An FBI agent credited with helping to thwart the high-profile Whitmer kidnapping plot was arrested for a domestic incident and charged with assault.
FBI special agent Richard Trask was charged Monday with assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder following a domestic incident with his wife Sunday. The 39-year-old FBI agent was released on a $10,000 personal recognizance bond following an arraignment in 8th District Court in Kalamazoo and faces a charge punishable by up to 10 years in prison, Detroit News reported .
He has worked for the FBI since 2011 and served as the law enforcement agency’s public face in the Whitmer case, testifying in federal court about the investigation and providing context about multiple undercover recordings.
Trask’s arrest comes at a critical juncture in the criminal case against the five men charged in federal court with plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.”It’s the last thing […]
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