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FBI uncovers armed militia plot to abduct Michigan Gov. Whitmer
FOX News ^ | 10-8-2020 | Danielle Wallace

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.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: antifafbi; ftroop; search; whitmer
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To: mojito

if the “ringleader” is an anarchist, perhaps ties to the “idea” that is anteefa


41 posted on 10/08/2020 12:14:29 PM PDT by Bama_84_928
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To: NRx

She DID ha e them LOCKED DOWN like CONVICTS.


42 posted on 10/08/2020 12:14:42 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: NRx

200 state and locals???


43 posted on 10/08/2020 12:15:34 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: kiryandil
i would bet that people from Michigan could care less about allegations from F-Troop.

I think you are right. John James is surging in the Senate race. I've lived in Michigan and there have been isolated incidents with pockets of kooks going back 40 years. Most people slough it off.


44 posted on 10/08/2020 12:16:15 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: NRx
I think I've seen her somewhere before-
45 posted on 10/08/2020 12:16:19 PM PDT by matthew fuller (No more Fox News- it's now SOROS/FOX As The World Turns.....)
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To: antidemoncrat

“Abduct her and do what? Ask for ransom? Good luck with that.”

Ha, ha, I needed that laugh! Like the story, “The Ransom of Red Chief”.


46 posted on 10/08/2020 12:16:35 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (I'm old enough to remember when you actually had to be able to do something to be hired to do it.)
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To: DoughtyOne
Nah, there’s something very fishy about this.

Ye. Complete B.S.
It suspiciously meshes with the FBI's continual bogus claims that "white supremacists" and "right-wing terrorism" are the biggest threats to domestic peace.

This is a complete false flag psyop.

47 posted on 10/08/2020 12:16:37 PM PDT by Spirochete
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To: A_Former_Democrat

The FBI is likely in the trenches with the radical left fighting tooth and nail for Urban renewal.
First pillage and than get federal money to rebuild.


48 posted on 10/08/2020 12:16:53 PM PDT by Leep (We can go to the grocery store but we can't go to work?)
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To: NRx

It is a false flag, the FBI has a long history of infiltrating groups of losers and egging them on to plan something crazy and then they bust them at the last second and bring glory upon the FBI. Do not believe any of this kind of shit, especially following Wray’s claim a week or so ago that white supremacist militias are the greatest threat to America. Connect the dots, this is just too convenient and coincidental. Stop being stuck on gullible.


49 posted on 10/08/2020 12:17:19 PM PDT by fatman6502002 ((The Team The Team The Team - Bo Schembechler circa 1969))
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To: NRx

NO DOUBT.... this is a FALSE FLAG right before an election.

The Democrats and the Globalists are desperate.

They are making their moves because their internal polling is telling them they are going to lose. Tbey may not be able to get away with the steal.

They are also trying to stall the Supreme Court nomination with all this crap.


50 posted on 10/08/2020 12:17:41 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: NRx

That one foot in the real world should be considered heavily
by you.

The public knows every bit of the criminal conspiracy to
take down the President of the United States, and yet the
Justice Department hasn’t acted on it. They’ve known about
it for months, if not years.

Now the FBI operates so craftily to uncover this operation
in short order.

That doesn’t have you scratching your head at all?

If it doesn’t, you’re just not thinking it out as well
as you think you are.


51 posted on 10/08/2020 12:17:45 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (If you're neverTrump at this point, drop the charade, you're just never United States.)
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To: NRx
"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.”"


52 posted on 10/08/2020 12:17:55 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: NRx

Something isn’t right. It would be a lot easier for them to target ANTIFA and its supporters, left-wing professors, activists, etc…

Why target police chiefs?


53 posted on 10/08/2020 12:18:12 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: NRx
Was it these guys?


54 posted on 10/08/2020 12:18:22 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions: $1, Today's Special: Half Baked, 50c)
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To: Bama_84_928

Bkmrk


55 posted on 10/08/2020 12:18:27 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: dpetty121263

The head guy arrested has MANY MANY twitter rants with Antifa flags in the background this WAS NOT a militia this was a leftist set up!! The Who,e damn thing is unraveling right now as we speak!!


56 posted on 10/08/2020 12:18:33 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: NRx

Icky. Smells like bullshirt.


57 posted on 10/08/2020 12:19:25 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: rightwingcrazy

“Why would they go out of their way to torture themselves?”

LOL!


58 posted on 10/08/2020 12:19:28 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: Spirochete

I lean that direction myself.


59 posted on 10/08/2020 12:19:56 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (If you're neverTrump at this point, drop the charade, you're just never United States.)
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To: NRx

Who trusts the FBI, is this a politically motivated stunt, coming a few weeks before the election?


60 posted on 10/08/2020 12:21:37 PM PDT by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE)
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