FBI agent: Whitmer kidnap plot ringleader ordered bombs from me, but asked for IOU

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(Detroit Free Press) An undercover FBI agent who went by "Red" testified in the Gov. Gretchen Whitmer kidnap trial Monday, telling jurors that his role was to make sure that the suspects wouldn't go out on their own and get explosives.

Red is the undercover agent who tricked the defendants by pretending he had access to bomb-making materials, telling the jury accused ringleader Adam Fox placed a $4,000 order with him for explosives and asked to give him an IOU because he didn't have all the money yet.

According to Red, the explosives would be used to blow up a bridge near Whitmer's vacation house to slow down law enforcement following the kidnapping. Red said he was with the group when they discussed this plan, and when Fox stopped along the side of a highway one night to inspect a bridge to see if there were suitable spots for placing explosives.

"We were to look at the bridge to survey it to see what type of explosives would be appropriate," Red testified. "He said he wanted to take the bridge out to slow police response to the kidnapping." ..................(more)

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