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The Corrupt FBI Attempts to Do Damage Control After Initiating The Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Kidnapping Plot
Townhall ^ | 07/23/2021 | Katie Pavlich

Posted on 07/23/2021 8:08:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

The FBI is attempting to do damage control after it was revealed the law enforcement bureau initiated and carried out a significant portion of the kidnapping plot against Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer last year. 

"Partnerships are key to disrupting violent plots. With the terror threat growing more insular, awareness and reporting are crucial," the FBI posted on a their website this week. "This is especially true for domestic terrorism—defined as violent, criminal acts committed by individuals or groups to further ideological goals stemming from domestic influences, such as those of a political, religious, social, racial, or environmental nature. Because the FBI’s mission includes protecting the free speech rights of Americans, we need a clear reason to act or investigate. A person’s beliefs can never be the sole reason to open an investigation."

Protecting the United States from terrorist attacks is the #FBI’s top priority. We work closely with our partners to disrupt violent plots and keep our communities safe from harm. #NatSec https://t.co/wZvCL1JoLq— FBI (@FBI) July 22, 2021

FBI Director Christopher Wray is also weighing in and attempting to reassure Americans the FBI respects their rights. 

“The FBI holds sacred the rights of individuals to peacefully exercise their First Amendment freedoms," he said. 

The FBI's heavy involvement in the plot raises serious questions about how the agency conducts operations, for what purpose and to what extent agents were involved in the January 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol. 



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: fbi; gretchenwhitmer; kidnapping; trumpsetup; trumpsupporters
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1 posted on 07/23/2021 8:08:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Because the FBI’s mission includes protecting the free speech rights of Americans...”

lol

put this near the front of the file labeled “Orwellian”


2 posted on 07/23/2021 8:11:05 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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Foreign Battalion of Insurgents


3 posted on 07/23/2021 8:11:30 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Raise your hand if you are shocked.


4 posted on 07/23/2021 8:13:06 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: SeekAndFind

If FBI “initiated and carried out a significant portion of the kidnapping plot” then FBI should be under arrest, no?


5 posted on 07/23/2021 8:13:44 AM PDT by TimSkalaBim
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To: ConservativeDude

For those unfamiliar with the case....

See here:

https://thefederalist.com/2021/07/23/the-whitmer-kidnapping-case-reveals-the-fbis-new-counterterrorism-target-is-you/

BOTTOM LINE — THIS IS ENTRAPMENT

There were a handful of people charged with plotting to kidnap the governor of Michigan. Of 14 people indicted, five (or more) were working as informants for the FBI.

The five people who seem to be the FBI informants were also the people who seemed to have all the kidnapping ideas and access to all the equipment needed for a paramilitary assault on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s vacation home. At one point, the leadership of the conspiracy met, and three of the five people in that discussion were FBI.

.....

The people the FBI sends in to look at the chats or communicate with the suspects aren’t just a fly on the wall. They offer to help. They offer bombs. They offer direction. They suggest targets.

They tell the suspects they need money for the cause. They ask them when they can fly to Syria or Iraq or wherever.

So what’s interesting about the revelations from this week is not that the FBI is up to some new, clever gambit to combat the wily insurrectionists in our midst. What is interesting is they are right back to pulling the same tricks they used on wannabe al-Qaeda and ISIS dopes for the last 15 years.

The problem is not that we’re going to find out that the January 6 case is going to be full of FBI agents and informants, just like the Whitmer kidnapping case. The problem is we are starting to understand this is standard procedure for counterterrorism. This is a 20-year-old charade the FBI brass has been pulling.

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Now, 20 years later, with Osama bin Laden dead and the United States leaving Afghanistan, do we think those Joint Terrorism Task Forces, or the Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force, are going to go away? No. They need work to justify those budgets, and America needs a new enemy.

The difference is that the government has begun to use the tools that were developed to fight a credible foreign threat now to fight against the political opponents of Democrats.


6 posted on 07/23/2021 8:19:10 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: TimSkalaBim

For those unfamiliar with the case....

See here:

https://thefederalist.com/2021/07/23/the-whitmer-kidnapping-case-reveals-the-fbis-new-counterterrorism-target-is-you/

BOTTOM LINE — THIS IS ENTRAPMENT

There were a handful of people charged with plotting to kidnap the governor of Michigan. Of 14 people indicted, five (or more) were working as informants for the FBI.

The five people who seem to be the FBI informants were also the people who seemed to have all the kidnapping ideas and access to all the equipment needed for a paramilitary assault on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s vacation home. At one point, the leadership of the conspiracy met, and three of the five people in that discussion were FBI.

.....

The people the FBI sends in to look at the chats or communicate with the suspects aren’t just a fly on the wall. They offer to help. They offer bombs. They offer direction. They suggest targets.

They tell the suspects they need money for the cause. They ask them when they can fly to Syria or Iraq or wherever.

So what’s interesting about the revelations from this week is not that the FBI is up to some new, clever gambit to combat the wily insurrectionists in our midst. What is interesting is they are right back to pulling the same tricks they used on wannabe al-Qaeda and ISIS dopes for the last 15 years.

The problem is not that we’re going to find out that the January 6 case is going to be full of FBI agents and informants, just like the Whitmer kidnapping case. The problem is we are starting to understand this is standard procedure for counterterrorism. This is a 20-year-old charade the FBI brass has been pulling.

....

Now, 20 years later, with Osama bin Laden dead and the United States leaving Afghanistan, do we think those Joint Terrorism Task Forces, or the Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force, are going to go away? No. They need work to justify those budgets, and America needs a new enemy.

The difference is that the government has begun to use the tools that were developed to fight a credible foreign threat now to fight against the political opponents of Democrats.


7 posted on 07/23/2021 8:19:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: TimSkalaBim

"You go, girl!"

8 posted on 07/23/2021 8:23:52 AM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie. )
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To: SeekAndFind

Once this morning’s War Room episodes are posted, watch the first hour. Darren Beattie has so much information on this. He once again implies that the head of Oathkeepers was working with the FBI to entrap Trump supporters. (At least that’s how I interpret it.)


9 posted on 07/23/2021 8:24:48 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (While the foundations are being destroyed, what are the righteous doing?)
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To: SeekAndFind

And they expect a pat on the back for being so “diligent.”


10 posted on 07/23/2021 8:26:19 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (No audits. No peace.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“With the terror threat growing more insular...”

How “insular” could it be when there’s a large group of guys and half of them are FBI agents or informants?


11 posted on 07/23/2021 8:27:27 AM PDT by euram
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To: SeekAndFind

Was she in on this?


12 posted on 07/23/2021 8:29:27 AM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: hsmomx3

RE: Was she in on this?

If this were an Oliver Stone movie, perhaps. But I’d like to know the motive...


13 posted on 07/23/2021 8:31:07 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

FBI = STASI = KGB = TYRANNY

IN the words of Beria (Stalins head of the secrets police) “Show me the man and I will show you the crime.”

The FBI has become a threat to a free society. It is an enemy of the people.


14 posted on 07/23/2021 8:36:46 AM PDT by cpdiii (the )
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To: MayflowerMadam

He was! One America News Network’s Jack Posobiec confirmed it. He also confirmed the FBI had 12 informants that had infiltrated the group and plotted to kidnap Whitmer. He has the texts between an informant and his FBI handler plotting to entrap them.


15 posted on 07/23/2021 8:39:37 AM PDT by White Lives Matter
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To: SeekAndFind

Ruby Ridge, Waco.
FBI assassination of people living their lives who committed no crime.


16 posted on 07/23/2021 8:40:51 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: SeekAndFind

If we can’t find white supremacy we will cast it, carry it out and prosecute the one poor amuck who fell for the plot.


17 posted on 07/23/2021 8:41:00 AM PDT by McGavin999 (biden is not my president )
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To: hsmomx3

“Was she in on this?”

Are you kidding?? She’s probably the one that thought it up!


18 posted on 07/23/2021 8:41:35 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: hsmomx3

“Was she in on this?”

Oh my goodness, of course not!

Nor was she involved in the MI vote cheat!

Oh, wait...

Go to the 3:40 mark: https://youtu.be/OdbAWZopCBM


19 posted on 07/23/2021 8:55:59 AM PDT by polymuser (LA socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.p)
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To: SeekAndFind

Did Katie Pavlich ever walk back her appearance on the “Against Trump” NR cover?


20 posted on 07/23/2021 9:00:54 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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