Wikispooks wikispooks https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.33.2 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Wikispooks Wikispooks talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Property Property talk Form Form talk Concept Concept talk Document Document talk Wikipedia Wikipedia talk Test Test talk Widget Widget talk Campaign Campaign talk Module Module talk Gadget Gadget talk Gadget definition Gadget definition talk Michael Connell 0 30228 229552 229546 2021-11-18T16:59:46Z Robin 120 image wikitext text/x-wiki {{person |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Connell |image=Michael Connell.jpg |cavdef=http://cavdef.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Connell |birth_date=November 30, 1963 |death_date=December 19, 2008 |death_cause=Plane crash |description=A US political consultant who died in a small [[plane crash]] |victim_of=Premature death |constitutes=pilot }}''Not to be confused with [[Michael Connell (spook)]] of the CNA.'' '''Michael Connell''' was a high-level [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] consultant who was [[subpoena]]ed in a case regarding alleged [[Electoral fraud|tampering]] with the [[United States presidential election, 2004|2004 U.S. Presidential election]] and a case involving thousands of missing emails pertaining to the political firing of [[United States Attorney|U.S. Attorneys]]. Connell was killed when the plane he was flying crashed on December 19, 2008. [[Mark Gorton]] lists him on a list of "some probable murders to cover up the crimes of the Cabal".<ref>https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Document:The_Political_Dominance_of_The_Cabal#Some_probable_murders_to_cover_up_the_crimes_of_the_Cabal</ref> {{YouTubeVideo |code=tBpSejHAI5U |caption=A video by [[James Corbett]] |align=left }} ==Request for protection== In July 2008, the lead attorney in the ''[[King Lincoln Bronzeville Neighborhood Association v. Blackwell]]'' case, [[Cliff Arnebeck]], sent a letter <ref>http://www.rawstory.com/news/2008/Republican_IT_consultant_subpoenaed_in_case_0929.html</ref> to [[U.S. Attorney General]] [[Michael Mukasey]] seeking protection for Connell as a witness in the case, saying he had been threatened. Arnebeck wrote, “We have been confidentially informed by a source we believe to be credible that [[Karl Rove]] has threatened Michael Connell, a principal witness we have identified in our King Lincoln case in federal court in Columbus, Ohio, that if he does not agree to 'take the fall' for election fraud in Ohio, his wife Heather will be prosecuted for supposed lobby law violations."<ref>John Michael Spinelli http://thejournal.epluribusmedia.net/index.php/state-news/ohio-news/127-rove-threat-to-blackmail-gop-it-mastermind-triggers-immunity-request-to-ohio-ag-by-election-lawyers" July 24, 2008</ref> Arnebeck claims that months later, his source called back and warned that Connell's life was in danger.<ref>http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/point-of-impact/Content?oid=1534616</ref> ==Death== At about 6 p.m. on December 19, 2008, Connell was killed in the crash of a single-engine 1997 [[Piper Saratoga]] private airplane, which he was flying, which occurred in [[Lake Township, Stark County, Ohio|Lake Township]], between 2.5 and 3 miles short of the runway at the [[Akron-Canton Airport]] near [[Akron, Ohio]]. Connell was alone in the plane and had been returning from the [[College Park Airport]] in [[Maryland]], near [[Washington, D.C.]]. There were reported to have been no signs of mechanical problems with the plane.<ref>http://www.cantonrep.com/news/x512369135/Pilot-killed-in-crash-had-strayed-off-course</ref> The [[National Transportation Safety Board]] published its final report into the accident that killed Connell on January 28, 2010. The board blamed pilot error, concluding that Connell had lost control of the aircraft as a result of disorientation while turning in cloud. {{SMWDocs}} ==References== {{reflist}} 59t534xkyacot0sbozmt5feujmnf8n9