Six indicted in plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer
On Thursday, United States Attorney Andrew Birge announced that a federal grand jury indicted six men on a charge of conspiracy to kidnap the Governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer. Adam Fox, Barry Croft, Ty Garbin, Kaleb Franks, Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta each face up to life in prison if convicted.
Fox, Garbin, Franks, Harris, and Caserta are residents of Michigan. Croft is a resident of Delaware.
Some of the men belong to an anti-government militia group called Wolverine Watchmen. At least one of the defendants, Fox, considered Whitmer to be a sort of tyrant because she had ordered gyms closed in the state to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, according to prosecutors. ~ Reuters
See our original report:
Arrests made in plot uncovered to kidnap and murder Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer
The six were previously charged by complaint, but under the U.S. Constitution, the government must present such a felony case to a grand jury and obtain an indictment to proceed with the prosecution.
The group planned the stunning abduction and other violent actions, including televised executions of politicians they disagreed with, out of anger over Whitmer’s strict measures to curb the spread of coronavirus, according to the Justice Department. ~ New York Daily News
The investigation into Whitmer’s kidnapping attempt is still ongoing. FBI agents of the Detroit Field Office and other members of their Joint Terrorism Task Force, including the Michigan State Police, are conducting the investigation. FBI agents and JTTF members in the Baltimore and Milwaukee Field Offices of the FBI are also involved. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan is prosecuting the federal charges. U.S. Attorney’s Offices in the Eastern District of Michigan, Western District of Wisconsin, and Delaware have assisted.
A copy of the indictment is included here
For more on the disturbing kidnapping allegations, see the video accompanying this article.
(Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Michigan)
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