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Posted on 02/10/2026 4:15:44 PM PST by MacNaughton
On October 8, 2020, the FBI announced what sounded like the plot of a Hollywood thriller. Thirteen men arrested in a supposed evil plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Cable news went into full panic mode. The phrase “right-wing domestic terrorism” was stamped across every screen in America.
And just like that, the narrative was set.
But as the years have passed, that fake news storyline has crumbled. Court docs have exposed a stunning level of federal involvement in the alleged plot.
Sounds familiar, right? We saw the same “fedsurrection” unfold on January 6th. The FBI certainly has a “style,” don’t they?
Court docs confirmed the FBI used at least twelve confidential informants and two undercover agents in the Whitmer case. These informants were not just hanging out on the sidelines. They attended meetings, steered conversations, and in some instances helped fund travel, lodging, booze, and equipment.
That reality became central once the case reached trial. Defense attorneys argued that the government had not just infiltrated the group but had literally shaped its entire direction, raising serious questions about who was leading whom. Jurors were forced to weigh whether they were looking at a disrupted plot or an operation that feds created and helped push. The result was not the clean sweep the public had been told to expect. Two men were acquitted outright, and in other cases juries refused to deliver the kind of unanimous condemnation the fake news headlines promised.
Yet the public branding never changed.
Even the men who were acquitted haven’t been able to return to normal life, because once the label of “right-wing domestic terrorist” is attached, it doesn’t just disappear with a not guilty verdict. Employers don’t want to hire you, communities remember the fake news headlines, and relationships buckle under the weight of suspicion. Meanwhile, the feds and media who pushed these lies haven’t faced any meaningful consequences for what they did.
That’s why independent investigative work on this case matters so much.
Filmmaker Christina Urso has spent the last four years digging into the Whitmer plot, traveling across eight states, interviewing more than twenty witnesses and family members, and documenting what she proves was a coordinated effort driven by federal assets. Her film, Kidnap and Kill: An FBI Terror Plot, is her attempt to lay out the full scope of that case in one place, from the early fake headlines to what later surfaced in court.
Cynthia Hughes and Weaponization Watch are helping bring attention to this powerful and important documentary because it cuts to the heart of a much larger issue she’s been tracking for years: federal power being used to manufacture narratives that justify its expansion. In other words: political lawfare.
The film walks through the timeline, the informants, the undercover agents, the recorded conversations, and the trial outcomes, and it lets viewers see how much of the so-called plot was shaped by federal involvement from the inside. This film reconstructs what happened step by step and forces a simple question: where does investigation end and orchestration begin?
Below is the official trailer for Kidnap and Kill. It starts with the headlines Americans saw in 2020 and then shifts to the parts of the story that didn’t make it into prime time, including the federal informants, the undercover agents, and the details that only surfaced later in court.
2025: YouTube - "KIDNAP and KILL: An FBI Terror Plot | OFFICIAL TRAILER 2", 00:05:23>
Christina Urso has funded this entire project the old-fashioned way, by asking ordinary Americans to step up. There is no studio underwriting it, no corporate backer, and no institutional machine behind it. It’s been built piece by piece through independent reporting, travel, interviews, and now a final fundraising push to complete editing, post-production, scoring, and distribution.
Cynthia Hughes has spent years fighting political lawfare, first through Patriot Freedom Project advocating for January 6 defendants and their families, and now on a much broader scale through Weaponization Watch. This documentary speaks directly to her concern: what happens when federal power, media lies, and political weaponization collide.
Weaponization Watch is amplifying Christina’s work, and asking you to donate because this film aligns with our mission to end political lawfare in America.
Finishing a documentary like this takes real money, and getting it in front of a national audience takes even more. If you believe this case deserves serious scrutiny instead of fake news headlines, backing independent reporting like Christina’s is one of the best ways to make sure it reaches the people who need to see it.
You can learn more about the film and donate by clicking here.
At the center of this case is a simple question: did the government stop a crime, or did it help create one? That’s what this documentary forces everyone to think about.
If you believe this story deserves to reach a national audience, consider donating to help Christina finish and distribute the film: DONATE HERE.
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Always have heard that the "militia movement" in MI was very active. Don't know if the MI "militia movement" is authorized by the state as its official State Defense Force.
There are currently 20 active state defense forces and 5 active naval militias.
green Active
brown Inactive
blue Ceremonial
grey Not established
red Not authorized under Title 32
There are currently 20 active state defense forces and 5 active naval militias.
green Active
brown Inactive
blue Ceremonial
grey Not established
red Not authorized under Title 32
The kicker is that the fbi agent who ran the Whitney operation was transferred to the Washington DC office a couple weeks before j 6 to handle the fbi preparations for j6
bkmk
“Reminds me somewhat of the Randy Weaver shootout with the ATF and FBI in 1992 at Ruby Ridge, ID. But of course, Randy Weaver did violate the NFA of 1934. FAFO somewhat like Renee Good in Minneapolis last month.”
If you think there is one iota of comparison between Randy Weaver and Renee Good you need to do some serious research.
Do you mean that 1/4" of shotgun barrel?
If someone actually kidnapped Whitmer, they would be paying the authorities to take her back.
My understanding is that he shortened the barrel of a shotgun to be sold. Don't know if the length violated the NFA-1934, but that was what the ATF/FBI was after - a way to take down the white nationalist community in ID. The point being, his action led to the exchange of shots which cost the lives of his son and wife.
Is that accurate? Was the overall final length of the shotgun illegal?
Yes, illegal by about 1/4”. He cut it where the feds who brought it to him asked him if he could do it.
https://duckduckgo.com/?ia=web&origin=funnel_home_website&t=h_&q=was+randy+weaver+prosecuted+for+shortening+a+shotgun+barrel&chip-select=search
Randy Weaver was prosecuted for selling two sawed-off shotguns, which involved shortening the barrel below the legal limit. However, he was later acquitted of the charges related to the Ruby Ridge standoff.
Randy Weaver was initially charged with federal firearms violations, specifically for selling two sawed-off shotguns to an undercover informant. The informant, working for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF), persuaded Weaver to modify the shotguns to be below the legal barrel length.
Weaver was indicted in December 1990 for making and possessing illegal weapons. However, he was not charged with selling the shotguns. The prosecution stemmed from a series of events that began when Weaver failed to appear in court due to being given the wrong trial date, leading to a bench warrant for his arrest.
Ultimately, during the subsequent standoff at Ruby Ridge in August 1992, Weaver and his friend Kevin Harris were tried on various charges related to the incident, including first-degree murder for the death of a U.S. Marshal. Both were acquitted of all charges related to the siege. The legal proceedings surrounding the firearms charges were overshadowed by the events of the standoff and the resulting fatalities.
Yes. It was a frame job to try to get Weaver to become an informant on the aryan dudes. Weaver refused so they tried to hose him on the technical violation.
Your understanding is is so half assed it’s not even a tenth of the story.
See post #11.
Yes, I see that. My apologies for being so short with you.
#11 still leaves out that the FBI agent spent months repeatedly trying to talk Weaver into shortening the shotguns.
Weaver was very short on cash and finally gave in. He should have known better. Anyone with a hacksaw can cut off a shotgun barrel in about ten minutes. Nothing special about the process.
In addition the AI didn’t tell you that Weaver was not a part of any “white nationalist” group but was talked into attending the meetings of some such group to gather intel for the FBI. He didn’t like the group and didn’t like helping the FIBs and quit after one or two meetings with them.
It is also strange, but probably correct, that Weaver and Harris were charged with the murder of a U.S. Marshal. Strange because it was Weaver’s son who killed the Marshal. And was then killed by other agents.
How that happened was like this, agents were moving in on the Weaver home and hiding in the surrounding woods. Weaver’s son went rabbit hunting with the family dog. The Marshal was in hiding in some kind of cover. Gillie suit? The dog saw or smelled the hidden agent and began barking at him. The agent shot the dog. The boy, not knowing what the hell was going on, shot back and killed the agent. Other agents then shot the boy.
I may have messed up a detail or two but that is my best recollection. I did study the story closely in the ‘90s. I think Harris may have been with the boy and the dog and carried the boy back to the house.
And that is scratching the surface.
I agree with your recollection. That’s the way I remembered it. But, sadly, the whole process accelerated when RW sawed off the barrels of those 2 shotguns. His choice of action eventually put his family in danger from federal LEOs, and they suffered terribly for it. I don’t fault the ICE agents in Minneapolis. Renee Good and Alex Pretti made their fateful decisions. Their deaths were tragic but not atrocities.
I don’t see any comparison at all there. Pretti and Good were both terrorists who put agent’s lives in danger.
Weaver never threatened any agent or officer in either word or deed. He actually worked for them in the past.
That is correct.
His wife was executed after Randy was pressured by an FBI informant to create a shotgun with a 15 3/4” barrel.
***FBI used at least twelve confidential informants and two undercover agents ***
I am reminded of when George Lincoln Rockwell started his American nazi party. The news media had a field day showing photos of him and his followers.
It was later reported that MOST of his followers were FBI agents there to keep an eye on him.
Finally one of his former followers murdered him.
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