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FBI says it foiled plot to kidnap Michigan governor
The Hill ^ | 10 08 2020 | Zack Budryk

Posted on 10/08/2020 9:05:42 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

A militia group planned to violently depose Michigan’s 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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To: yesthatjallen

If true, the FBI picked a fine time to do their f*cking job! I guess the Deep State always protects their own.


61 posted on 10/08/2020 9:27:03 AM PDT by CatOwner
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To: yesthatjallen

Produce irrefutable evidence. Until then I have no reason to believe the FIB.


62 posted on 10/08/2020 9:27:17 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: SmokingJoe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO

(derived from COunter INTELligence PROgram) (1956–1971) was a series of covert and illegal[1][2] projects conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting American political organizations.

...The FBI has used covert operations against domestic political groups since its inception; however, covert operations under the official COINTELPRO label took place between 1956 and 1971.[12] COINTELPRO tactics are still used to this day and have been alleged to include discrediting targets through psychological warfare; smearing individuals and groups using forged documents and by planting false reports in the media; harassment; wrongful imprisonment; and illegal violence, including assassination.[13][14][15][16] The FBI’s stated motivation was “protecting national security, preventing violence, and maintaining the existing social and political order”.[17]


63 posted on 10/08/2020 9:27:34 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019)l)
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To: yesthatjallen

They’d give her back in a flash. With cash to PULEEEEZE take her back.


64 posted on 10/08/2020 9:27:50 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Skywise
I'm inclined to agree. What a perfect story for ads directed at suburban Karens nationwide.
65 posted on 10/08/2020 9:28:46 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Thanks To Biden Voters Oregon's Now A Battleground State)
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To: yesthatjallen

No comment!


66 posted on 10/08/2020 9:28:59 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (The line that separated Satire, Democrats and Stupidity has vanished. (thanks to jonascord)!)
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To: Skywise
I call total BS.

AGREE!

I TRUST the FBI as far as I can throw a Buick.

68 posted on 10/08/2020 9:30:56 AM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: FLT-bird

Its entrapment they do it all the time....


69 posted on 10/08/2020 9:31:45 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: babble-on
Oh, yeah. Those ‘crazy’ right wingers that don't want tyranny are equal to those nut job left wingers that do.
70 posted on 10/08/2020 9:32:56 AM PDT by deadrock (<img src="WIDTH420WIDTH420.jpeg" width="420">)
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To: yesthatjallen

Glowies.


71 posted on 10/08/2020 9:34:06 AM PDT by Jim Noble
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To: Skywise

NY Post said they also threatened to kill cops which to me spells Antifa, so is the media twisting this into a “white supremacy right wing militia” narrative? I wouldn’t doubt it.


72 posted on 10/08/2020 9:34:14 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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To: Skywise
I call total BS.

I'm smelling a third rate made for TV movie script.

73 posted on 10/08/2020 9:34:59 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Until I see them breaking rocks in the hot sun I'll be cleaning my guns!)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

This is all about tarring Trump as a white supremacist if he decides to fire Wray.


74 posted on 10/08/2020 9:35:57 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: a fool in paradise

What percentage of the group is FBI agents or their op’s?


75 posted on 10/08/2020 9:37:05 AM PDT by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: unixfox

Bill Ayers DID bomb the Pentagon and he walked because of FBI abuse of power.


76 posted on 10/08/2020 9:38:26 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019)l)
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To: Skywise
I call total BS.

If there was any 'plot' it was probably these guys blowing off steam in an online chat session.

77 posted on 10/08/2020 9:39:04 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: Skywise

My money is on Wray BS.


78 posted on 10/08/2020 9:39:12 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: yesthatjallen

Sounds like the FBI has been huffing dogsqueezins again...


79 posted on 10/08/2020 9:39:34 AM PDT by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: reg45

Listing 6 names and saying “At least 5” protects them legally. No one accused can claim with certainty that they were among the “5” the writer was referencing.


80 posted on 10/08/2020 9:39:35 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019)l)
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