Nadene Goldfoot
The president of the Isaac Agree Downtown synagogue, Samantha Woll in Detroit, Michigan was found stabbed to death of multiple stab wounds outside her home Saturday morning, police and the synagogue said. This comes at a time of high alert for synagogues during anti-Semitic violence throughout the world in light of the Hamas attack on Israel and Israel preparing to enter Gaza very soon. Woll had a long career in local politics and worked with several elected officials over the years, according to her LinkedIn page. She recently served as the political director for Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's re-election campaign.
Samantha or Sam, 40 years old b: 1983, was educated at U. of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and worked for previously for Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) (Feb. 2019-Jan. 2021) Deputy district Director. "She recently served as the political director for Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's re-election campaign."
Dana Nessel, civil right attorney, criminal prosecutor, at present Attorney General of Michigan on left. The move by Michigan attorney general Dana Nessel indicates they will broaden their inquiry into Donald Trump's fake electors. A graduate of the University of Michigan and Wayne State University Law School, Attorney General Nessel lives in southeast Michigan with her wife, Alanna Maguire, and her twin sons, Alex and Zach.
"Joe Biden won Michigan, but Trump and his supporters wrongly claimed the
election was rigged. As part of the push to undermine Biden's victory, Trump backers
allegedly schemed to replace Michigan's electoral-college representatives with
Republicans. They gathered in the basement of the then-Michigan Republican Party
headquarters on December 14, 2020, and signed a certificate, claiming to cast the
state's 16 electoral votes for Trump.
In the documents, they claimed to be "the duly and qualified electors" convening in
Michigan's Capitol to cast votes as required by Congress. After walking to the
Capitol, Michigan State Police turned them away at the door, as the true electors had
already been there and signed the correct certificate. The fake certificates were
ignored, but the attempt has been subject to investigations, including by the U.S.
House committee that investigated the January 6, 2021 riots in the U.S. Capitol.
James Renner, one of the fake electors, is arraigned via Zoom in Ingham County District Court
on August 10, 2023 in Lansing, Michigan. He has now agreed to cooperate with a criminal case being taken
against alleged false electors in the 2020 presidential election. With Renner's cooperation
agreement, charges remain pending against 15 of the 16 false electors.
Among them are Shelby Township Clerk Stan Grot and former
Michigan Republican Party Co-Chairwoman Meshawn Maddock, who, in July,
pleaded not guilty to eight felony charges.
A former criminal prosecutor and civil rights attorney, Dana Nessel was sworn in as Michigan’s 54th Attorney General on January 1, 2019.
Her core initiatives are based on her promise to Michigan’s residents — to give the Department of Attorney General back to the people that it serves. She said of Samantha, "“I am shocked, saddened and horrified to learn of Sam’s brutal murder,” Nessel said in a statement. “Sam was as kind a person as I’ve ever known. She was driven by her sincere love of her community, state and country. Sam truly used her faith and activism to create a better place for everyone.”
The Detroit area, once known only for being a center of car manufacturing, is home to a large Arab population, and a large rally in support of Hamas was held in nearby Dearborn on Oct. 12.
Rashida Harbi Tlaib, member of the Squad originally a group of 4 that has grown to about 9 on the left wing of the Democratic Party, of anti-Israel thinking, a politician and lawyer serving as the US representative for Michigan's 12 congressional district. Against Israel, she is also against Trump.
Why was Samantha killed? Who put out the "hit man?" Police are searching for a motive, of which I see a few already.
Update: 
Slotkin, Samantha's former boss, the Deputy district Director, was recruited into the Central Intelligence Agency after graduate school. Fluent in Arabic and Swahili, she served three tours in Iraq as a CIA analyst. She also happens to be Jewish. During the George W. Bush administration, she worked on the Iraq portfolio for the National Security Council. During Barack Obama's presidency, she worked for the State Department and the Department of Defense. Slotkin was acting assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs from 2015 to 2017.
After leaving the Defense Department in January 2017, Slotkin moved back to her family's farm in Holly, where she owned and operated Pinpoint Consulting.
James Renner, a Michigan Republican accused of participating in a fake elector plot, had all criminal charges dropped Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, after the state Attorney General’s office said a cooperation deal was reached. Michigan was one of seven states where supporters of then-President Donald Trump signed certificates that falsely stated he won their states. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP, File)
Update: 3:00pm : The dropped charges come after Nessel, a Democrat, told a liberal group during a virtual event that the false electors had been “brainwashed” and believed Trump won in Michigan. A motion to dismiss charges against two defendants was thrown out by an Ingham County District Court judge earlier this month.
Michigan is one of seven battleground states where supporters of Trump signed certificates that falsely stated he won their states — not Biden. The fake certificates were ignored, but the attempt has been subject to investigations, including by the U.S. House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Former Trump attorney Sidney Powell pleaded guilty to reduced charges Thursday over efforts to overturn Trump’s loss in the 2020 election in Georgia. Powell was charged alongside Trump and 17 others with violating the state’s anti-racketeering law.
Trump Announced Sidney Powell Joined His Legal Team In 2020, Now Claims She Was ‘Never’ His Lawyer. After Sidney Powell pled guilty this week to election interference, Trump claimed she was never on his legal team. That's not what he said in 2020. On October 19, 2023, Powell pleaded guilty to six misdemeanor counts related to her role in Trump's attempts to overturn the election and her own role in breaching electoral equipment security in Coffee County, Georgia. She agreed to a sentence of six years' probation, a $6,000 fine and $2,700 in restitution, and to write a letter of apology to the people of Georgia. She will also testify in other cases.
Update: 11/1/23
“We are working through what we have identified as some persons of interest ... but we are very early in the investigation,” he said. “We have a number of people who give us interest, we are just short of calling one of the people a suspect.”
Woll once worked as a former aide to Democratic Rep Elissa Slotkin and campaign staffer for Attorney General Dana Nessel.
Police report no evidence of hate crime in death of Detroit synagogue leader
FOX News' Garrett Tenney provides details on the case as police are investigating the stabbing death of synagogue president Samantha Woll."As part of my continuing commitment to transparency in this matter, I am sharing with the community that a suspect has been taken into custody for the murder of Samantha Woll," Police Chief James E. White wrote on X.
Update 11/13/23: The suspect has been released without charges; ABC news and Fox 2 news. According to a source, the arrest was made in the Kalamazoo area.. "At this time, the details of the investigation must remain confidential including the name of the suspect. Investigators are at a critical juncture in this case and are working tirelessly toward bringing this matter to closure," the Detroit Police Department said Thursday in their update on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Resource:
https://apnews.com/article/fake-elector-michigan-trump-fdfe984cfbefb4bc374ca844b80ed825
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-dana-nessel-michigan-election-1836434
https://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/321122/Samantha_H_Woll.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashida_Tlaib
https://www.michigan.gov/ag/team-listing-page/attorney-general-dana-nessel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elissa_Slotkin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette_Park,_Detroit and
https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/suspect-in-samantha-woll-murder-released-without-being-charged-sources-says
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