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Accused Whitmer kidnap plotter slurs FBI informant in chilling testimony

DETROIT — Closing arguments and jury deliberations are expected Friday following a 14-day trial of four men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, one of the most closely watched cases of domestic terrorism in recent history.

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Defense rests in trial of men accused in plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer

DETROIT — Daniel Harris, a Lake Orion man accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, became the first defendant on trial in federal court in Grand Rapids to testify in his own defense Thursday, calling an FBI informant a "b----" and the government's star witnesses "liars." He denied joining…

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4 in Gov. Whitmer kidnap trial to decide whether to testify

The trial of four men accused of planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has shifted to the defense

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Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot leader was 'antigovernment'

Prosecutors in Michigan are wrapping up their evidence against four men charged with planning to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer before the 2020 national election

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: What's entrapment? What its role at kidnap trial?

The core question at the trial of four men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is whether the FBI engaged in entrapment

The Independent UK

FBI agents raid home as death threats target Whitmer kidnap case judge, lawyers

HAZEL PARK, Mich. — FBI agents have raided a Hazel Park home while investigating threats to the judge and defense lawyers in the Gov. Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping conspiracy trial, The Detroit News has learned.

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Michigan governor signs unemployment insurance spending bill

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) on March 28 signed HB 5525, which contained $139.8 million in funding for the state’s unemployment insurance program. The bill directed $100 million of federal coronavirus relief funding into the state’s unemployment trust fund. The remaining funds were earmarked to cover administrative improvements to the…

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Man in Gov. Whitmer plot trial talked about hanging leaders

Jurors have seen provocative social media posts written by a key figure charged in a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor

The Independent UK

Michigan Gov. Whitmer receives $14.3 million, with 5 donors giving $250,000

In Michigan, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is the number one fundraiser in state politics in the 2022 election cycle so far. According to the most recent campaign finance reports made to the Michigan Secretary of State, the governor received $14,281,061 in total contributions and spent $8,625,120 between January 1, 2021 and…

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Undercover agent next in trial of Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot

Prosecutors plan to finish presenting evidence this week in the trial of four men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

The Independent UK

Progressives build massive, cloaked online powerhouse

The network uses apolitical, nonideological content to build up audiences.

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Rogue FBI informant tried to keep Whitmer kidnap plot alive, destroy evidence, feds say

DETROIT — A rogue FBI informant tried to keep the Gov. Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot alive, obstruct justice and destroy evidence after federal agents arrested more than a dozen men in fall 2020, prosecutors said Friday.

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Rogue FBI informant tried to keep Whitmer kidnap plot alive, destroy evidence, feds say

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Man in Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot says group was armed, ready

Jurors in Grand Rapids, Michigan, are hearing from a second man who pleaded guilty in a scheme to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

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Snatching Whitmer a suicide mission, convicted kidnap plotter testifies

A second convicted member of a plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said he viewed the plan as a suicide mission and expected to die in a shootout with police.

Los Angeles Times

LZ Granderson: ‘The Batman’ holds up an unflattering mirror

The latest comic book movie, “The Batman,” crossed the $300 million threshold in North America last weekend, becoming just the second film since the pandemic began to do so. The other is December’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” highlighting our undying affinity for superheroes in general and for these two beloved…

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Witness: Whitmer kidnapping would be 'ignition' to civil war

A man who pleaded guilty in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says her abduction could have been the “ignition” for a U.S. civil war involving antigovernment groups

The Independent UK

Witness: 'No question' about plot to get Michigan governor

A jury in Michigan is hearing from a man who pleaded guilty to a scheme to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

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Rogue FBI 'snitch' in Whitmer kidnap case should be forced to testify, lawyers say

DETROIT — A "rogue" FBI informant should be forced to testify in the trial of four men accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer despite fears federal prosecutors will charge him with new crimes, defense lawyers said Wednesday.

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Michigan governor proclaims 'Oberon Day' for connoisseur craft brew

Michigan beer lovers know that the annual March release of Bell's Oberon marks the unofficial start of spring. Now, on the 30th anniversary of the wheat ale, March 21 is officially Oberon Day.

Reason

Are We Always on the Verge of Civil War?

All that Civil War II talk is overblown—but that isn't the only sort of political violence to worry about.

The Independent UK

Informant back for testimony in Michigan governor plot trial

An FBI informant is returning to the witness chair in the trial of four men charged with planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

The Guardian - US

Michigan governor kidnap case: hardened terrorists or FBI dupes?

Four militia group members are on trial for an alleged plot to abduct Gretchen Whitmer but did informants and agents egg on big-talking good ole boys?

The Independent UK

Gretchen Whitmer was to be tied up and posed for photos in kidnap plot, trial hears

Extremist group’s defence has accused FBI informant of goading plotters into exaggerating their plans

The Independent UK

Key informant coming up in Gov. Whitmer kidnap trial

Jurors soon will hear from a pivotal informant who approached the FBI about a band of antigovernment extremists in Michigan

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