How a post office worker became the inside man of the FBI in a terrorist plot against Governor Whitmer

JACKSON, me. – New evidence in the national terror plot to kidnap or kill Governor Gretchen Whitmer was presented in court on Wednesday.

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State prosecutors said they had evidence that Pete Musico, his son-in-law Joseph Morrison and Paul Bellar not only formed the Wolverine Watchmen group, but used social media to recruit other members who were anti-government and have called Whitmer a tyrant.

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The men thought they were secretly texting on an app called Wire. The FBI said it would express violent thoughts and threats through the app.

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An FBI informant was capturing all of their communications.

In early 2020, the FBI hadn’t even heard of the Wolverine Watchmen until one of the men started a Facebook group and the hatred towards Whitmer grew so intense, they had to alert his security team early on. of the investigation.

Much of what was revealed came from an FBI informant.

According to the FBI, a veteran who worked for the Postal Service in Flint heard a lot about the men who are charged and who went to the FBI, but that’s what he wanted to do until the FBI convinced him to risk his life and infiltrate the group.

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“Not only did they hate law enforcement, but they were talking about the steps to get addresses to target and kill them later,” FBI Special Agent Henrick Impola said.

The man wanted to get out, but the FBI asked him to stay with the Wolverine Watchmen, wear a thread, record everything, and risk his life.

Musico, Morrison and Bellar are responsible for providing material to support terrorist acts.

The FBI said the men trained on Musico’s property in Munith and set deadly traps in case the police raided there.

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Defense attorneys said it was all talk, but Ty Garbin pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against everyone in connection with the plot to kidnap or kill Whitmer.

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