FBI thwarts Michigan "militia" plot to kidnap Michigan Governor (1 Viewer)

[superchuck500]

The group, six of which are identified and charged in the criminal complaint, has been recruiting, including at the 2nd Amendment rally at the Michigan state house earlier this year, and "training" in August. Th group has also allegedly stockpiled weapons and other material for the plan. The plan included talk of kidnapping other governors.

The FBI has now made multiple public comments that right-wing militias are a threat to peace in the United States, particularly as we move toward an uncertain time with a presidential election in the midst of a pandemic.

According to the complaint, a Michigan-based militia group attempted to recruit members for the operation, which included storming the Capitol building in Lansing and take hostages, including Whitmer. The plan was reportedly supposed to be executed before the November 2020 election.

The militia group reportedly held several meetings over the summer where they participated in firearms training and combat drills; they also attempted to build IED devices, which were faulty and did not detonate as planned, according to the complaint.

The group then reportedly decided to abduct the governor at her vacation home and take her to a secure location in Wisconsin for "trial."

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/n...nap-michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer/5922301002/




Here is the full criminal complaint filed in federal court in Michigan:

 

[superchuck500]

He doesn't care.

I genuinely believe that he doesn't intend to encourage such things. But I do believe that he romanticizes military power and activities that have a military veneer about them. So uses those kinds of terms in his rhetoric.

But lack of intent still does not justify the language when it could easily be interpreted by some elements as a call to action. I'm not saying it's somehow culpable, but it is certainly poor judgment.

 

[CoolBrees]

Yeah, you can go there without alienating anybody still on the fence.

He tweeted to liberate Michigan. These idiots took him up on it. You don’t have to connect dots or act shocked. Just state facts.

People hear kidnap and Governor in the same sentence and they recoil. Nobody wants to see that kind of anarchy except those who wish for a second Civil
War. And those clowns are few and far between.

 

[MT15]

The worst thing I heard was that they intended to try her for treason. This can be tied directly to Trump’s rhetoric.

 

[LA - L.A.]

Maybe, but I suspect most who know the 6 guys that were arrested are gonna distance themselves from them because they want nothing to do with the FBI going after them too. At least I would think so. But no telling with these people.

That's not usually how fanaticism works. Usually, the people that know those 6 guys will hold them up as martyrs to the cause as a rally and recruiting cry.

Hoping they will just go away and stop threatening us now is like hoping COVID-19 will just go away and stop threatening us.

The threat of domestic extremists will not go away until we do what has to be done to make it go away.

 

[MT15]

Gov. Whitmer on live now with a statement.

 

[Optimus Prime]

If I remember right the original plan was to kidnap Abraham Lincoln we know how that ended up

 

[MT15]

Oh, I think they intended to execute her after they tried her for treason. It was said that killing her was discussed.

 

[Optimus Prime]

I wonder if these idiots are expecting a presidential pardon

 

[CoolBrees]

They Fully expect a pardon. Which will never come. He won’t even acknowledge them. He’ll say he’s never heard of them or what they were doing

Just like the We Build the Wall morons and Michael Cohen. He tells you he has your back until it can put him in a bad spot. Then he acts like he doesn’t know you

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Well she isnt wrong






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[SaintForLife]

This is why people find it such poor judgment when Trump uses such language as "LIBERATE MICHIGAN!" (tweet of April 17).

Why would he choose that word? Sure, many will argue that he's just being rhetorical, but he knows what these words mean.

Does an anarchist who hates the government and police need any other reason to do something crazy?

 

[brandon]

Does an anarchist who hates the government and police need any other reason to do something crazy?

You know the Trump manifesto is coming.

 

[brandon]

What We Know About Wolverine Watchmen Accused of Terror, Kidnap Plot Against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Social posts and testimony from neighbors of the men who allegedly plotted against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer point to a disturbing relationship with the far-right.

www.thedailybeast.com

A Pete Musico also has a page on the social media site Gab, popular among white supremacists and the alt-right, on which he promoted the unfounded claim that in South Africa “they are killing white people.” Although many of the posts feature broken images (a hallmark of Gab), one of the user’s favorite accounts wa that of Joe Biggs, a Proud Boy organizer who has glorified violence against the left. Biggs and anti-Semitic Infowars personality Owen Shroyer are the only accounts he follows.

A Michigan-based Pete Musico also has a Twitter account with a Tea Party-style “Don’t Tread On Me” banner as the profile image and a number of posts from 2016 voicing support for Trump and calling for the imprisonment of then-Democratic Party presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. It also includes unfounded allegations that former President Bill Clinton fathered an “illegitimate black child” and that vaccines contain dangerous levels of mercury. Another post urges his 14 followers to visit right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s site Infowars.

 

[SaintForLife]

You know the Trump manifesto is coming.

He's an anarchist and hates police. Does that sound like a Trump supporter? I know the media and Democrats will due their best to try to tie him to Trump.

 

[wardorican]

I genuinely believe that he doesn't intend to encourage such things. But I do believe that he romanticizes military power and activities that have a military veneer about them. So uses those kinds of terms in his rhetoric.

But lack of intent still does not justify the language when it could easily be interpreted by some elements as a call to action. I'm not saying it's somehow culpable, but it is certainly poor judgment.

It has been pointed out to him several times, how his words have encouraged unsavory folks multiple times. Intentional or not, at this point, he knows.

 

[wardorican]

Ahh, ok, he hates all government. Well, I guess that's better...?

 

[brandon]

He's an anarchist and hates police. Does that sound like a Trump supporter? I know the media and Democrats will due their best to try to tie him to Trump.

There's 13 people arrested so far.

 

[Ayo]

So we’re gonna end up talking about this one dude and these tweets and how he’s just a crazy loner.

And we’re gonna ignore the fact that this is some seriously disturbed event targeting a governor with a coordinated planned kidnapping and execution.

this is more straining than getting Trump to condemn white supremacy. This is as easy as it’s gonna get.

and we get the same ol’ routine.

I keep wondering what it would take. Apparently even this isn’t it.

this is absolutely something that Biden should address. As Sandman said, not just for political points - this is seriously messed up.