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New “domestic terrorism” charges brought against fascists who plotted to kidnap Michigan Governor Whitmer
A federal grand jury in Michigan returned on Wednesday a superseding indictment that adds charges of conspiracy to “use a weapon of mass destruction” against three defendants and firearms violations against two defendants who plotted to kidnap and execute the governor of Michigan, Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, last fall.
A right-wing protester carries his rifle at the State Capitol in Lansing, Michigan in an April 30 demonstration against Whitmer [Credit: AP Photo/Paul Sancya]
Significantly, the superseding indictment issued by the US District Court for the Western District of Michigan Southern Division and signed by Chief US District Judge Robert J. Jonker states that that the plot was an act of “domestic terrorism.” Generally speaking, a superseding indictment can be pursued by a prosecutor or a grand jury when new evidence has been found and the scope of the charge
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Share April 24, 2021, 2:03 PM The words threatening violence and Gretchen Whitmer appear near each other again in the first sentence of news coverage. The topic this time is a New Yorker s arrest after a three-month federal manhunt ended Friday in central Florida, Robert Snell reports in a Detroit News scoop: Jonathan Joshua Munafo, 34, of Albany was arrested and charged with communicating an interstate threat in the latest case alleging extremism in Michigan. The case was unsealed Friday, six months after the FBI said agents thwarted a plot to kidnap and kill Whitmer involving at least 14 people who are facing state and federal charges.
Ty Garbin is the first to be convicted in the high-profile case, and his detailed testimony of the alleged kidnapping plot could aid prosecutors in securing more convictions.