Posted on 12/27/2021 2:36:28 AM PST by RandFan
Defense attorneys for five men accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich.) are seeking a dismissal of the indictment, citing "egregious overreaching" by federal officials, who they say invented a conspiracy and entrapped the men.
If convicted in the alleged extremist kidnapping conspiracy, the five men – Adam Fox, 38, Barry Croft, 46, Kaleb Franks, 27, Daniel Harris, 24, and Brandon Caserta, 33 – face up to life in prison.
"When the government was faced with evidence showing that the defendants had no interest in a kidnapping plot, it refused to accept failure and continued to push its plan," the mens' attorneys wrote.
The Detroit News reports that the 20-page motion for dismissal was filed Christmas night. Defense attorneys claim that Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents and federal prosecutors took advantage of frustration with Whitmer's stringent COVID-19 restrictions and created the conspiracy.
If U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker, a George W. Bush appointee, dismisses the kidnapping conspiracy charge as requested, the defense argues that it would dismantle the government's case and all remaining charges, which are related to the original charge.
The defense's request follows a series of issues related to the government's handling of the case. One of the lead FBI agents, Richard Trask, was arrested on a domestic violence charge, fired, and convicted of a misdemeanor. The FBI used Stephen Robeson as an informant despite having a lengthy criminal rap sheet. Robeson pleaded guilty to a firearm-related crime but was released under a plea deal.
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Good morning Freepers.
Hope you've all had a great Christmas and weekend and not too hung over...
We have a Secret Police, and they really are out to “get” us.
And eventually, it will also come out that the “capitol insurrection” was actually an FBI attack on Congress.
And that will explain the rabid mass arrests of minor trespassers. They need the narrative to deflect attention from the actual instigators....themselves.
Darn right brother.
FBI: Federal Bureau of Instigation, American Left’s Stasi
This ‘agent’ Richard Trask has some weird path...Air Force OSI agent. Was apparently married and the couple were swingers. Any case he was associated with in the past five years is probably tainted, and will be challenged in court.
Probably some wishful thinking and complicity on the part of Whitmer, too. She likes to play dominatrix with the underlings.
The F.B.I., demonic mutants from the Swamp, participated in the same type of hoax as Jussie Smollett’s hate crime hoax. This hoax was repeated in the January 6th riot, where agents agitated and incited the violence. The American people are getting sick and tired of this Third World, coup, psy-ops effort against a huge population who support President Trump.
The FBI had it’s fingerprints all over the Vegas shooting and coverup too. F’ing murderers.
Put Whitmer on the witness stand and see what she’s really terrified of.
The FBI, the biggest crime family in America
The mafia need to send their enforcers to the FBI for training.
It seems like the FBI is the ‘Gang that Couldn’t Shoot Straight’! They get caught at all the dirty tricks they do!
Based upon what little I know about this, it goes way beyond entrapment....
Let them go
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