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Right-Wing Extremists Face New WMD Charge in Plot to Kidnap Michigan Governor

HeadlineApr 30, 2021

Three men who are accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan’s Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer are facing a new charge of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction. Federal prosecutors allege the men, who are part of a far-right anti-government group, had plotted to blow up a bridge near Whitmer’s vacation home.

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