Posted on 10/08/2020 9:05:42 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
A militia group planned to violently depose Michigans government and abduct Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D), the FBI said in a federal affidavit filed Thursday.
"Several members talked about murdering 'tyrants' or 'taking' a sitting governor," an FBI agent wrote in the affidavit, obtained by the Detroit News. "The group decided they needed to increase their numbers and encouraged each other to talk to their neighbors and spread their message."
Federal prosecutors plan to make a fuller statement on the alleged plot later Thursday, according to the newspaper.
At least five men have been charged in connection with the alleged plot, identified as Adam Fox, Barry Croft, Ty Garbin, Kaleb Franks, Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta, according to the affidavit.
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I call total BS.
A lot of insanity out there, not all of it Left wing.
Darn........................
Let me guess...... it’s those evil White Supremacists Chris Wray was talking about? I call bullcrap on this.
False flag op to shore up support for Michigan which is leaning Trump and whitmer will be destroyed in the next election.
I smell fake news trying to garner her some sympathy...
Sounds like the another Reichstag fire, to me.
Boy, they really need some right-wing boogeymen, don’t they?
Pay no attention to the Antifa behind the curtain!
Did the FBI agent in the group give them the idea?
Yes! But on steroids. LOL
$5 on FBI organized the conspiracy in the first place.
They "talked" about it? Did they do anything?
1. Plenty of lefties talking about going after Trump. But, that's just "an idea" don'cha know.
2. I hear a lot of tough talking at FR, and I wonder how well some of those people would fare under this type of scrutiny.
Gretchen is kinda hot in a whip and leather kind of way.
Meaningless until we know more about the accused.
Ive never seen a woman dig a hole so deep before.
I call total BS.
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Yep.
Based on the facts on their face, there are only two more probable reasons for this;
1) False flag, or set up, for effect, to vilify right wing groups in order to dissuade activism, as well as to justify future law enforcement investigations
2) These guys are legit but idiots and easily caught, which is interesting because it proves that the left-wing domestic terrorists who burn down cities in this country are so much more well organized that our keystone cop agencies can’t seem to catch their command and control aka masterminds.
There are more FBI agents in various militias than there are patriots.
I am always amazed that some of these folks openly plan illegal acts in those circumstances.
SOunds more like a CYA moment to cover for Wray. I would bet money that the entire incident was Started and Promoted by the FBI, they most likely intentionally went after a few marginalized crazy guys and and pumped them up with crap and got them riled up enough to join their Plot, just to arrest them afterwards to make Wray appear to be truthful.
I GUARANTEE YOU the FBI played a Major Role in the entire Setup and wouldn’t believe anything any of them say or produce.
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