Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping: Cracks forming in federal case
by Andrew Kerr, Investigative Reporter
December 30, 2021 12:47 PMProblems continue to pile up for federal prosecutors in the lead up to the March 8 trial for the five men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Prosecutors confirmed in mid-December they would not call on three FBI agents closely linked to the investigation due to allegations of personal and professional misconduct. Also in December, a key undercover informant involved in the case was charged with fraud in an unrelated case in Wisconsin.
In a pair of explosive filings submitted on Christmas Day and on Wednesday, defense attorneys presented evidence they said proves the FBI and its confidential informants "conceived and controlled every aspect" of the plot to kidnap Whitmer.
"These defendants had no desire whatsoever to kidnap anyone," the defense attorneys said in their filing.
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