Convicted Whitmer kidnap plotters send private eye to juror's workplace

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/09/08/whitmer-kidnap-plotters-private-eye-rogue-juror/66913668007/

Two convicted kidnap plotters in the Gov. Gretchen Whitmer case hired a private investigator to go to a juror's workplace to find out if that juror had it out for them and planned to "hang" them if picked to sit on the jury, as alleged by coworkers, according to a newly unsealed court filing.

Two of those coworkers were tracked down by the private eye and offered new allegations about the juror, including that the juror was "far-left leaning,” said the defendants were "guilty no matter what," and texted a family member during deliberations that a verdict had been reached but had not yet been announced, according to the filing.

The investigator, however, struck out in getting a third and perhaps more crucial coworker to talk to him: the employee who allegedly heard it firsthand from the juror that he/she believed the defendants were guilty from the start.

'They did not want to speak with me'

"I attempted to speak with person #3 as they were walking to their vehicle in the parking lot," the investigator said in a declaration filed in federal court. "I called the person’s name, and they acknowledged me. I identified myselfand told Person #3 that I wanted to speak with them regarding possible statements that (a juror) had made regarding the Whitmer trial."

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[FM123]

1. Just wow.

"planned to "hang" them if picked to sit on the jury"

[Turbineguy]

2. That's why the Judge tells jurors

not to discuss the case with family or friends.

[lindysalsagal]

3. Is freep.com a reliable source? Doesn't sound like one.

[Hekate]

4. Detroit Free Press -- I believe it's considered a reliable source

[obamanut2012]

7. Of course it is

Detroit's newspaper.

[JHB]

10. Detroit Free Press - Old-school city newspaper

Absolutely no relation to the hamster-wheel place

[lindysalsagal]

12. lol

I didn't click on it so I didn't know it was Detroit. Thanks.

[Kaleva]

15. When I first joined DU, I couldn't understand the hatred here for readers of the Freep.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. Some sick fucking people

[Hekate]

6. Mugshots that look like a 19th century treatise on how to spot the feeble-minded and ...

…the inherently criminal-minded.

These two guys are dangerous as hell, and I hope they are serving a long stretch.

[alphafemale]

8. The one on the left especially looks shallow gene pool.

And the arrogance that often comes from a life of brute force rule.

[Tickle]

9. Convicted?

Did they already have the second trial?

[uponit7771]

11. +1,

[Johnny2X2X]

13. They did

They were convicted in the 2nd trial.

[ProfessorGAC]

14. Is This Allowed?

I thought that was what voir dire was for.