American Greatness By Julie Kelly
Following a stunning defeat in federal court earlier this month, one of the lead prosecutors handling the trial of four men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 has withdrawn from the case.
Andrew Birge, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, announced in a filing yesterday that Jonathan Roth “withdraws his appearance as an attorney for the United States,” Roth and assistant U.S. Attorney Nils Kessler represented the government during the three-week trial, which resulted in the acquittal of two men and a mistrial for two others.
Defense attorneys argued the FBI entrapped their clients through the use of at least a dozen FBI informants and undercover agents working out of multiple FBI field offices. The government’s case largely relied on secret recordings captured by FBI assets over a six-month period and involved a separate plot to “kidnap” and kill Virginia Governor Ralph Northam.
