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2022-04-13 Government Corruption
The Entire Gretchen Whitmer 'Kidnapping' Case Was Exposed As A Fraud — A Full Recap
[THEBLUESTATECONSERVATIVE] But then after the election, the narrative began to unravel. The lead FBI agent, Richard Trask, who signed the charging documents under oath, was fired from the FBI. He had been arrested for assaulting his wife after a drunken swinger’s party.

A few months later, two more agents were removed from the witness list. Special Agent Jayson Chambers was removed from the case because it was discovered that he was attempting to profit from the case. He was launching a private security firm, which would benefit from his work on the Whitmer case.

Special Agent Henrik Impola was also removed from the case after he had been accused of perjuring himself on another case. Apparently, the FBI found it easier to remove him than defend him.

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Problems with the paid informants also began to surface. Stephen Robeson was dropped from the witness list because he had since been charged with committing additional crimes during the investigation.

Another informant, Dan Chappel,
...known to his associates in this case as “Big Dan”...
did testify. However,
there is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened...
it was learned that rather than being a passive observer, he had actually worked to recruit participants for the conspiracy, planned many of the group’s activities, and was paid over $60,000 by the FBI for his efforts. He also sent Adam Fox over 1,000 texts between June and October to keep him engaged in the group’s activities. He was egging him on. Doesn’t the left refer to that as inciting violence? Or is it only incitement if done by Trump supporters?

Kaleb Franks and Ty Garbin cut deals and plead guilty to lesser charges to avoid trial. The cases for Daniel Harris, Brandon Caserta, Adam Fox, and Barry Croft, Jr. all went to trial. All four were represented by public defenders, as they lacked the means to hire private attorneys.

The judge in the case, Chief U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker, decided to give the prosecution an assist. He refused to let the defense question any FBI agents about past professional transgressions, apparently because the integrity of the FBI is beyond reproach — except when it isn’t.

Jonker also denied the defense’s request to present FBI texts with, and recordings of the defendants that would have put the charges against the defendants in context — though he did allow the FBI to present their preferred assortment of texts and recordings. He was concerned that additional material would be hearsay and confusing to the jurors. We can’t allow the jurors to be confused while they’re convicting defendants after all.

The defense team took the highly unusual step of issuing subpoenas to all of the FBI’s agents and informants who weren’t being called by the prosecution. But surprise, they all plead the 5th and refused to testify. The prosecutors refused to grant any of them "use immunity," and the judge refused to compel the prosecutors to do so. The defense was forced to make their case without questioning the very people who had collected evidence against them. So much for the right to face one’s accuser in court.

On day 13 of the trial, a number of defense witnesses, who had been subpoenaed, arrived at the courthouse. The prosecution was allowed to speak to each of them without the jury present. In each case, the prosecutors warned the witnesses to think carefully before they testified. Over six defense witnesses took the warnings seriously and declined to testify on the grounds of avoiding self-incrimination.

One such witness was Taya Plummer. The prosecutors questioned her about her boyfriend, who had no involvement in the Whitmer case, but was believed to be a member of a militia in another state. The prosecutor, Jonathon Roth, stated that he was not aware of any trouble Ms. Plummer had with the law, but as for how that would play out, he said, "I’d leave that to her." It was an ominous warning. She plead the 5th and did not testify.

Another witness, Frank Butler, informed the court that he had just received a letter from the Department of Justice, notifying him that he was the target of an investigation. He also informed the court that he would be clamming up. How convenient for the prosecution.

The prosecution considered their treatment of the witnesses simply "playing hardball." Had the defense done it, it would have been called something different — witness tampering.

The public defenders were left with only limited means to defend their clients. But some truths still came out.

Only 6 men were charged by the federal government for allegedly plotting to kidnap the governor. But there were 12 others involved, who were all on the FBI payroll — either as agents or paid informants. By my math, that’s two-thirds of those involved in the plot, were getting paid by the federal government. Sure, nothing suspicious about that.

The defendants lacked either the mental or financial means to pull off the plot (the FBI referred to the supposed ringleader, Fox, as "Captain Autism"). To keep the plot going, until the arrests were made, virtually all of the planning and organizing of the plot ended up being done by the FBI or its paid employees. In fact, FBI assets had actually recruited some of the conspirators.

Evidence presented by the prosecution was highly suspect, or downright misleading. For example, the jury was shown an undercover video of the conspirators casing the Whitmer lake home. There was even video of their truck in the home’s driveway. Except all of the occupants of the truck were either agents or informants. None of the defendants were involved in casing the Whitmer home, because they had gotten lost that night. The only people who actually cased the home were on the FBI payroll!

At the conclusion of the trial, Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta were acquitted. The jury was unable to reach a verdict for Adam Fox or Barry Croft — they deadlocked.

In the end, prosecutors with unlimited federal resources, and an assist from the judge, were unable to win against four public defenders, whose hands were tied behind their backs. Either their case was extraordinarily weak, or the jury was extraordinarily insightful. I choose to believe the latter. I think the outcome of the trial says a great deal about the credibility of the FBI.
Posted by Fred 2022-04-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ]  Top

#1 They threw it at the wall and it didn't stick. I doubt they will pick it up and try again, but they will learn from their "mistakes" in future such orchestrated miscarriages of justice.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-04-13 07:18||   2022-04-13 07:18|| Front Page Top

#2 See 6 January "Washington insurrection" for expanded, full scale example.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-04-13 07:19||   2022-04-13 07:19|| Front Page Top

#3 I think the difference between the two is that the feebs spent a lot of time creating their case here. On Jan 6, they opportunistically grabbed up a bunch of hapless, ill-advised poeple and are letting the injustice department create the crime after the fact in court, the wall where ultimately that which is flung must stick.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-04-13 07:24||   2022-04-13 07:24|| Front Page Top

#4 BTW, I am glad I visited Washington DC for the dedication of the WW II memorial. Huge crowds and no indictments. I think the only way I will ever go back is on a walker to watch them put pretty much every politician from the Clinton era onward up against a wall.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-04-13 07:26||   2022-04-13 07:26|| Front Page Top

#5 

Can we still such proceedings, "Kangaroo Courts"
or is that insulting Kangaroos too much?

Either way, if the Mid-Term outcomes are honest, this time. Maybe Congress will hold DOJ personnel investigation hearings.

With the goal of flushing out those that use Political Agenda to make arrests, prosecution and sentencing thus violating the Bill Of Rights and US Constitutionally based Laws.
Posted by NN2N1 2022-04-13 12:01||   2022-04-13 12:01|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ Two impediments to that: GOPe will never do it and who, besides a justice dept employee, knows more about not leaving / deleting / altering a paper trail that might harm them later?
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-04-13 12:07||   2022-04-13 12:07|| Front Page Top

#7 Re#5, If the mid term elections come out like the last shit show, I don't think some people are going to give a shit about the DOJ, FBI or any of the rest of the governments bullshit orgs. When you can't eat, work, and have to sit at home and hear the nonsense on the news everyday, what do you have to lose?
Posted by Chris 2022-04-13 13:12||   2022-04-13 13:12|| Front Page Top

#8 The Weirdos had this called fairly quickly, but credit because The Narrative current was strong.
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-04-13 15:45||   2022-04-13 15:45|| Front Page Top

#9 If we had a real justice department, all of the federals involved would be on trial.
Posted by Silentbrick 2022-04-13 21:18||   2022-04-13 21:18|| Front Page Top

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