Michigan’s attorney general, Dana Nessel claimed the acquittal of three men in the trial related to Governor Whitmer’s kidnapping was due to their ‘right leaning’ politics.
Nessel claimed the trial was held in a “very right-leaning county.”
“Three of them were acquitted by a jury in Antrim County, not because we didn’t have great evidence but because essentially, it seemed to me as though the Antrim County jurors, in a very, very right-leaning county were seemingly not so concerned about the kidnapping and assassination of the governor,” Nessel said.
Matthew Schneider, who was U.S. attorney in Detroit in 2020, said Nessel’s remarks were inappropriate.
“We might disagree with jurors, but I don’t think it’s helpful to trash them and the American jury system when things don’t go our way,” Schneider told The Associated Press. “That’s especially true here where the AG’s office selected these jurors and agreed to have them serve during jury selection.”
From WILX 10 News:
William Null, twin brother Michael Null and Eric Molitor were found not guilty of providing material support for a terrorist act and a weapon charge. They were the last of 14 men to face charges in state or federal court. Nine were convicted and a total of five were cleared. In cases that went to trial, state and federal prosecutors won only five of 10 verdicts.
