Exonerated Michigan Men Sue FBI for Manufacturing Whitmer Kidnap Plot -HeadlineUSA
'The only terrorists in the courtroom were the government...'
Two brothers who were falsely accused of being involved in the 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are suing the FBI for manufacturing the case against them.
The brothers, Michael and William Null, were found not guilty in September 2023 of aiding the 2020 alleged militia plot to kidnap Whitmer. However, they say they’ve still suffered severe harm from the case—made worse by the fact that Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and many media outlets continue to attack them.
In their lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court, the Null brothers described how undercover FBI agents and informants fomented the Whitmer plot.
Take FBI informant Steve Robeson for example: “Robeson was a confidential human source from October 20, 2019, until October 27, 2020. The Bureau paid him $19,328.79. That money bought the Dublin, Ohio gathering on June 6, 2020, the Cambria, Wisconsin field training on July 10–12, 2020, and pizza, moonshine, and hotel rooms in Peebles, Ohio on July 18, 2020,” the lawsuit says.
“William Null was in Dublin because Robeson put him there. Both brothers were in Wisconsin because Robeson opened that door.”
The Null brothers also recounted the financial damage they suffered, including property damage and having their construction careers derailed.
“Doors were kicked in, drywall was removed, a car was run over by the government’s mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle, MRAP, causing $18,000.00 in damage to Plaintiff’s car,” the lawsuit says. “Their business, Null Building and Remodeling, was destroyed by the brand ‘domestic terrorist.’”
Additionally, the lawsuit cites other egregious actions by the FBI, including one agent pointing a gun at Mike Null’s 13-year-old daughter, and a police officer threatening their grandpa to “put him down like a dog.”
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