They say agent Jayson Chambers business, Exeintel, created a potential “conflict of interest” in the investigation of their clients, who are accused of plotting to kidnap the state’s governor.
, attorneys for all five federal defendants facing trial claim that Exeintel is relevant because it represents an “apparent conflict of interest” and they should be permitted to explore the topic at trial., which the defense lawyers said proves he “was attempting to leverage his success in criminal investigations performed for the FBI for his personal profit.
Federal prosecutors have denied those allegations, claiming the men were predisposed to commit the crimes. The Michigan Attorney General has similarly defended its case against eight additional men who were charged with providing material support to terrorism. A spokesperson for the FBI referred a request to comment to the Justice Department. A spokesperson for the US Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but has previously declined to discuss the kidnapping case. Jayson Chambers did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
One agent, Richard Trask, who was held out as the public face of the case, was fired after being charged with beating his wife in July. A second agent, Henrik Impola, has been accused of perjury in a different case and in a filing Friday defense attorneys asked the court’s permission to question him on the stand about that allegation, which prosecutors have termed “unfounded.”
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