{"id":1427393,"date":"2022-04-10T07:45:32","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T11:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1427393"},"modified":"2022-04-10T09:40:44","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T13:40:44","slug":"head-of-fbi-detroit-during-the-fake-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-was-transferred-to-dc-field-office-before-jan-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/head-of-fbi-detroit-during-the-fake-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-was-transferred-to-dc-field-office-before-jan-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of FBI Detroit During the Fake Whitmer Kidnapping Plot Was Transferred to DC Field Office Before Jan 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhead-of-fbi-detroit-during-the-fake-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-was-transferred-to-dc-field-office-before-jan-6%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1427393&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"header\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"label\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">News Analysis<\/span> <span class=\"published\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">Apr 9, 2022 3:58 PM<br \/>\nEST<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt mb-4\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">D&#8217;Antuono was promoted to head the Washington Field Office in October 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"content\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"reader-container\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<section class=\"cover\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"author\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"show-sm\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"story-body\" class=\"article\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"article-content\" data-v-f313b7e6=\"\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"html-content\" data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<article class=\"html\" data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">Steven D&#8217;Antuono, the head of the FBI field office in Detroit during the time of the so-called Whitmer kidnapping plot, was promoted in October 2020 to lead the DC field office, a coveted post in the bureau, just before the <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/fbi-had-informant-inside-the-capitol-during-jan-6-riot-report\">Jan. 6 riot<\/a> took place.<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">According to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deadlinedetroit.com\/articles\/26405\/detroit_s_top_fbi_agent_promoted_to_head_of_d_c_field_office\">Deadline Detroit<\/a><\/em>, FBI Director Christopher Wray made the announcement several days after D&#8217;Antuono&#8217;s agents and state police &#8220;busted up a plot&#8221; to abduct Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. D&#8217;Antuono then took on the official title of assistant director in charge, <em>Deadline Detroit<\/em> reported.<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">&#8220;The top D.C. FBI Field Office is one of the biggest in the bureau&#8217;s network,&#8221; <em>Deadline Detroit<\/em> described, adding: &#8220;It \u00a0gets involved in public corruption cases on Capitol Hill, as well as investigating counterterrorism locally and overseas.&#8221;<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">D&#8217;Anutono has been working for the FBI since 1996, when he started out in forensics, before being named a special agent two years later.<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">There were repeated allegations in the following months that the FBI was <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/fbi-allegedly-involved-in-every-level-of-planning-plot-to-kidnap-whitmer-report\">involved in the kidnapping plot itself<\/a>. Later on, two of the defendants in the high-profile Whitmer &#8220;attempted kidnapping&#8221; case were <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/suspects-in-attempted-kidnapping-of-michigans-governor-gretchen-whitmer-found-not-guilty\">found not guilty Friday<\/a> on all charges after the defense alleged that the FBI <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/fbi-entrapped-alleged-whitmer-kidnapping-plotters-defense\">&#8220;entrapped&#8221; the suspects<\/a> in the plot.<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">Many have <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/dinesh-dsouza-interviews-julie-kelly\">pointed out the striking FBI parallels<\/a> between the Capitol riot that took place on Jan. 6, 2021, and the Whitmer would-be kidnapping case. Even a <em>New York Times<\/em> reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/nyt-reporter-ton-of-fbi-informants-at-capitol-on-jan-6\">admitted on footage<\/a> captured by undercover Project Veritas staffers that there were &#8220;a ton of FBI informants&#8221; among the Jan. 6 rioters.<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"revcontent-slot\" data-v-4da339e1=\"\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/div>\n<section class=\"contributions-container\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"partial contributions-epic\" data-v-37b8bc14=\"\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"inner\" data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">\n<div class=\"words\" data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">\n<p data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"comments-area\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"ntvoboap\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Analysis Apr 9, 2022 3:58 PM EST D&#8217;Antuono was promoted to head the Washington Field Office in October 2020.   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