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Wolverine Watchmen plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was born before Trump's April tweet to 'liberate' the state, FBI special agent said
Special Agent Richard Trask testified that he was unaware if the group supported Trump's tweet, but…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Attorneys for the so-called Wolverine Watchmen group said they're just guys who like to 'play guns in the woods.' Evidence shows their plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was more serious than that.
FBI Special Agent Special Agent Richard J. Trask II testified that the men had gotten into cars on …
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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The Wolverine Watchmen plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer also included a plan to burn down the state Capitol building, officials say
According to the Michigan Attorney General's Office, the group had also considered storming the Cap…
Kelly McLaughlin
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3 men found guilty of domestic terrorism for helping concoct plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
Paul Bellar, Joseph Morrison, and Pete Musico face up to 22 years in prison and are scheduled to be…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Juror dismissed from Michigan governor kidnapping case accused of flirting with defendant
A juror was dismissed from a case involving a plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, accused of "smi…
Bethany Dawson
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Man who schemed to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer alleges fellow plotters wanted to use a grenade launcher and machine gun to fight her security at her vacation home
Kaleb Franks, who pleaded guilty in February, spoke as a witness in the trial against four other me…
Rebecca Cohen
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Prosecutors say men painstakingly planned Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's kidnapping in closing arguments for trial over plot
Defense attorneys for the accused would-be kidnappers argued that FBI informants manipulated them i…
Jacob Shamsian
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The men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan's governor also practiced storming the state Capitol
Ty Garbin, 25, agreed to plead guilty on Wednesday in the alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gret…
Kelly McLaughlin
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A Michigan sheriff defended the group of men accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
"These guys are innocent till proven guilty so I'm not even sure if they had any part of it," Barry…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Trump's baseless warnings on Antifa diverted attention away from investigations into right-wing extremists
Dozens of agents were sent to Portland leaving limited resources to work on the 1,000 domestic terr…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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2 suspects in Michigan kidnapping plot are US Marines who were recently-discharged
One of the US Marines was reportedly discharged on the same day the kidnapping charges were announc…
David Choi
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A Kansas man was arrested on suspicion of threatening to kidnap and kill the mayor of Wichita over the city's mask mandate
Mayor Brandon Whipple said he believed that the threat against his life from was credible and not j…
Connor Perrett
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Gretchen Whitmer accuses Trump of inciting 'domestic terrorism' after his supporters chanted 'lock her up' at his rally following a foiled plot to kidnap her
"It is wrong," she said. "It's got to end. It is dangerous, not just for me & my family, but for pu…
Connor Perrett
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Most protesters arrested this year aren't urban 'Antifa,' they're young suburbanites with no ties to leftist groups, AP investigation finds
The Associated Press learned that many of the protesters arrested traveled to cities from the same …
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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2 suspects in Michigan governor kidnap plot identified in pictures of heavily armed far-right agitators who invaded the state Capitol in April
The twins were pictured standing in the Capitol's gallery on April 30, carrying long guns while pro…
Sophia Ankel
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After announcing foiled plot to kidnap governor, Michigan's attorney general says the far right is trying to 'disrupt' the state ahead of the election
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel spoke with Business Insider about an alleged plot to kidnap a…
Charles Davis
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Michigan's attorney general talks Trump, far-right violence, the role of Facebook, and the alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel spoke to Business Insider about members of a paramiltitary gr…