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Far-right extremists bitterly opposed to Michigan governor’s pandemic lockdown measures planned to abduct her and force restoration of civil liberties before FBI intervened

Opening statements are set to begin Wednesday in a trial involving three of the men charged in connection with the alleged plot to kidnap Michigan ...

Investigators say the defendants were among 14 men involved in the plot to abduct Whitmer there in retaliation for her policies during the pandemic, which shut down schools and restricted

Three years after the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer came to light, prosecutors are laying their final arguments for the final defendants in the case.

In a Michigan courtroom, the trial of three men accused of aiding a plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer took a startling turn as the prosecutor portrayed them as anarchists who saw themselves as "the new founding fathers" and were prepared for violence. William Rollstin of the state attorney general's office, in his opening statement,…

Three men accused of aiding a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer were anarchists who considered themselves "the new founding fathers" and were preparing for bloodshed, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday.

Investigators described them as members of paramilitary groups angered by Whitmer's COVID-19 policies, which shut down schools and restricted the economy.

BELLAIRE, Mich. — Three men accused of aiding a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer were anarchists who considered themselves “the new founding fathers” and were preparing for bloodshed, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday. “They didn’t like the U.S. government. They didn’t like the state government. They all desired

The defendants were among 14 men arrested weeks before the November 2020 election. Nine have been convicted in state or federal court.

Prosecutor says 3 men accused in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer wanted to start a civil war | 2023-08-24 04:09:51