Under the 'trap door' of a vacuum shop: Where Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot unfolded

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(Detroit Free Press) The Gov. Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot wasn't exactly a sophisticated operation, if the alleged ringleader's conference room was any indication.

It was a dark and cluttered basement underneath a vacuum store, photos and court records show, accessed by a trap door that was hidden by a rug.

It's also where the alleged mastermind lived with his two dogs, his only company other than the strangers he met online who shared his love of guns, and hate of government — especially Whitmer.

Adam Fox, the 37-year-old man at the center of a sensational domestic terrorism case that included death threats and bomb threats, lived in the basement of the Vac Shack on South Division Avenue in Grand Rapids. ...........(more)

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/10/whitmer-kidnap-scheme-planned-vacuum-shop-grand-rapids/5939827002/

[CanonRay]

1. Straight our of Breaking Bad

[PCIntern]

4. Or Pulp Fiction

[LakeArenal]

2. I thought them dangerous but sorta pathetic. I thought of this...

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[moondust]

3. Grand Rapids

That's where the rally was held where the sheriff of Barry County spoke on stage with a couple of the kidnap-and-coup plotters.

Grand Rapids is the infamous stronghold of the DeVos family of Amway fame that includes "private schools for rich kids and profit" promoter Betsy and her brother, Blackwater private mercenary militia founder and CEO Erik Prince.

Must be a wonderful place.

[Sneederbunk]

5. His dogs were in on it.

If only as consultants.