NEWYou can now listen to TBEN News articles! The FBI has reportedly raided a home in suburban Detroit in connection with alleged threats against the
Highlights
- FBI reportedly raided home in Detroit in connection with alleged threats against judge and defense attorneys in kidnapping conspiracy trial of Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer.
- Defense attorneys portrayed their clients as talkative, marijuana-smoking weekend warriors, susceptible to manipulation by FBI agents.
- The trial centers on the central issue of whether the FBI engaged in entrapment, the prohibited practice of cajoling or inciting individuals to commit certain criminal offenses.
- Defense attorney Josh Blanchard is representing defendant Barry Croft, 46, and defense attorney Christopher Gibbons is representing Adam TBEN, 38.
- No arrests have yet resulted from the raid, which came as the federal trial in Grand Rapids for Croft and two other defendants was underway.