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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Naughtie

Gretchen Whitmer was to be tied up and posed for photos in kidnap plot, trial hears

AP

Four self-proclaimed militiamen who allegedly planned to kidnap Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer had plans to tie her up and pose for photos with her, a court has heard.

The plotters, who were arrested in autumn 2020 after an FBI operation, are accused of making an elaborate plan to abduct the governor and put her on “trial” for treason based on their grievances against her Covid-19 policies. As the trial unfolds, the details of what they allegedly imagined doing are becoming clearer.

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