Have You Wondered What Has Become of That Gretchen Whitmer Kidnap Plot? The FBI Would Rather You Forget – Here’s Why

The FBI has made a complete mess of that supposed kidnap plot, because it was their own.

With the raid on Mar-A-Lago developing into a bigger and bigger PR problem for the DOJ and the FBI, there might in fact be a benefit to it as well. It could serve as a distraction away from another mess they have created. Recently, I was a guest host for the Pete Kaliner show and at one point I covered the Senate hearing taking place with FBI director Christopher Wray. One aspect I mentioned that day was how the head of the Detroit field office involved with the Whitmer investigation was promoted to the D.C. branch and is now overseeing the January 6 investigation.

Ted Cruz was pointed in his questioning to Wray on this matter, and those questions got me going down that rabbit hole to see just what has become of the case of the Whitmer kidnapping.

Well, it has become more of a mess.

For a quick overview, 12 individuals were supposedly hatching a plot to kidnap Governor Whitmer over her handling of the COVID pandemic, a scheme the FBI supposedly foiled. Of the dozen, four members of the clan involved have gone to trial. This begins the problems for The Bureau.

After so much build-up from the DOJ and fueled by rampant media coverage things basically blew up in the face of The Bureau. Two of those members had been acquitted when it was found they were entrapped, and the other two, including the alleged ringleader Adam Fox, resulted in a hung jury. The federal government commenced the retrial of Fox and co-conspirator Barry Croft on August 9. The problems remain for the government, and what was once a highly touted case that seemed a slam dunk has become a black eye for the DOJ and the FBI.

It is more than speculation to suggest a relationship might exist between the Bureau and the Whitmer camp. Mark Totten takes over as the US Attorney in the FBI office in the area, but this has led to an entanglement. A Biden nominee, he took over shortly after the Fox ruling, and now that the government has opened this new retrial Totten has to recuse himself from the process. This is because he was formerly Gretchen Whitmer’s chief legal advisor since she took office.

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