Lawyers for Barry Croft Jr., one of the claimed ringleaders of the kidnapping plot, say FBI informants improperly coordinated with the accused, the Washington Examiner reports.
FBI informants Jenny Plunk and Steve Robeson’s unusual relationship with Croft included smoking pot with him and traveling to many of his militia training sessions, lawyers stated earlier this week. Plunk further shared a hotel room with the accused on occasion.
The shared room was meant to save costs, FBI special agent Christopher Long testified. He announced Croft and Plunk didn't have much money at the time, according to the Detroit Free Press.
Long also admitted that throughout his time as an agent, he never monitored a case in which sources of the opposite gender remained in the same room.
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The details emerged throughout Croft and Adam Fox's retrial. The two are claimed ring leaders of a summer 2020 plot to kidnap Whitmer over her Covid policies. A federal judge ordered a retrial for the two plaintiffs after a jury failed to reach a verdict on the pair at an earlier trial.
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In October 2020, 13 people were arrested in connection with an alleged plot to storm the state Capitol and kidnap Whitmer. Four of the men who were accused of kidnapping conspiracy went to trial in April.
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Defendants Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta were found not guilty while the jury was deadlocked on Croft and Fox.
Throughout the trial, questions were raised regarding the conduct of the confidential FBI informants who were embedded in anti-government militia groups throughout the claimed conspiracy. Michael Hills, the attorney for Brandon Caserta, argued that the FBI explained to an informant to lie and entrap group members.
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Defense attorneys also claimed that their clients would never have conspired to kidnap an elected official had they not been pushed into doing so by government informants. The defense also claimed that the accused were constantly high when the alleged plot was hatched.
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The Post Millennial previously reported that Governor Whitmer repeatedly came under fire for draconian measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Whitmer likewise lost a court battle for extending of the state of emergency and several executive orders she argued were necessary.
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