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‘COVID started everything:’ Jury set in trial of 4 men accused of plotting Gov. Whitmer’s kidnapping over coronavirus orders

Four men accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at her Michigan summer home. Opening statements are set for Wednesday morning. Defendants say they were part of a militia, the Wolverine Watchmen, whose members conspired to kidnap

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Four men accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at her Michigan summer home. Opening statements are set for Wednesday morning. Defendants say they were part of a militia, the Wolverine Watchmen, whose members conspired to kidnap

Highlights

  • Four men accused of plotting to kidnap Gov.
  • Gretchen Whitmer over her response to the pandemic.
  • The defendants say that undercover FBI agents and paid informants pushed the defendants to take part in crimes.
  • The government says they were part of a militia, the Wolverine Watchmen, whose members conspired to kidnap the governor at her Northern Michigan summer home.
  • Several said they were so upset by Whitmer’s pandemic orders they could not be fair judges.
  • The judge said the focus of the trial will be the defendants’ alleged actions.