{"id":1509963,"date":"2022-06-09T18:06:09","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T22:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1509963"},"modified":"2022-06-09T18:06:25","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T22:06:25","slug":"more-chaos-hits-the-michigan-gop-primary-race-after-candidate-arrested-by-fbi-heres-whats-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-chaos-hits-the-michigan-gop-primary-race-after-candidate-arrested-by-fbi-heres-whats-happening\/","title":{"rendered":"More Chaos Hits The Michigan GOP Primary Race After Candidate Arrested By FBI: Here\u2019s What\u2019s Happening"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fmore-chaos-hits-the-michigan-gop-primary-race-after-candidate-arrested-by-fbi-heres-whats-happening%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=1509963&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--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/michigan\">Michigan<\/a> Republican gubernatorial primary was thrown into more chaos Thursday morning when candidate Ryan Kelley was taken into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/fbi\">FBI<\/a> custody as his home was raided by federal agents.<\/p>\n<p>On the same day the Democrat-led Select Committee on January 6 is set to conduct <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/key-republicans-prepare-to-launch-counter-attack-to-jan-6-committees-partisan-witch-hunt\">hearings<\/a>, Kelley was arrested and charged with misdemeanors connected to his presence at the January 6 Capitol riot in Washington, D.C. Video evidence allegedly shows the GOP candidate encouraging protesters as they entered the Capitol building, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/michigan-government\/fbi-arrests-ryan-kelley-michigan-gop-governor-candidate-over-capitol-riots\">according<\/a> to Bridge News.<\/p>\n<p>The fed\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/577693877\/Statement-of-Facts-against-Ryan-Kelley#download&#038;from_embed\">Statement of Facts<\/a>\u201d against Kelley claims, \u201c[T]here is also probable cause to believe that KELLEY violated 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 1361, which makes it a crime to willfully injure or commit any depredation against any property of the United States, or of any department or agency thereof, or any property which has been or is being manufactured or constructed for the United States, or any department or agency thereof, or attempt to commit any of the foregoing offenses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The FBI raid on Kelley\u2019s home follows weeks of shakeups to the Michigan primary race. Just last week, the Michigan Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/michigan-supreme-court-ends-gop-candidates-ballot-hopes\">ended<\/a> the hopes of three other GOP gubernatorial candidates after the Michigan Bureau of Elections found their ballot petitions contained forged signatures.<\/p>\n<p>In late May, the Michigan Bureau of Elections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/michigan-moves-to-toss-gop-candidates-james-craig-perry-johnson-from-race-to-oust-whitmer\">recommended<\/a> disqualifying two of the top Republican candidates from the ballot.\u00a0The recommendation followed a review of the ballot petitions submitted by a number of GOP candidates that found that former Detroit Police Chief James Craig and businessman Perry Johnson had fraudulent signatures on their petitions. Because of the fraud, the candidates fell short of the required 15,000 signatures to appear on the August ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Just days later, the Michigan Board of State Canvassers came to split decisions on five separate fraud cases, meaning that Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidates, including Craig and Johnson, are ineligible to appear on the ballot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Michigan Supreme Court then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/michigan-supreme-court-ends-gop-candidates-ballot-hopes\">denied<\/a> appeals from Craig and Johnson to review the Bureau of Elections\u2019 conclusions, meaning only five GOP candidates will appear on the primary ballot. But after Thursday\u2019s news surrounding Kelley, even that number could come into question.<\/p>\n<p>While Kelley\u2019s future in the GOP race remains unknown, a primary ballot without him would leave just four Republican candidates, down from the ten candidates who initially filed for election.<\/p>\n<p>Kelley\u2019s GOP challengers released statements on his arrest, saying they were praying for his family, and one opponent called out the FBI for \u201cintimidating Republicans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe extend our prayers to the Kelley family,\u201d candidate Garrett Soldano tweeted Thursday. \u201cIt\u2019s a sad day in America when the FBI has become an arm of the Democrat Party. Biden\u2019s FBI is busy targeting parents and intimidating Republicans while crime runs rampant across America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We extend our prayers to the Kelley family. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a sad day in America when the FBI has become an arm of the Democrat Party. Biden\u2019s FBI is busy targeting parents and intimidating Republicans while crime runs rampant across America. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PxddJeBiiI\">pic.twitter.com\/PxddJeBiiI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Garrett Soldano For Governor (@GarrettForMI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GarrettForMI\/status\/1534936294287089667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another Republican candidate for governor, businessman Kevin Rinke, told The Daily Wire that he respects Kelley, and he\u2019s praying for him and his family as he waits for more information to come out from the FBI\u2019s raid.<\/p>\n<p>Rinke also tweeted about the raid and arrest, linking an article about President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-on-jimmy-kimmel-live-blaming-republicans-praising-himself-and-rambling-incoherently\">joking<\/a> on Jimmy Kimmel Wednesday night that his Republican opponents should be sent to jail for \u201cnot playing it square.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI respect Ryan Kelley and have met him out on the trail,\u201d Rinke said. \u201cMy hope is that the FBI is acting appropriately, because the timing here raises serious questions. Praying for him and his family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I respect Ryan Kelley and have met him out on the trail.\u00a0My hope is that the FBI is acting appropriately, because the timing here raises serious questions. Praying for him and his family. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h8vER5T2R1\">https:\/\/t.co\/h8vER5T2R1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Rinke (@KevinRinke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinRinke\/status\/1534924660135051265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for Kelley\u2019s challenger Tudor Dixon told The Daily Wire that Dixon does not have a comment on Kelley\u2019s arrest. Another one of Kelley\u2019s Republican opponents, Pastor Ralph Rebandt, had not released any statement on Kelley at the time of publication.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan voters have until August 2 to determine who they will back for the Republican nomination in what has become an unpredictable race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Michigan Republican gubernatorial primary was thrown into more chaos Thursday morning when candidate Ryan Kelley was taken into FBI custody as his home was raided by federal agents. On the same day the Democrat-led Select Committee on January 6 is set to conduct hearings, Kelley was arrested and charged with misdemeanors connected to his &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":1509999,"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-1509963","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\/1509963","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\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1509963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1509999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1509963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1509963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1509963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}