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====FBI sting operation====

====FBI sting operation====

{{See also|Gretchen Whitmer kidnap plot}}

{{See also|Gretchen Whitmer kidnap plot}}

[[File:Richard Trask.JPG|left|300px|thumb|FBI Agent Richard Trask, organizer of the 2020 Whitmer kidnap plot.<ref>https://www.woodtv.com/news/kalamazoo-county/fbi-agent-in-investigation-of-whitmer-kidnap-plot-accused-of-assault/</ref>]]

[[File:Richard Trask.JPG|left|250px|thumb|FBI Agent Richard Trask, organizer of the 2020 Whitmer kidnap plot.<ref>https://www.woodtv.com/news/kalamazoo-county/fbi-agent-in-investigation-of-whitmer-kidnap-plot-accused-of-assault/</ref>]]

In 2020 a group of undercover FBI informants and agent [[provocateur]]s convinced an anti-Trump, anti-[[police]] [[anarchist]] group to reconnoiter Whitmer's vacation home.<ref>https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/new-evidence-released-in-whitmer-kidnapping-plot/</ref> The anarchists then were arrested in what was alleged to be a kidnapping plot of Whitmer.<ref>https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/10/08/deep-dive-into-the-details-of-a-scheme-to-kidnap-gov-whitmer-hold-her-hostage/</ref>  Whitmer used the FBI operation to bash President Trump as the head of a "vast right-wing conspiracy".<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/13/whitmer-kidnapping-plot-may-have-been-an-fbi-entrapment-of-a-bunch-of-crackpots/</ref><ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/update-ring-leader-plot-kidnap-wretched-governor-whitmer-alleged-fbi-informant-pushed-entire-plan/</ref><ref>https://thespectator.info/2020/10/18/suspects-say-ring-leader-in-plot-to-kidnap-wretched-governor-whitmer-was-an-alleged-fbi-informant-who-pushed-the-entire-plan/</ref><ref>https://www.sgtreport.com/2020/10/fbi-informant-was-one-of-the-most-active-leaders-pushing-crackpot-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-defense/</ref>  The alleged plot also included an alleged plan to storm the Michigan state capitol. Terrorism charges were later dropped against individuals charged.<ref>https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/03/29/gretchen-whitmer-plot-threat-paul-bellar-joseph-morrison-pete-musico/7044920002/</ref>

In 2020 a group of undercover FBI informants and agent [[provocateur]]s convinced an anti-Trump, anti-[[police]] [[anarchist]] group to reconnoiter Whitmer's vacation home.<ref>https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/new-evidence-released-in-whitmer-kidnapping-plot/</ref> The anarchists then were arrested in what was alleged to be a kidnapping plot of Whitmer.<ref>https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/10/08/deep-dive-into-the-details-of-a-scheme-to-kidnap-gov-whitmer-hold-her-hostage/</ref>  Whitmer used the FBI operation to bash President Trump as the head of a "vast right-wing conspiracy".<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/13/whitmer-kidnapping-plot-may-have-been-an-fbi-entrapment-of-a-bunch-of-crackpots/</ref><ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/update-ring-leader-plot-kidnap-wretched-governor-whitmer-alleged-fbi-informant-pushed-entire-plan/</ref><ref>https://thespectator.info/2020/10/18/suspects-say-ring-leader-in-plot-to-kidnap-wretched-governor-whitmer-was-an-alleged-fbi-informant-who-pushed-the-entire-plan/</ref><ref>https://www.sgtreport.com/2020/10/fbi-informant-was-one-of-the-most-active-leaders-pushing-crackpot-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-defense/</ref>  The alleged plot also included an alleged plan to storm the Michigan state capitol. Terrorism charges were later dropped against individuals charged.<ref>https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/03/29/gretchen-whitmer-plot-threat-paul-bellar-joseph-morrison-pete-musico/7044920002/</ref>