Feds thwart militia plot to kidnap Whitmer

[muriel_volestrangler]

96. This is the "Boogaloo Boys" stuff:

[div class="excerpt"4. ]The “Wolverine Watchmen” is a militia group who recruited members using a social
media platform, FaceBook, since November 2019. Once recruited, members
communicated via a secure, encrypted messaging platform. Members of Wolverine
Watchmen periodically met for “field training exercises” (FTXs) on private property
in remote areas where they engaged in firearms training and tactical drills to
prepare for the “boogaloo,” a term referencing a violent uprising against the
government or impending politically-motivated civil war. Joseph Morrison and
Pete Musico are founding members of the Wolverine Watchmen. Joseph Morrison is
considered Wolverine Watchmen’s “Commander” and is known by the online
moniker “Boogaloo Bunyan.”

5. The Wolverine Watchmen have called on members to identify law enforcement
officers home addresses in order to target the officers, have made threats of violence
to instigate a civil war leading to societal collapse, and have engaged in planning
and training for an operation to attack the Capitol of Michigan, and kidnap
Government officials including the Governor of Michigan.

6. Joseph Morrison and Pete Musico are individuals that reside at 8008 Dunn Rd.,
Munith, Michigan located in Jackson County where FTXs have been conducted.
Joseph Morrison and Pete Musico have hosted multiple tactical training sessions
with other members of the Wolverine Watchmen at their property. During these
trainings, specific training was provided for members to learn and practice tactical
maneuvers. The group has drawn upon their members’ individual skills for
trainings including tactical skills, medical knowledge, communications knowledge,
and weapons expertise. For instance, member Paul Bellar, who was appointed the
role of “Sergeant,” had specific expertise in medical and firearms training and
designed tactical exercises for training.

7. Wolverine Watchmen members together with another group of individuals led by
Adam Fox engaged in planning and training for various acts of violence, including
kidnapping politicians and storming the Michigan Capitol Building in Lansing.

8. Ultimately, participants of these trainings and meetings, led by Michigan resident
Adam Fox, went on to engage in a plot to kidnap the Governor of Michigan by the
November 2020 national election. In preparing for this plot, Shawn Fix, William
Null, Michael Null and Eric Molitor all aided in physical surveillance of the
Governor’s private vacation home. Several other members of this conspiracy are
being charged federally for their part in the plot to kidnap the Governor.

https://www.michigan.gov/documents/ag/Affidavit_shawn_fix_704644_7.pdf