Posted on 06/10/2026 7:55:28 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
A key conviction tied to the plot to abduct Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer just got tossed by a state appeals court. A three-judge panel on Tuesday vacated the domestic terrorism-related convictions of Joseph Morrison, ruling that jurors in his case were misinstructed and that prosecutors leaned on a misreading of Michigan's antiterrorism law, per the New York Times. Morrison, linked by prosecutors to the Wolverine Watchmen militia and sentenced to four to 20 years behind bars, was found guilty of providing material support for an act of terrorism and illegal gang membership.
The court said the state wrongly used kidnapping as the underlying "violent felony" for the terrorism charge, noting that kidnapping doesn't meet that definition under Michigan law, undermining the verdict. Per the Detroit News, the state law on kidnapping originally included language that indicated someone who was kidnapped had been "forcibly or secretly" taken. In 2006, the legislation was amended to strip any references to force. Therefore, "because the 'use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force' is not an element of kidnapping, kidnapping is not a 'violent felony' falling within the definition of an 'act of terrorism,'" the judges wrote in their Tuesday ruling.
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Imagine that a liberal kangaroo court and jury acts accordingly. No surprises.
The real surprise is the appeal actually is noticing it.
You going to give him his life back?
Gretchen Whitmer is EVIL.
That ‘conviction’ was still hanging on, unresolved?
Most people had forgotten about that farce of a kidnapping.
If Gov. Whitmer ultimately decides not to run for president in 2028, this little caper may be a big reason why.
Bkmk
How you write a headline without admitting the rat witch entrapment attempt case got tossed.
Could be the reason she’s not seeking 2028 presidential
And now he should sue, sue, sue.
This is normal legal pickiness. It’s what appellate courts do.
How do the people involved get their lives back?
How do the voters get to go back in time and see they were being played?
How does the country get it’s money back from the spending wrought by those who were elected because of this play?
How does the FBI get fixed from not doing political dirty work for the Democrats?
So many questions..
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