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Rep. Dan Bishop, RN.C., said the unprecedented FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence was the first “October “surprise,” he said. Arrested in kidnapping plot targeting Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
“The same FBI that plotted to kidnap the governor before the election raided Biden’s most likely challenger,” Bishop said Monday night in a bulletin for the Mar-a-Lago raid. “Democrats are rooting for the weaponization of law enforcement against political opponents. They don’t care about ‘democracy.’ They just crush the enemy.”
Bishop joined other Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee in calling on U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Chris Wray to urgently testify about Trump’s assault.
In a follow-up tweet on Tuesday, Bishop said he was on a jury in a retrial of two of four men indicted in federal court in connection with a kidnapping plot that targeted Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in October 2020. You mentioned that the selection of members has begun. With the lockdown restrictions of the Democratic Party.
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In April, a federal jury was unable to deliver a verdict on Adam Foxx and Barry Croft Jr., but two other co-defendants, Danielle Harris and Brandon Caserta, were acquitted of all charges. became.
Defense attorneys had accused the FBI of being entrapped by portraying marijuana-smoking weekend warrior clients rather than domestic extremists eliminated by FBI informants.
“Keep in mind that the FBI Whitmer conspiracy will start retrials for two defendants. The arrests were announced during early voting on Oct. 8, 2020. A perfect surprise for October.” “If you’re inclined to give the FBI the benefit of the doubt here, think again.”
Sharing a link to an article in The Wall Street Journal, Bishop outlined how the two men acquitted in the Whitmer kidnapping plot could be an uphill battle for prosecutors in retrials, citing the state of Michigan. I pointed out how a former federal prosecutor for the Eastern District admitted. “The big question is, did the FBI arrest these defendants too soon before they had enough evidence?”
Bishop wrote about the incident in a recent op-ed in the North State Journal. A lawmaker pointed out how he questioned Matthew Olsen, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s National Security Division, during a recent hearing hosted by the House Judiciary Committee.
“I asked Mr. Olsen about the DOJ’s disturbing trend to detect and thwart domestic terrorism plots. Two years later, the story is completely different,” said Bishop, who acquitted two of the men accused of being trapped. , and the jury noted that the other two had been hanged.
“Current evidence makes clear that federal agents hoaxed this operation, trained recruits to carry out the FBI’s plans, trained recruits, directed recruiting efforts, and continued to advance the conspiracy. “We gave our informants ample paydays. Everything was the taxpayer’s responsibility. Dime,” Bishop wrote.
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“That’s why I questioned AAG Olsen about how the DOJ conducts business,” the lawmaker said. “He declined to answer key questions such as: Why did the DOJ announce this case so close to the 2020 election? How much did it cost? deserves an answer