GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — An FBI agent has testified that members of anti-government paramilitary groups who plotted to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer also discussed abducting Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam. The agent said Tuesday that both governors were mentioned during a June meeting in Ohio of extremists from several states. No one has been charged with plotting against Northam. A federal judge in Grand Rapids, Michigan, ordered three Michigan defendants held without bond before trial in the alleged scheme involving Whitmer. The judge delayed a decision on two other Michigan men. Another was ordered transferred to Michigan from his home state of Delaware.
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This booking photo provided by the Delaware Department of Justice shows Barry Croft. Croft is one of several people charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, authorities said Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, in announcing charges in an alleged scheme that involved months of planning and even rehearsals to snatch Whitmer from her vacation home. (Delaware Department of Justice via AP)
Posted at 11:47 PM, Oct 12, 2020
and last updated 2020-10-13 20:16:43-04
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