Biden Cites the Farcical FBI-Assisted Plot To Kidnap Gretchen Whitmer as an Example of Political Violence
The plot to kidnap the Michigan governor was in large part concocted and encouraged by paid FBI informants and their Bureau handlers.
The plot to kidnap the Michigan governor was in large part concocted and encouraged by paid FBI informants and their Bureau handlers.
A decade as a right-to-work state made Michigan better off.
Michigan is now a more dangerous place for anyone who flies with large amounts of cash.
The FBI's long history of using informants and manufactured plots to prosecute extremists
After an embarrassing failure for the FBI counterterrorism program, federal prosecutors won convictions against two of the men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
The agency’s tactics doomed the prosecution of defendants who allegedly planned to kidnap Michigan's governor.
The plot was organized by a government informant working with the FBI.
This is a much more persuasive example of Deep State nefariousness than January 6.
The law enforcement agency has a disturbing record of drumming up the very conspiracies they're investigating.
Pipelines work, while solar and wind energy often leave people in the dark.
Nothing is more permanent than an “emergency” mandate.
Trump's rhetoric is often wrong, but that does not make it the underlying cause of every cruel or criminal event that transpires while he is president.
Whitmer helped spark a national debate over the limits of executive power.
Redundancy with an iron fist
As federal guidelines suggested classifying more industries as "essential" so that they could reopen, Gov. Whitmer arbitrarily did the opposite.
Whitmer's argument is short on facts and legal reasoning.
Some lawmakers allege that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has overstepped the bounds of her authority.
The strict stay-at-home order received a great deal of backlash for its more arbitrary prohibitions.
Some protestors were nasty and went overboard, but her harsh tactics will sap her legitimacy at a critical juncture.
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