Category: FBI informants

FBI Informant in Whitmer Kidnapping Plot Was a ‘Double Agent’: Prosecutors

Responding to arguments from defendants in the Gov. Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping case that they were entrapped by the FBI, the Department of Justice has said that one of its undercover informants was, in fact, a “double agent” working with the kidnappers against the government. The DOJ’s revelation came Jan. 6 in a response to a motion…


Reps Greene and Gaetz: Did Feds Incite Jan. 6 Riots?

Reps Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) take exception to conservatives who downplay the events of Jan. 6—but not for the same reason as Democrats. “We’re worried there are a lot of folks who don’t understand the severity of what happened. Particularly, if it was so severe that it was animated and encouraged…


Disgraced FBI Agents Under Scrutiny in Whitmer Kidnapping Case

The five defendants accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are pushing for more information about the wrongdoing allegedly committed by FBI agents who handled their case. In a flurry of filings on Dec. 31, the defendants in the Whitmer case opposed a motion from federal prosecutors to exclude evidence about FBI agents…


Defendants in Whitmer Kidnapping Case Move to Have Charges Tossed

Five defendants accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have filed a motion to dismiss the charges against them, claiming the hand FBI informants had in directing the failed scheme amounts to entrapment. The trial for Adam Fox, Barry Croft, Kaleb Franks, Daniel Harris, Brandon Caserta is set to begin March 8 for allegedly conspiring…