charge, and that generally is 20-30 years punishment, it could be life in prison but that generally doesn t happen. the funny thing about this is this particular aggravating murder charge isn t used very often. in fact, one of the lawmakers behind this, tara simmons, herself by the way a convicted felon who madeke it into the ste legislature, she says it has only been used once. i don t necessarily think that is the case, this is not something very easily trackable, but let s say it was in fact usn just once, that literally means it is not racist, it is not being t used to target black peoplepe and this would have zeo impact whatsoever on racial equity in the criminal justice system. one time does not mean it is a problem. in fact, the argument should be we are not using it enough. will: so with the rationale, jason, that lawmakers and californians have used it to go about leaving shoplifting can for example, and small theft unpunished because they cite disparate impact on
senate majority leader, former senate majority leader harry reid, dead at the age of 82. that breaking news coming in at this very moment. moved to this now, ray epps is a name you should know. he encouraged americans to break into the capital on january 6th, and is curiously one of the only agitators who has not been arrested or thrown in jail, so where is he? brand-new photos have emerged of his whereabouts.re plus, the doj s case against the men who allegedly tried to capture mission can governor gretchen whitmer. that case is totallyly falling apart. those stories coming up and the conspiracy, the alleged conspiracy, kidnap whitmer, that s next.
dozen fbi informants involved in this case that had fbi agent richard trask, who started the s arrested for assaulting his wife in a drunken rage after a swingers party, he action had been fired by the fbi. and almost impossible feat. the other fbi agents handling the 12 or 13 informants that were involved in this plot, they also have been removed from the case. justice department just informed the court that they will not be testifying. so this case is falling apart, at the same time it is exposing a really egregious example of fbi entrapment of innocent men to concoct this plot, make really negative headlines for donald trump, and voting was underway in the 2020 election, and now the trial is scheduled for march but the government s case is in a lot of trouble. will: quickly, julie, so mane alleges entrapment, where these
american greatness and has been covering this case from the very beginning, well plugged in, and she joins us now. julie, what and how would we characterize the fbi s involvement? what are the defendants saying the fbi did? well, the defense attorneys have been building over the past few months a very convincing and detailed example of fbi entrapment. now it is important to note that whenn gretchen whitmer gave that overwrought press conference, that was october 8th or 9th of 2020. early voting was already underway in the pivotal state of michigan. this case brought all kinds of national headlines. joe biden gave a statement, accused donald trump of inciting an act of domestic terrorism. i don t know if that sounds familiar. but what is happening is this case is falling apart. we find out there are at least a