Jury hears man discuss plan to abduct Mich. Gov. Whitmer

[Eugene]

Earlier DU thread: FBI agent: Suspects in Whitmer kidnapping plot arrested over 'real concern' they might obtain explos

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Source: Associated Press

Jury hears man discuss plan to abduct Mich. Gov. Whitmer

By MICHAEL TARM, ED WHITE and SARA BURNETT
March 10, 2022

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors in the trial of four men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday played covertly recorded audio for jurors in which one of the men specifically discusses a plan to abduct the Democrat.

In the recording, made by a government informant during a meeting in mid-July 2020 in Wisconsin, Barry Croft Jr. describes the possibility of using explosives to “rain down” fire on law enforcement “with a team standing by” to abduct Whitmer.

He adds without providing details that it should be “a quick precise grab” of the governor.

In another recording made by the same informant, jurors heard the sound of an explosives test Croft was conducting. He’s later heard speaking almost giddily about the damage he could cause, saying it would be “devastating.”

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/whitmer-kidnap-plot-trial-crime-michigan-gretchen-whitmer-grand-rapids-2376e320a5479f3bd443b81597a5f065

[Probatim]

1. I hope those recordings punch holes in the defense's position that they were too high to be

taken seriously.

[3Hotdogs]

2. ---hope he has his tooth brush and jammies ready

for a long vacation.

[BobTheSubgenius]

3. I imagine this recording blows the "entrapment" defense his lawyer was trying to push.

I hope so, anyway.

[crickets]

4. K&R for visibility.

[lagomorph777]

5. Unless there is a 'ringer' on the jury, this ought to put the asshole away for a loooong time.