FBI agents on Thursday raided the home of Republican Michigan gov candidate Ryan Kelley, Crain’s Detroit’s Dave Eggert reports. The reason is unknown but Eggert adds Kelley attended the January 6th Capitol insurrection and earlier organized the armed “LIBERATE MICHIGAN” anti-COVID safety protests at the state capitol in 2020. Kelley was not one of the five candidates booted off the primary ballot over fake petition signatures. So he still could win the nomination, even under federal indictment. Being the victim of a “witch hunt” is a big selling point to MAGA voters these days.
UPDATE 6/9/2022 10:51 AM EST: News4 Detroit’s Grant Hermes adds that Kelley is the front-runner in recent polling at 19% and he’s been taken into federal custody.