FBI Agent Involved in Whitmer Kidnap Case Arrested for Assault

A person cleans up debris from a broken window at a home FBI agents searched in Hartland Township mobile home in connection of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer,, in Heartland, Mich., on Oct. 8, 2020. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images

An FBI agent deeply involved in the arrest of men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was himself arrested this week for assault.

Richard Trask, 39, an agent with the bureau since 2011, was arraigned on July 19 for assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, according to Kalamazoo County court records.