Internal FBI reports and undercover recordings obtained by The Intercept shed light on the alleged conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The reports reveal the involvement of FBI assets named Dan, Steve, Jenny, Mark, and Red in accelerating the plot in September 2020. Questions arise about the FBI's larger role in potentially encouraging political violence before the 2020 election.
REVEALED: FBI feared informant at center of Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot would be pinned as ringleader: report https://t.co/LDiCCyWgDx https://t.co/LDiCCyWgDx
A trove of secret FBI files obtained exclusively by @theintercept raise questions about whether federal agents pursued a larger, secret effort to encourage political violence in the run-up to the 2020 election. https://t.co/W8N2AfPRdN
How real was the conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer? Thousands of pages of FBI reports and hundreds of hours of undercover recordings obtained exclusively by @theintercept provide an inside look at the controversial sting. https://t.co/W8N2AfPRdN
"Thousands of pages of internal FBI reports and hundreds of hours of undercover recordings obtained by The Intercept offer an extraordinary view into the alleged conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer." https://t.co/6AeYEGHd9l by @trevoraaronson & @Eric_VanDussen
The informant at the heart of the Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot was a liability. So federal agents shut him up. https://t.co/DuJLSrEwwp by @trevoraaronson, @Eric_VanDussen https://t.co/DuJLSrEwwp
If you listen to just one episode in the podcast series on Whitmer fednapping by @kenbensinger and @jvgarrison this is it. Hear firsthand how 5 FBI assets—Dan, Steve, Jenny, Mark, and Red—accelerate the vague plot in Sept 2020 and push their targets to do something before the…