Lead FBI Agent in Whitmer Kidnap Plot Is Fired After Swingers Party Incident
One of the lead FBI agents who helped foil a plot to kidnap and kill Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was fired this week, the latest twist for a team seemingly mired in impropriety.
Special Agent Richard Trask, the case’s public face who has testified in five conspirators’ cases, was fired two months after he allegedly beat his wife, The Detroit News reported Saturday.
Trask is the latest law enforcement official in the case to face scrutiny since the kidnapping plot became public last year. State and federal officials charged 14 men with far-right ties in the plot to kidnap Whitmer. One has since pleaded guilty.