Massive Arrests in Plot to Kidnap Whitmer

By Grand Rapids Anonymous
Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 1:18:00 P.M. EDT

Massive Arrests in Plot to Kidnap Whitmer

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Several men face charges for allegedly plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, even going so far as to watch her vacation home and build bombs, authorities say.

At the same time, a standoff is ongoing in Munith, northeast of Jackson, that WLNS, WOOD TV8’s Lansing sister station, has confirmed is linked to the plot to kidnap Whitmer. News 8 has a crew headed to that scene and is working to learn more.

A court document filed Tuesday identifies the suspects in a federal case as Adam Fox, Barry Croft, Ty Garbin, Kaleb Franks, Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta. All the suspects except for Croft, who is from Delaware, are from Michigan. All face up to life in prison if convicted.

At the state level, three men were charged Thursday with counts of terrorist act and felony firearms in Antrim County for their roles in the plot. The suspects included William Null of Shelbyville and Michael Null of Plainwell and Eric Molitor of Cadillac. Bond was set at $250,000 for all three and they were ordered not to have any contact with the governor should they post that bond and be released.

State and federal authorities are holding a press conference in Lansing at 1 p.m., though they have not specified the topic will be other than to say it will “announce the details of a major operation.”

During a Thursday afternoon press conference in Lansing alongside U.S. Attorneys Andrew Birge and Matthew Schneider, FBI Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Josh Hauxhurst and Michigan State Police Col. Joseph Gasper, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said a coordinated police effort led to raids in a slew of Michigan towns, including:

Grand Rapids
Hartland
Luther
Canton
Orion Township
Waterford
Belleville
Milford
Cadillac
Shelbyville
Plainwell
Zeeland
Ovid
Kalamazoo
Charlotte
Clarkston
Shelby Township

Whitmer will hold a press conference at 3 p.m.

FEDERAL COURT DOCUMENT OUTLINES PLOT

In a 15-page criminal complaint, an FBI agent wrote that talk of targeting the governor surfaced as early as June as Fox, Croft and others who shared the same views met in Dublin, Ohio. They were angry at governors — including Whitmer — who issued mandates in response to the coronavirus that shut down businesses, arguing they were violating the Constitution.

That conversation prompted Fox to reach out to a militia group. While that group was named in the document, the Nulls, two of the suspects arraigned in Antrim County, are members of the Barry County-based Michigan Liberty Militia.

The FBI says it had already been keeping an eye on that militia after online posts about overthrowing the government. It said a member of the group was worried about plans to kill police and agreed to become an informant. It was through that informant and others the FBI gathered much of its information, though it also had undercover officers involved.

Authorities allege that as conversations continued over the following months, sometimes at tactical training sessions at militia members’ properties, a firm plan formed.

“Fox described it as a ‘Snatch and grab, man. Grab the (expletive) Governor. Just grab the (expletive). Because that that point, we do that, dude — it’s over,’” the criminal complaint reads in part.

The plan was to take Whitmer to Wisconsin and hold a kangaroo court trial for treason.

GRA: Interesting idea—tough to carry out. --GRA

N.S.: As I’ve said for years, the time for talk is long over. If you want to save America, you have to do things. And the more you do, the people will convert to your side. Just look at the terrorists of White genocide—they do things all the time, and constantly get more followers, as a result (with a lot of help from their friends, the Luegenpresse, natch).