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The Government Says A Key Informant In The Michigan Kidnapping Case Was A “Double Agent”
The Government Says A Key Informant In The Michigan Kidnapping Case Was A “Double Agent”
The claim is the latest complication in a high-profile case that once seemed like a slam dunk.
www.buzzfeednews.com
The claim is the latest complication in a high-profile case that once seemed like a slam dunk.
Federal prosecutors say a key FBI informant in the alleged plot to kidnap the governor of Michigan was a “double agent” who was “working against the interests of the government” by trying to destroy evidence and prevent arrests.
The confidential informant, Stephen Robeson, played a central role in the investigation that led to the arrest of 14 men for allegedly participating in a plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in October 2020. At the direction of his FBI handlers, Robeson reached out to potential targets, organized meetings, and paid travel expenses for people to attend such events.
Now the government appears to be disowning its own operative, saying he deceived the FBI and at times actively aided targets of the investigation.
Defendants have claimed that it was overzealous government informants, including Robeson, who hatched the alleged plot to kidnap a sitting governor. The defendants have denounced the case as entrapment and an example of “egregious overreaching,” claiming they never would have contemplated the purported crimes without the informants’ involvement.
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The Justice Department has previously stated its intentions to keep those agents off the stand.
Chambers was removed from the witness list five days after BuzzFeed News reported that he had incorporated a security business and that an online troll linked to the business had been tweeting about the case before it became public. Another agent has been accused of perjury in a separate case.
Defense attorneys, however, are expected to try to call both of them, as well as Robeson, and to question them before the jury about their actions in the investigation.
Commentary:
The FBI/Stasi are admitting the plot was an entrapment scheme that never would have happened without their engineering it.
Hmm..., Creating your own bad guys to stalk and arrest is just as bad as setting the fire and arriving just in time to save the day.
The Stasi/FBI are admitting they plotted to entrap, planned and schemed a crime that never would have happened without their engineering it.
I wonder were, the same STASI/FBI undercover agents used on Jan 6th to create the Faux "Insurgent" attack on the Capitol?
