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They did not attempt to kidnap Witmer. Charges dismissed.

Sledog
Sledog Member Posts: 39,022 Standard Supporter
edited March 2021 in Tug Tavern
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/29/judge-dismisses-terrorism-charges-against-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-suspects/
They still face others but terrorism off the table.
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  • SFGbob
    SFGbob Member Posts: 33,219
    Wasn't this another instance where one of the main instigators was also an FBI informant?
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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 49,051 Standard Supporter


    Live look at the joyful accused.

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  • BennyBeaver
    BennyBeaver Member Posts: 13,346
    Nice thread title there SledoogFS...

    "They did not attempt to kidnap Witmer. Charges dismissed."

    Attempting never had anything to do with it. It was always about the planning and conspiracy.

    https://apnews.com/article/trials-michigan-jackson-gretchen-whitmer-6e6ad2058fee288d0434836ea35d397e

    A Michigan judge on Monday ordered three men to stand trial in a plot to kidnap Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer over her coronavirus restrictions.

    Jackson County District Court Judge Michael Klaeren ruled there was enough evidence and bound over Paul Bellar, Joe Morrison and Pete Musico to circuit court to stand trial.

    “The defendants are joined at the hip here,” Klaeren said before announcing his ruling. “The prosecution did a good job in establishing who knew what and when.”

    Arguments were heard Monday by Klaeren following three earlier days of testimony.

    The three men are accused of aiding six others who are charged in federal court with conspiring to kidnap Whitmer. Five more people are also charged in state courts.

    The FBI in October said it broke up a plot to kidnap Whitmer by anti-government extremists upset over her coronavirus restrictions.

    Klareen said there was enough evidence for trial on charges of providing material support for terrorist acts, gang membership and using a firearm during a felony. Klaeren dismissed a charge of threat of terrorism against Musico and Morrison. Bellar didn’t face that charge.

    The threat of terrorism, providing material support for terrorist acts and gang membership charges each are 20-year felonies. Felony firearm charges carry two-year maximum prison sentences.
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