Lynette Sharp
Cooperating witness in the Prairieland case who pleaded guilty to material support to terrorists
Lynette Sharp (Cooperating witness in the Prairieland case who pleaded guilty to material support to terrorists) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Prairieland Detention Center shooting, Antifa, Plea bargaining.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
Prairieland Detention Center shooting
Lynette Sharp maintained the event was a noise demonstration by friends, not a terrorist act.
“We weren't a terrorist group. It was really just a protest. It was a noise demonstration”
This American Life: 891: The Test Case (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 53:29
Lynette Sharp acknowledged that hiding Song was dangerous and wrong.
“of course, at that point, we knew we were doing something very, very dangerous and very wrong”
This American Life: 891: The Test Case (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 50:05
Lynette Sharp said Ben Song likely contacted her because he knew she felt unanchored and would help him.
“I think because he knew that I would be there for him, that I felt kind of unanchored in my own life”
This American Life: 891: The Test Case (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 49:34
Antifa
Lynette Sharp told prosecutors she is anti-fascist but that no group called Antifa exists.
“I am anti-fascist. I said, there's no group called Antifa. I said, but I am anti-fascist”
This American Life: 891: The Test Case (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 52:30
Plea bargaining
Lynette Sharp described agonizing over cooperating, fearing being seen as a snitch while her family begged her to plead.
“I can't talk. I can't plead. I can't like that. I'd be a snitch. I'd be a traitor. My family was begging me to do it”
This American Life: 891: The Test Case (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 51:48
Emma Goldman Book Club
Lynette Sharp described the activist community as people who cared about others and volunteered their time.
“it felt amazing to know that there were other people that actually cared about something other than themselves”
This American Life: 891: The Test Case (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 43:44
Appearances
891: The Test CaseThis American Life · Jul 13, 2026 · 1 h 11 min
Zoe Chace reports on the federal trial over the July 4 Prairieland Detention Center shooting, where the government tried to prove an Antifa terror cell existed.
Often appears with
- Ira Glass · 1 shared episode
- Zoe Chace · 1 shared episode
- Brian Bouffard · 1 shared episode
- Patrick McLean · 1 shared episode
- Anne Speckhard · 1 shared episode
- Ed Kent · 1 shared episode