A judge in Michigan has denied a bid by three former Wolverine Watchmen to have their charges dismissed in an alleged plot to capture Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, ruling that the presence of undercover FBI informants and agents didn’t amount to entrapment.
Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Wilson made his ruling March 1, following a two-day entrapment hearing for Joseph Morrison, Pete Musico, and Paul Bellar. The defendants—who face charges under Michigan law of providing material support to a terrorist plot—will still have their chance to convince a jury that the FBI entrapped them, with their state trial set for Sept. 12.
