Posted on 04/21/2022 4:49:56 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Following a stunning defeat in federal court earlier this month, one of the lead prosecutors handling the trial of four men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 has withdrawn from the case.
Andrew Birge, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, announced in a filing yesterday that Jonathan Roth “withdraws his appearance as an attorney for the United States,” Roth and assistant U.S. Attorney Nils Kessler represented the government during the three-week trial, which resulted in the acquittal of two men and a mistrial for two others.
Defense attorneys argued the FBI entrapped their clients through the use of at least a dozen FBI informants and undercover agents working out of multiple FBI field offices. The government’s case largely relied on secret recordings captured by FBI assets over a six-month period and involved a separate plot to “kidnap” and kill Virginia Governor Ralph Northam.
After nearly five days of deliberation, a jury of six men and six women in Grand Rapids on April 8 found Daniel Harris and Brandon Casserta not guilty of conspiring to kidnap Whitmer and use a weapon of mass destruction in the process; the jury could not agree on the guilt of Adam Fox, the alleged ringleader, or Barry Croft, Jr.
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People are finally starting to see how politicized and corrupt the FBI has Gotten, though many people still are clueless or refuse to believe their own eyes and ears.
This is exactly like a hitman studying his innocent victim’s movements, planning their execution, lying in wait and pulling the trigger only to wound the target then telling his mafia bosses he’s not going to be there for the second attempt, hoping everyone will see him as ethical for doing so.
Jonathan Roth is stained for life. A known persecutor and bearer of false witness against mankind for money, power and prestige.
Not this clown. He’s trying to salvage his failed career.
He had a job and he sucked at it. The Deep State doesn’t take kindly to failure.
Or perhaps there would be charges against him had he not withdrawn.
I recall when some prosecutors withdrew from the abscam matter in the early 80s citing the FBI had gone from investigating to entrapping.
Yes,there are several possible explanations....decency,admittedly,being the least likely one.
Uh, they make failures Vice (future) Presidents, so there are exceptions
MtnClimber... sadly it is so widely known now that the outrage is blunted... we are walking around in an Orwellian nightmare...everyone knows it and and our outrage appears to be spent.
I wonder how many FReepers who read your reply had to Google “abscam”
lol
“I recall when some prosecutors withdrew from the abscam matter in the early 80s citing the FBI had gone from investigating to entrapping.”
“I wonder how many FReepers who read your reply had to Google “abscam”
lol”
The movie American Hustle is excellent and it really depicts an out of control FBI agent building the Abscam case...
Good ending and some great music as well.
She’ll resign too. But I get your point. They set this loser up to win and he couldn’t make his shit stick. Nobody could but they’re trying to pin it on him and he wants out.
Eff him.
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