Law Jury acquits 2 men accused in Michigan Gov. Whitmer kidnapping plot, deadlocks on 2 others - Glowniggers wailing in despair

Jury acquits 2 men accused in Michigan Gov. Whitmer kidnapping plot, deadlocks on 2 others​

Jurors said they couldn't agree on verdicts again Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr.​

Louis CasianoApril 8, 2022 2:33pm EDT

Two of four men were acquitted Friday in a conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, motivated by fury at the Democrat’s tough COVID-19 restrictions early in the pandemic.

The jury’s verdicts against Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta were read in the federal court in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in the case presided over by U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker. Jurors said they couldn’t agree on verdicts again Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. Prosecutors described Fox as a ringleader of an anti-government group.

Earlier in the day, the jurors said that there are several counts which the deliberative body are deadlocked on. Testimony began on March 9.

"It is not unusual to come back somewhere along the line of deliberations and say 'we tried, but couldn’t get there,'" Judge Robert Jonker said, according to Detroit News. "At least not on everything."

TRIAL RESUME FOR 4 MEN ACCUSED OF MICHIGAN GOVERNOR PLOT

Jonker encouraged the jurors to continue deliberations in hopes of reaching a unanimous decision, saying, "Before that’s the final answer, I would like you to go back and make another effort to see if you can come to an agreement on issues you are stuck on as a group."

Fox, Croft and Harris faced additional charges. The two most serious charges, kidnapping conspiracy and conspiracy to use explosives, both carry potential life sentences.

The trial has lasted over 20 days as the public awaits the final decision on defendants Barry Croft, Adam Fox, Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta. Prosecutors say they turned their anger toward government in 2020 into a plot to kidnap Whitmer because of the restrictions she imposed during the early months of the pandemic.

FILE - This combination of photos provided by the Kent County Sheriff and the Delaware Department of Justice shows, top row from left, Brandon Caserta and Barry Croft; and bottom row from left, Adam Dean Fox and Daniel Harris. The four members of anti-government groups are facing trial in March 2022 on federal charges accusing them in a plot to abduct Michigan's Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. (Kent County Sheriff, Delaware Department of Justice via AP File)
Defense lawyers claim informants and undercover agents improperly influenced the men.

Whitmer, a Democrat who is seeking reelection, rarely talks publicly about the case. She has blamed former President Donald Trump for fomenting anger over coronavirus restrictions and refusing to condemn right-wing extremists like those charged in the case. She has said Trump was complicit in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer visits Ford Bronco off-road track during the Motor Bella 2021 auto show in Pontiac, Michigan, Sept. 21, 2021. (REUTERS/Rebecca Cook)
A man upset over state-ordered coronavirus restrictions was sentenced to just over six years in prison last year after admitting to involvement in the plot – a significant break that reflected his quick decision to cooperate and help agents build cases against others.

Ty Garbin admitted his role in the alleged scheme weeks after his arrest last fall. He is among six mencharged in federal court but the only one to plead guilty so far. It was a key victory for prosecutors as they try to prove an astonishing plot against the others.

Garbin apologized to Whitmer, who was not in court, and her family.

 

[comfysocks]

I hope the guys who were found innocent can at least sue the glowniggers.

 

[Titos]

I look forward to the headlines about all the agents involved tripping down a flight of stairs then shooting themselves in the back of the head 4 times with a sawed off double barreled shotgun. Ah who am I kidding? The jury members are all going to disappear then be discovered to have cut off their own genitals, then skinned themselves alive in a fit of suicidal guilt over this obviously wrong decision.

 

[Aidan]

I look forward to the headlines about all the agents involved tripping down a flight of stairs then shooting themselves in the back of the head 4 times with a sawed off double barreled shotgun. Ah who am I kidding? The jury members are all going to disappear then be discovered to have cut off their own genitals, then skinned themselves alive in a fit of suicidal guilt over this obviously wrong decision.

If I remember right, one of the FBI agents got in trouble for abusing his wife or something awhile back. They're retards who don't realize how expendable they are.

 

[Helium Bubble]

If I remember right, one of the FBI agents got in trouble for abusing his wife or something awhile back. They're retards who don't realize how expendable they are.

Why, you're absolutely right!

Documents Reveal More About Gruesome Abuse Allegations Against Lead FBI Agent on Gretchen Whitmer Kidnapping Case

Police reports obtained by Law&Crime through a public records request shed new light on domestic violence charges against a key FBI agent involved in the prosecution of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's alleged would-be kidnappers.

lawandcrime.com

Dude looks like he hangs out with the Bandidos on the weekend but they won't let him join because he's a fucking worm. Amusingly enough, a DuckGo for 'fbi agent spousal abuse' also returned this:

New Orleans FBI agent arrested after altercation with her wife

A New Orleans FBI agent has been arrested following an altercation with her wife.

www.fox8live.com

In the immortal words of a certain Cheeto colored former President, "They're not sending their best."

 

[Positron]

 

[Socrates]

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I feel like using moviebob tweets is cheating.

 

[Meat Target]

I feel like using moviebob tweets is cheating.

When that fat asshole is mad, I am glad.

 

[Pop pop fizz fizz]

I haven't followed this at all since it happened, but weren't these guys LEFTIST anti-government types? I mean there was one guy of this group that posted long raging anti government and anti Trump video's on Youtube with the Antifa and Anarchist flags hanging up behind him.

 

[pwnest injun]

Now arrest Whitmer.

 

[CrippleThreat]

Glad to the see the long litany of 2020 happenings unravel and come out as wins.

 

[Megaton Punch]

Jonker encouraged the jurors to continue deliberations in hopes of reaching a unanimous decision, saying, "Before that’s the final answer, I would like you to go back and make another effort to see if you can come to an agreement on issues you are stuck on as a group."

So wait, the jury came back with their verdict (or lack thereof) and the judge said "wrong, try again" and told them to go back into deliberation? Are judges even allowed to do that?

 

[elite_club]

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Considering the impending food shortage, we should be locking up fatasses like Movieblob before they inevitably starve people.

 

[Krokodil Overdose]

So wait, the jury came back with their verdict (or lack thereof) and the judge said "wrong, try again" and told them to go back into deliberation? Are judges even allowed to do that?

Yes and no. The judge can strongly recommend that they reconvene and attempt to reach a unanimous verdict, but he can't force them to arrive at a verdict (either one.) From what it sounds like, this was just a jury instruction in the hopes of avoiding a partial mistrial.

 

[Honka Honka Burning Love]

So wait, the jury came back with their verdict (or lack thereof) and the judge said "wrong, try again" and told them to go back into deliberation? Are judges even allowed to do that?

I think it is less "Wrong, Try again" and more "Please talk a little more and maybe figure this out, because I really don't want this to be a bigger shit show"

 

[Standardized Profile]

Harris was charged with possession of a semi-automatic assault rifle that wasn't registered to him.

The fuck is a semi-automatic assault rifle and what Federal law requires registration of semi-automatic rifles? The only semi-auto rifles that need to be registered Federally are short barrel rifles (SBRs). The feds can do all kinds of fuckery to charge someone with illegal possession of an SBR.

 

[Snekposter]

I hope the guys who were found innocent can at least sue the glowniggers.

What a coincidence that there was a recent Supreme Court decision that greatly loosened the requirements to sue for malicious prosecution...

 

[mindlessobserver]

The most bizarre part of this is all the media articles are using the exact same line.

"This deals a blow to the nation's efforts to confront violent extremism".

First of all, what violent extremism? The only violent extremism I have seen in the last 10 years was an Islamic terrorist attack in Boston, Black Lives Matter, some school shootings by lone wolf incels, and a rowdy protest at the capital where the only violent death was a cop shooting a protestor.

That is a pretty low number of incidents. Not a "rise" in them, and of the bunch BLM has by far the highest body county and property damage of any "incident".

 

[TowinKarz]

I think it is less "Wrong, Try again" and more "Please talk a little more and maybe figure this out, because I really don't want this to be a bigger shit show back in my court, again, and again and again"

I don't think the Judge in this case, or in 99.999% of cases has a vested interest in a verdict, or is embarrassed by political optics, they'd just like a verdict.

Their time is precious, their dockets are full, and the last thing they want is a high-profile case taking weeks of time they could've otherwise spent settling matters and, in the end, have a mistrial.

They want the first time to be the only time they ever have to deal with any particular trial.

The Umpire doesn't want to call a rain delay until they're sure it's really effecting the game because they just want to go home at the end of the day and move on to the next game.

The most bizarre part of this is all the media articles are using the exact same line.

"This deals a blow to the nation's efforts to confront violent extremism".

The wording is deliberate, framing the ability of the government to just point-and-condemn as the natural course of action, and the governed having no option but to agree with it. After all, they're the experts, they're the elite, they're out to save you from yourself and only an evil person wouldn't help the heroes of the story.


In essence, treating convictions as not the prosecutions' job to earn, but, their privileged right to decree.

 

[Corrupted By The Internet]

Michigan has a bad reputation with local militias. If you remember the Michigan Militia was raided and has since then been consistently invaded by three letter agencies after they tried to say they supplied Timothy McVeigh with explosives, but I don't think this was ever proven.

Michigan Government Officials have been on a mission to demonize most gun owners and local militias/organizations since Trump became mainstream.

Whitmer and her AG Nessel are always looking for reasons to make it seem like there's some plot going on by gun owners.
They are always ready to jump on gun violence or "right-wing extremists" since the Covid protests at the state capital.

After all of the laws passed by the state regarding carrying weapons at the Capital Builidng and with the SOS pushing for laws prohibiting carrying weapons at polling booths (which in Michigan is usually illegal anyways because most voting is down at schools), I have said that I believe they laid out a perfect narrative for how the Biden Administration would view the Jan 6 protests.

Since this case was announced, I called it that those involved were idiot rednecks who were either coerced by Law Enforcement or were the perfect useful idiots for Whitmer to point out to the rest of the country about how dangerous White Supremist are.

 

[Super-Chevy454]

Now arrest Whitmer.

And add some tar and feathers on her.

First of all, what violent extremism? The only violent extremism I have seen in the last 10 years was an Islamic terrorist attack in Boston, Black Lives Matter, some school shootings by lone wolf incels, and a rowdy protest at the capital where the only violent death was a cop shooting a protestor.

And we could count blacks killed by other blacks but the msm don't give a lot of fuck about black-on-black crime.