There are more problems for prosecutors who are working on a case in which Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer allegedly was targeted for kidnapping: they have decided to drop the testimony of an FBI agent who was involved in the case.
The Washington Examiner documented that the move came after prosecutors gave lawyers defending several suspects in the case access to the social media posts of FBI agent Richard Trask.
Reports have confirmed the FBI had a dozen informants in the case, including the second-in-command of the group accused of plotting a kidnapping.
An investigative report by Buzzfeed said FBI informants who infiltrated the group were "Acting under the direction of the FBI" and "Played a far larger role than has previously been reported."
Hills, representing Caserta, asked a federal judge to order the government provide all communications between a paid informant, identified only as "Dan," and the FBI, the report explained.
The lawyer wants to examine communication between informants as well as their conversations with the FBI, and also wants cellphone data of Dan and FBI special agents Henrik Impola and Jayson Chambers.
"The F.B.I. is instructing a paid F.B.I. informant to lie and paint an innocent citizen as an undercover federal agent to a man they claim is the head of a domestic terrorist organization, who they claim is paranoid about being infiltrated by the feds, who they claim has bragged about tossing a Molotov cocktail into a police officer's house," Hills explained.
https://www.wnd.com/2021/09/prosecutors-drop-witness-whitmer-kidnap-case/
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