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The Government Says A Key Informant In The Michigan Kidnapping Case Was A “Double Agent”
Buzz Feed ^ | 01 06 2022 | Ken Bensinger

Posted on 01/09/2022 3:54:32 PM PST by yesthatjallen

Federal prosecutors say a key FBI informant in the alleged plot to kidnap the governor of Michigan was a “double agent” who was “working against the interests of the government” by trying to destroy evidence and prevent arrests.

The confidential informant, Stephen Robeson, played a central role in the investigation that led to the arrest of 14 men for allegedly participating in a plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in October 2020. At the direction of his FBI handlers, Robeson reached out to potential targets, organized meetings, and paid travel expenses for people to attend such events.

Now the government appears to be disowning its own operative, saying he deceived the FBI and at times actively aided targets of the investigation.

Defendants have claimed that it was overzealous government informants, including Robeson, who hatched the alleged plot to kidnap a sitting governor. The defendants have denounced the case as entrapment and an example of “egregious overreaching,” claiming they never would have contemplated the purported crimes without the informants’ involvement.

In a court filing Thursday, prosecutors said that Robeson violated the terms of his agreement with the FBI, including by possessing firearms despite having felony convictions, offering the use of “charity funds to purchase weapons for attacks,” and offering a drone to “aid in acts of domestic terrorism.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: fbi; gretchenwhitmer; kidnapping; michigan; stephenrobeson; wolverinewatchmen
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Stephen Robeson


1 posted on 01/09/2022 3:54:32 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

RRRRrrriiiggghhhttt.


2 posted on 01/09/2022 3:57:29 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong [FJB])
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To: yesthatjallen

Creating your own bad guys to stalk and arrest is just as bad as setting the fire and arriving just in time to save the day.


3 posted on 01/09/2022 3:58:33 PM PST by Delta 21 (It started as a virus, and mutated into an IQ test.)
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To: yesthatjallen

The FBI/Stasi are admitting the plot was an entrapment scheme that never would have happened without their engineering it.


4 posted on 01/09/2022 3:58:51 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong [FJB])
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To: yesthatjallen

“...he deceived the FBI...>”

How can THAT be?

The FIB are all MENSA candidates...

Especially the Fey Wray.


5 posted on 01/09/2022 4:03:20 PM PST by Paladin2 (🍊)
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To: Delta 21

Is this the Babylon Bee or did this really happen?


6 posted on 01/09/2022 4:09:58 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie ( "The media is the enemy of the American people." Democrat Pat Caddell.)
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“The Government Says...”

Well, there you go, it must be true.


7 posted on 01/09/2022 4:19:11 PM PST by SuzyQue
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To: The_Media_never_lie
Is this the Babylon Bee or did this really happen?

It's the FBI/Stasi, so its anybody's guess.

8 posted on 01/09/2022 4:20:40 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong [FJB])
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To: yesthatjallen
The FIB was deceived you say?
9 posted on 01/09/2022 4:21:34 PM PST by Pajamajan ( PRAY FOR OUR NATION. NEVER = a peaceful quilet slave n a socialist America.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Where was he circa 1/6/2021?


10 posted on 01/09/2022 4:21:40 PM PST by Paladin2 (🍊)
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To: yesthatjallen
Looks smart enough to be a triple agent.
11 posted on 01/09/2022 4:23:23 PM PST by palmer (Democracy Dies Six Ways from Sunday)
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To: yesthatjallen

So here is the marked patsy.


12 posted on 01/09/2022 4:27:27 PM PST by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: yesthatjallen

What was that Kennedy supposedly said about breaking up the CIA? The FIB is probably worse (to the extent they aren’t literally the same thing).


13 posted on 01/09/2022 4:42:40 PM PST by cdcdawg (Let's go Brandon!)
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To: yesthatjallen

Ohhhh puuuleeease.

Hollywood meets 007 in Quantico.

Who dumped the lsd in their water cooler.


14 posted on 01/09/2022 4:48:02 PM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: palmer

“Looks smart enough to be a triple agent.”

Lol!


15 posted on 01/09/2022 4:50:21 PM PST by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: ptsal

So interesting. The FBI agents statements to their informants are “not government” statements/directions and should not be allowed in court. The main informant is a “liar” and should not be allowed to testify.

The case is falling apart and the government wants to deny the defense testimony from the federal agents and informants that set this whole plot into action.

The case needs to be thrown out and the government attorneys sanctioned by the court. Also the court needs to make a public statement that the FBI agents should be fired and then prosecuted.

Robeson’s sentence in the gun case needs to be re-opened and a proper sentence imposed.


16 posted on 01/09/2022 4:50:40 PM PST by usnavy_cop_retired (Retiree in the P.I. living as a legal immigrant)
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To: cuz1961

So they really think the u.s. citizenry will beleive the FBI was a victim of entrapment ?

Really ?

Projection agenda.


17 posted on 01/09/2022 4:53:40 PM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: The_Media_never_lie

This the way that it always happens.


18 posted on 01/09/2022 4:57:54 PM PST by Delta 21 (It started as a virus, and mutated into an IQ test.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Just think how dangerous the FBI would be if Maxwell Smart wasn’t running it.


19 posted on 01/09/2022 4:59:15 PM PST by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The FBI/Stasi are admitting the plot was an entrapment scheme that never would have happened without their engineering it.

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

That’s their MO


20 posted on 01/09/2022 5:14:02 PM PST by thinden
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