Aside from talks with his family and his lawyers, Hamid Hayat has never shared his full story a series of events that stretch from small-town Northern California to Pakistan to a secretive prison unit known as Little Gitmo
Were Gov. Gretchen Whitmer s would-be kidnappers victims of FBI entrapment? How feds had at least TWELVE informants in Michigan militia gang who ENCOURAGED bizarre failed plot
The October arrest of 14 people involved in a Michigan plot is raising questions about the FBI s use of informers and the limits of their power
At least 12 informants were involved in the Michigan scheme, devised by a group calling itself the Wolverine Watchmen to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer
One of the 14 has pleaded guilty; the others will go on trial in October, and several of their lawyers are planning on arguing entrapment
At least one of the FBI informants paid for their planning meetings and was encouraged to recruit others to the plot
Federal trials, appearances in Capital Region postponed by coronavirus
U.S. District Court in Albany and courts in 32-county Northern District impacted
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