Out of Control: FBI Undercover Agents Urged Kidnap of Gov. Whitmer in "Kidnap Plot," Jury Rebukes Entrapment Tactics

[Lesh]

Tell me in your own words what this means. No wrong answers.

"it turned out those individuals included the government’s “confidential sources,” who pushed the half-baked scheme and orchestrated acts “in furtherance of that plan” even when the defendants resisted it....

It means....

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[munkle]

It means....

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So you know it was the FBI who pushed the plan. Right?

 

[pyetro]

Defund the FBI. Fold its investigative responsibilities into US Marshalls.

A Federal Jury Delivers a Rebuke of FBI Entrapment

"Through confidential sources, undercover agents, and clandestine recordings," the Justice Department announced in October 2020, "law enforcement learned particular individuals…

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"“Through confidential sources, undercover agents, and clandestine recordings,” the Justice Department announced in October 2020, “law enforcement learned particular individuals were planning to kidnap” Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and “acting in furtherance of that plan.” But it turned out those individuals included the government’s “confidential sources,” who pushed the half-baked scheme and orchestrated acts “in furtherance of that plan” even when the defendants resisted it....

Several elements of the plot described by the Justice Department seemed to be products of government instigation. During a June 2020 meeting highlighted by the FBI, for example, it was an informant who argued that kidnapping was necessary.

When Fox reported that militia members could not agree on a plan to kidnap Whitmer or suggested that the idea should be put “on the back burner,” Chappel continued to promote the scheme. He and the other informants also suggested alternative crimes, such as firing rounds into Whitmer’s vacation cottage and destroying her boat."

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[Winco]

In Michigan's Whitmer plot case, FBI agent describes Operation Coldsnap

Just before breaking for lunch, the defense, called the prosecution "bush league" and the witness a "puppet monkey."

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[sealybobo]

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The first time federal prosecutors tried to convince a jury that a group of men plotted to kidnap Michigan’s Democratic governor, they failed to get a single conviction. But on Tuesday, jurors in a second trial found the two remaining defendants guilty, providing a measure of vindication to federal law enforcement in a case filled with public setbacks.