{"id":1509361,"date":"2022-06-09T12:20:47","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T16:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1509361"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:20:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T16:20:55","slug":"biden-promised-to-throw-his-opponents-in-jail-the-fbi-arrested-a-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-the-next-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-promised-to-throw-his-opponents-in-jail-the-fbi-arrested-a-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-the-next-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Promised To Throw His Opponents In Jail. The FBI Arrested A GOP Gubernatorial Candidate The Next Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Fbiden-promised-to-throw-his-opponents-in-jail-the-fbi-arrested-a-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-the-next-morning%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=1509361&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Joe-Biden-on-Jimmy-Kimmel.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>In his first network interview in 118 days, President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/joe-biden-jimmy-kimmel-republican-rule-breakers-jail-1714136\">pledged<\/a> on \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d Wednesday night to jail political opponents connected in any way to the events on Jan. 6, 2021. The next morning, Biden\u2019s FBI arrested lead Michigan GOP gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley, who was at the Capitol on the day Democrats have christened as a somber national holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Kelley was arrested Thursday morning on \u201cunspecified\u201d charges, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2022\/06\/09\/ryan-kelley-michigan-republican-gop-governor-candidate-arrested\/7566967001\/?gnt-cfr=1\">according<\/a> to The Detroit News, after federal law enforcement raided his home near Grand Rapids. <\/p>\n<p>The conspicuous timing of the arrest, just hours before the Select Committee on Jan. 6 launches its prime-time summer <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/09\/5-questions-that-must-answered-before-the-j6-committee-begins-its-theatrical-production\/\">show trials<\/a>, raises questions about to what extent the FBI is colluding with Congress as lawmakers conduct a political witch hunt in the lower chamber. The FBI already <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/10\/27\/exclusive-biden-fbi-joins-pelosi-in-blocking-gop-from-investigating-january-6\/\">blocked<\/a> Republican requests for the same material that was presented to Democrats on the committee, and last week, former Trump Trade Adviser Peter Navarro was arrested by agents days before Thursday\u2019s hearing. He was the first to be <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/03\/trump-trade-adviser-peter-navarro-indicted-on-contempt-of-congress-charges-from-jan-6-witch-hunt-probe\/\">indicted<\/a> on charges related to the panel\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<p>Kelley, a prominent real estate agent, led the crowded GOP gubernatorial primary in Michigan, with 19 percent in the latest major <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deadlinedetroit.com\/articles\/30619\/poll_after_purge_of_candidates_ryan_kelley_who_was_at_jan_6_capitol_riot_leads_gop_race_for_governor\">poll<\/a> conducted May 26-27 by the Target Insyght and Michigan Information and Research Service.<\/p>\n<p>The opportune timing of his arrest is reminiscent of the fall of 2020, when one month before the presidential election, FBI agents uncovered a supposed kidnapping plot aimed at incumbent Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, to generate anti-Trump headlines of extremism. In April, a jury <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/04\/08\/jury-refuses-to-convict-men-entrapped-by-fbi-in-whitmer-kidnapping-plot\/\">refused to convict<\/a> four men trapped in the conspiracy as evidence mounted that the FBI spearheaded the operation as a means of entrapment. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than a dozen FBI undercover agents and informants were involved in the kidnapping caper,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/amgreatness.com\/2022\/04\/01\/more-scandals-envelop-the-scandalous-fbi\/\">reported<\/a> Julie Kelly, a senior writer at American Greatness, in documenting FBI misconduct. <\/p>\n<p>In September, The New York Times published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/09\/25\/us\/politics\/capitol-riot-fbi-informant.html\">report<\/a> confirming the presence of an FBI informant at the Capitol on Jan. 6. Newsweek then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/exclusive-secret-commandos-shoot-kill-authority-were-capitol-1661330\">revealed<\/a> in January that the Department of Justice deployed \u201cnational\u201d forces from the FBI at Quantico to the Capitol building with \u201cshoot-to-kill authority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jill Sanborn, the executive assistant director for the FBI\u2019s National Security Branch, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/11\/fbi-refuses-to-say-how-many-informants-were-involved-in-jan-6-violence\/\">refused<\/a> to answer senators\u2019 questions about the scope of agency involvement at the Capitol during a January hearing on domestic terrorism.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his first network interview in 118 days, President Joe Biden pledged on \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d Wednesday night to jail political opponents connected in any way to the events on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1509361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1509361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1509361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1509361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1509361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}