Posted on 10/31/2023 4:28:16 PM PDT by Libloather
A judge wants to know why two men convicted of secondary roles in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have been transferred to federal prisons out of state.
Paul Bellar and Joe Morrison are entitled to appeal their convictions following a trial on state charges in Jackson County in 2022. But their lawyers said it’s extremely hard to work with them hundreds of miles away.
They said the distance interferes with a right to have access to Michigan courts.
The transfer is "mind-boggling" and "appalling," said Michael Faraone, who represents Morrison.
"Whatever we may say about this case, however we may feel about it, I think we can agree we're not dealing with al-Qaida," Faraone told a judge Friday, referring to the Middle East terrorist group.
Bellar, Morrison and Pete Musico were found guilty of providing material support for a terrorist act and other charges. They had no direct role in the kidnapping conspiracy but had held gun training with leader Adam Fox and shared his disgust for Whitmer, police and public officials, especially after COVID-19 restrictions were imposed.
Musico was sentenced to at least 12 years in prison. Morrison got 10 years, and Bellar received seven.
Morrison was shipped to a federal prison in Illinois, and Bellar is in Pennsylvania. Musico is in West Virginia, though he hasn't formally challenged that placement like the other two men.
"Under what legal authority did the MDOC send him there?" Faraone said, referring to Morrison and the state Corrections Department. "I haven't seen an answer to that."
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We don't need no stinking "legal authority."
There are no limits to tyranny...
There is no end in sight!
So:
Bow down!... Obey!... Snitch!...
Because it was feds that created the plot so obviously the entrapped victims have to be in federal prison.
Didn’t the main plotters (pawns) of this case get off? If so, THAT’S why. They have to have their people in jail! Otherwise the whole entrapment was for naught.
The FBI provided the most “material support for a terrorist act.” Why is the wife beating special FBI agent not mentioned in the Wiki account of the kidnapping?
We don't need no stinking "legal authority."
When was the last time a Government employee who broke the law ever when away?
Well, gee if that is all it takes then I will be heading off to jail soon.
Why doesn’t the judge order him back.
I noticed that, too.
We’re all in a heap of trouble.
So they can be Epsteined.
Need to ramp up Youngest Son’s baking lessons so he can send me a file with a cake in it.
😉👌
Yup
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