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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ed White

Judge wants to know why men tied to Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot were moved to federal prisons

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A judge wants to know why two men convicted of secondary roles in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have been transferred to federal prisons out of state.

Paul Bellar and Joe Morrison are entitled to appeal their convictions following a trial on state charges in Jackson County in 2022. But their lawyers said it’s extremely hard to work with them hundreds of miles away.

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