At least one of the FBI’s informants in the conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer violated federal law by selling a gun to a convicted felon, according to testimony from an FBI agent on Aug. 12.
Steve Robeson, one of the informants, bought a gun while he was working as an informant, agent Christopher Long testified during the trial of two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Whitmer, WXMI-TV reported.
Federal law prohibits convicted felons from possessing or owning guns.
Robeson is a convicted felon.
Robeson purchased the Taurus 9 mm pistol from Jenny Plunk, another informant, Long testified.
It is illegal under federal law to knowingly sell or give a gun or ammunition to a felon or anybody else who cannot legally own or possess a firearm….