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A Michigan jury found two men accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer not guilty Friday and failed to reach a verdict against two others. Federal prosecutors allege they planned to take Whitmer in the hopes it would disrupt the 2020 presidential race and maybe even spark a civil war. Mark Chutkow, former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, joins John Yang to discuss.

Alexandria, virginia, outside of washington? >> that seems so preposterous to me, as judge ellis pointed out. this is where zacarias moussaoui was tried. they have had all sorts of terrorist trials there. all sorts of very high-profile, very serious cases where people are looking at, you know, very lengthy -- his safety is not an issue as far as i can tell. >> rebecca berg, let's turn to developments in the confirmation fight for the president's nominee for the supreme court, brett kavanaugh. the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein, is now asking prosecutors all over the country to help re...

The attorneys don't plan on taking a summer vacation i want to get this case done with and fast. the attorneys say they are ready to go. amazingly, unlike most of these terrorist trials the judge saying everything is here we need to get going, we can get this done. wolf? >> he's not going to get out on bail any time soon, right? >> reporter: there is no bail for this individual. the only thing he said in court today was his name, his lawyer spoke for him on his behalf even putting in his plea on his behalf. this is a guy who won't be going anywhere. it's the first time we have seen him since h...

Problem i've seen, i think that the judge and the u.s. district court, eastern district of virginia held one of these terrorist trials and did a very good job with the defendant who at one point wanted to represent himself. so, i mean, it can be done and there are ways to deal with national security with that kind of information, that can be done, but the big problem here was that once you mirandize him you lose the ability to question him and perhaps he would have exposed things about other terrorists networks or potential plans against the united states. that to me seems to be where the rubb...

Problem i've seen, i think that the judge and the u.s. district court, eastern district of virginia held one of these terrorist trials and did a very good job with the defendant who at one point wanted to represent himself. so, i mean, it can be done and there are ways to deal with national security with that kind of information, that can be done, but the big problem here was that once you mirandize him you lose the ability to question him and perhaps he would have exposed things about other terrorists networks or potential plans against the united states. that to me seems to be where the rubb...