Informant gives key details about plot against Gov. Whitmer
By ED WHITE
Associated Press
Jurors in Michigan have heard from an Army veteran who became an FBI informant after hearing members of a militia talk about killing police. Dan Chappel says four men wanted to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer before the 2020 election. Chappel says they believed Whitmer might get extra security if Joe Biden won the election and the governor was in line to get a job in Washington. Chappel is a major witness for prosecutors in the trial of four men charged with a kidnapping conspiracy. Adam Fox, Barry Croft Jr., Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta are on trial in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Prosecutors say they turned their anger toward government into a plot to kidnap Whitmer over her COVID-19 restrictions.
