dirty hands. This applies to the other security branches. Who appoints those in control. Remember, who is President is not as important as those who they appoint. Anothewr fine mess we are getting into, are we not? (rhet)
From the reporting, this is two FBI teams running their people and resources into each other without knowing about the others existence. The number of people not charged is insane when this first came out there were 20+ plotters involved and it has shrunk to 4. This could be described as people Turing on each other, or it could be described as agents needing to get to another assignment as this is a turd of a case.
Beating the shit out of the governor should be done on election day at the polls. Her focus on the poor people issues of Detroit inner city when michigan is mostly a rural and tourist town state is just poorly played politics.
Detroit is the way detroit is because of city politicians, leave it to the experts to run detroit the way the detroit voters want, in support of the local crime lords.
The Feral Bureau of Instigation
Yep, amazing. Totally corrupted by the Clintons and Obama.
And Republicans did nothing about it. Only
Trump tried to clean it up and was only successful in
in kicking Comey out.
When Hillary Clinton, the President's nobody wife
was excused for rifling through sensitive FBI files,
you know the FBI has morphed into an agency of the DNC.
Why would the informants be the only ones prosecuted? Everything the FBI funds goes all the way to the top! This trial should bring down the entire FBI.
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