Posted on 10/08/2020 11:59:57 AM PDT by NRx
The FBI said Thursday it uncovered a plot carried out by an armed militia in Michigan to kidnap Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
In total, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed 19 state felony charges against seven individuals known to be members of the militia group, Wolverine Watchmen or associates of Wolverine Watchmen. Separately, six individuals were also charged by U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge with federal felony charges as a result of the execution of search warrants Wednesday.
The suspects, now under arrest, are alleged to have called on the groups members to identify the home addresses of law enforcement officers in order to target them; made threats of violence to instigate a civil war leading to societal collapse; and engaged in the planning and training for an operation to attack the state Capitol building and kidnap government officials, including Gov. Whitmer.
There has been a disturbing increase in anti-government rhetoric and the re-emergence of groups that embrace extremist ideologies, Nessel said. These groups often seek to recruit new members by seizing on a moment of civil unrest and using it to advance their agenda of self-reliance and armed resistance. This is more than just political disagreement or passionate advocacy, some of these groups mission is simply to create chaos and inflict harm upon others.
Through the efforts of more than 200 state and federal law enforcement officials, officers executed a series of search warrants and arrest warrants in more than a dozen cities around the state, including, Belleville, Cadillac, Canton, Charlotte, Clarkston, Grand Rapids, Luther, Munith, Orion Township, Ovid, Portage, Shelby Township and Waterford, according to a press release.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Pftt!
This puts an exclamation point on our peril and the good citizens will see voting Teump is their only way short of an insurrection
Doesn’t hurt Trump...
It will be forgotten by the next news cycle. Trump has nothing to do with it. Mich is still very much in play.
As if the Union Auto Guys and Gals for Trump are going to go where? Yes you are spot on Central_Va.
Article says they were going to kill her.
Brandon Caserta!!
That is my question also... WHY ?
Wow, that was quick. Still waiting for someone to be arrested in the coup against President Trump.
This is the same FBi that has for the last 4 years been in the tank for Hillary. Turned their backs on all the illegal activity of the magic negro and the Clinton initiative?
And done their best to imprison The Donald?
This FBi is the same one involved in Ruby Ridge?
Killed how many children in Waco?
Framed 4 for a murder they did not commit?
This FBI is a criminal outfit and horse crap.
Let's: 1. Rehabilitate their demon possessed Gov's image, 2. get MI voters stirred up, and 3. tie Trump to this 'group'. The latter, coming in hours or days you watch...
Not the generic anarchist bit, the P and three dots where the stars ought to be flag. Thanks tho.
I suspected a bunch of RATS involved...
Notice the flag on the left? You'll see that logo sprayed all over the place at every Antifa riot.
The guy's a lefty.
Yeah, I tried to figure that one out, but came up dry like you.
Sound incompetent as can be to me.
The other part was they were going to take her to Wisconsin for a Citizens Trial. So they were going to try to take a hostage across Lake Michigan in November? Have they never heard of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald?
Loons put on by the FBI.
These thugs just got her reelected.
Do you mean like what happened in Texas? Remember the draw Mohammed cartoon, like that? Didn’t the fbi drive the guys there or was he just following them.
Probably most of this “militia” was FBI/BATF, etc.
So the fbi arrests these guys and lets thousands of democrats to riot and destroy anything they want around the country with no fbi response. The fbi is lost.
JoMa
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.