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FBI agents raid home as death threats target Whitmer kidnap case judge, lawyers
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
detroitnews.com
FBI agents raid home as death threats target Whitmer kidnap case judge, lawyers
The raid raises questions about the security of figures in one of the most important prosecutions involving alleged domestic terrorism and extremism.
8:00 PM · Mar 29, 2022
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FBI agents raid home as death threats target Whitmer kidnap case judge, lawyers
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
detroitnews.com
FBI agents raid home as death threats target Whitmer kidnap case judge, lawyers
The raid raises questions about the security of figures in one of the most important prosecutions involving alleged domestic terrorism and extremism.
8:00 PM · Mar 29, 2022
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/03/29/fbi-raids-home-threats-target-whitmer-kidnap-case-judge-lawyers/7202142001/?gnt-cfr=1
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Hazel Park 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.
Agents are investigating threats directed at several people, including Chief U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker and defense lawyers Josh Blanchard and Christopher Gibbons, according to two sources familiar with the investigation who were not authorized to speak publicly about the probe. Jonker is presiding over the trial and the attorneys represent accused plot ringleaders Barry Croft and Adam Fox, respectively.
There have been no arrests since the Friday raid, which coincided with the third week of trial in federal court in Grand Rapids and a rise in threats against federal judges nationwide. Croft, 46, of Delaware and Fox, 38, of Potterville are standing trial alongside Lake Orion resident Daniel Harris, 24, and Brandon Caserta, 33, of Canton Township, and the group faces up to life in prison if convicted of kidnapping conspiracy.
The raid raises questions about the security of key figures in one of the country's most important prosecutions involving politics, allegations of domestic terrorism and violent extremism. Prosecutors say the defendants were angered by restrictions imposed by Whitmer in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, but defense lawyers say there was no plot and that FBI agents and informants orchestrated the case.
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FBI agents raid home as death threats target Whitmer kidnap case judge, lawyers (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Mar 2022
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lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)1. No arrests?
That's not good.
TheRealNorth
(9,435 posts)3. Did local law enforcement tip them off?
And the perps had time to destroy evidence?
Sanity Claws
(21,822 posts)2. Domestic terrorists