A jury convicted two men accused of conspiring to trigger ‘a second American revolution’ by kidnapping Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, handing the U.S. government a victory in its second attempt to prosecute the case
Aug 23 - A jury on Tuesday convicted two men accused of conspiring to trigger "a second American revolution" by kidnapping Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, handing the U.S. government a victory in its second attempt to prosecute the case.
The plot was aimed at forcing an end to the Democratic governor's mandates to stop the spread of the coronavirus in the early days of the pandemic, prosecutors contended. "They didn’t want to just kidnap her," Kessler said, referring to Whitmer. "They wanted to execute her." "Today's verdict confirms this plot was very real and very dangerous," Birge said. "The Justice Department will not tolerate violent extremist plots of this nature seeking to undermine our democracy."
In planning for the kidnapping, Fox compiled a list of tools the conspirators would need, including handcuffs and a hood to cover Whitmer’s head, the Detroit News reported the prosecution as saying during the trial. A makeshift house was built to simulate breaking in to the governor's vacation home in northern Michigan and abducting her, they alleged.
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