Five Men Accused of Plotting to Kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Want Charges Dismissed Because FBI ‘Invented Conspiracy’
Five men associated with the far-right Wolverine Watchmen militia group have asked a judge to dismiss charges of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer after claiming that the FBI fabricated the plan and tried to trap them in the conspiracy.
Barry Croff, 44, Adam Fox, 40, Kaleb Franks, Daniel Harris, 23, and Brandon Caserta were arrested on October 8, 2020 after allegedly hatched the plot because they were upset with Whitmer’s COVID-19 restrictions. All five men are currently in custody.
According to a federal complaint, they planned to snatch Whitmer from her vacation home and secret her away in an undisclosed location.
‘The government initiated this case, despite the fact that it knew there was no plan to kidnap, no operational plan, and no details about how a kidnapping would occur or what would happen afterward,’ defense lawyer Scott Graham wrote in his 20-page motion.
The attorneys claimed in their December 25 filing that if it weren’t for an FBI informant embedded with the group, known only as ‘Dan’, who encouraged the plot and promised to fund it through a charity organization, the men would never have done it on their own. (Read more from “Five Men Accused of Plotting to Kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Want Charges Dismissed Because FBI ‘Invented Conspiracy'” HERE)
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