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The FBI later said the plot was hatched before that tweet was posted.
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Detroit Free Press
https://eu.freep.com/story/news/nation/2020/10/08/militia-members-charged-plot-against-michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer/5923650002/ -
"FBI thwarts militia plot to kidnap Michigan governor"
https://www.wsoctv.com/news/trending/fbi-thwarts-militia-plot-kidnap-michigan-governor/O7K7A7CZ55GJTC6TQM5DWQNL4U/ -
The Detroit News
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/08/feds-thwart-militia-plot-kidnap-michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer/5922301002/ -
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/08/us/gretchen-whitmer-michigan-militia.html -
Terrorism and Political Violence
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09546553.2022.2143352 -
Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-stochastic-terrorism-uses-disgust-to-incite-violence/ -
Perspectives on Terrorism
https://www.jstor.org/stable/27073433 -
BuzzFeed News
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jessicagarrison/fbi-informants-in-michigan-kidnap-plot -
"Officials charge 14th person linked to domestic terror plot targeting Michigan Gov. Whitmer"
https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/10/15/officials-charge-14th-person-linked-to-domestic-terror-plot-targeting-michigan-gov-whitmer/ -
The Daily Beast
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ty-garbin-michigan-militiaman-who-planned-to-kidnap-gretchen-whitmer-pleads-guilty-and-turns-on-his-pals -
NPR
https://www.npr.org/2022/04/08/1091748401/whitmer-kidnapping-verdicts-michigan-governor -
www.justice.gov
https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmi/pr/2022_1006_franks -
AP News
https://apnews.com/article/elections-presidential-michigan-gretchen-whitmer-grand-rapids-9ad8f100d32e7d5883b1be9d6c4cb8d5 -
AP News
https://apnews.com/article/michigan-gretchen-whitmer-jackson-adam-fox-kidnap-plot-trial-0a5a930cf86e74f8a1365040b783de0d -
NBC News
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/three-men-involved-plot-kidnap-michigan-governor-sentenced-prison-rcna61914 -
Interlochen Public Radio
https://www.interlochenpublicradio.org/ipr-news/2023-12-07/last-two-sentenced-in-plot-to-kidnap-michigans-governor -
"Lawyers: FBI lured men for Michigan Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot"
https://apnews.com/article/whitmer-kidnap-plot-trial-a7dd7bc1a4e5917c3e2c78f599ebc17f -
"13 charged in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/08/politics/fbi-plot-michigan-governor-gretchen-whitmer/index.html -
"Whitmer says Trump 'complicit' after feds reveal thwarted plot to kidnap her"
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/whitmer-says-trump-complicit-after-feds-reveal-thwarted-plot-kidnap-n1242641 -
"The Militia Movement"
https://www.adl.org/education/resources/backgrounders/militia-movement -
"Mysterious Wolverine Watchmen militia group 'flew under radar'"
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/08/mysterious-wolverine-watchmen-militia-group-flew-under-radar/5927896002/ -
The Telegraph
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/10/08/wolverine-watchmen-militia-behind-michigan-kidnap-plot/ -
"Wolverine Watchmen: A look at the group accused of plotting to kidnap Whitmer"
https://web.archive.org/web/20211110011543/https://www.abc12.com/2020/10/08/wolverine-watchmen-a-look-at-the-group-accused-of-plotting-to-kidnap-whitmer/ -
"Michigan militia groups try to distance themselves from alleged terrorist plot"
https://www.michiganradio.org/post/michigan-militia-groups-try-distance-themselves-alleged-terrorist-plot -
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/08/michigan-governor-gretchen-whitmer-kidnap-plot -
"Sixteen 'Boogaloo' Followers Have Been Busted in 7 Days"
https://www.thedailybeast.com/with-the-gov-gretchen-whitmer-busts-16-boogaloo-followers-have-been-busted-in-7-days -
"The Boiling Resentment Behind The Foiled Plan To Kidnap Gov. Whitmer"
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/10/922610152/the-boiling-resentment-behind-the-foiled-plan-to-kidnap-gov-whitmer -
BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54470427 -
"5 men in Michigan governor kidnapping plot to face hearings"
https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-kidnapping-michigan-gretchen-whitmer-arrests-b0d90b827be272781239f8e841d635dd -
The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-gretchen-whitmer-kidnap-plot-militia-michigan-governor-fox-news-b905560.html -
"Gov. Whitmer kidnapping planned before Trump's 'Liberate Michigan' tweet, FBI says"
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/16/trump-liberate-michigan-whitmer-kidnap-case/3677187001/ -
The New York Times
https://web.archive.org/web/20210316220436/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/us/militias-republicans-michigan.html -
AP News
https://apnews.com/article/health-us-news-ap-top-news-lansing-virus-outbreak-a2aea0faacadbd3b9f5c9238d7bc6e72 -
The Detroit News
https://web.archive.org/web/20200501133345/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/04/30/protesters-gathering-outside-capitol-amid-covid-19-restrictions/3054911001/ -
"Midwest Institute of Health, PLLC v. Governor Syllabus"
https://web.archive.org/web/20210120172957/https://courts.michigan.gov/Courts/MichiganSupremeCourt/Clerks/Recent%20Opinions/20-21%20Term%20Opinions/In%20re%20Certified%20Questions-OP.pdf -
The Detroit News
https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/02/michigan-supreme-court-strikes-down-gretchen-whitmers-emergency-powers/5863340002/ -
"Emergency Order Under MCL 333.2253 – Gathering Prohibition and Mask Order"
https://web.archive.org/web/20210120172957/https://courts.michigan.gov/Courts/MichiganSupremeCourt/Clerks/Recent%20Opinions/20-21%20Term%20Opinions/In%20re%20Certified%20Questions-OP.pdf -
"More emergency rules for Michigan workplaces replace defunct Whitmer executive orderss"
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/10/more-emergency-rules-for-michigan-workplaces-replace-defunct-whitmer-executive-orders.html -
"Michigan sets new restrictions on dining, gatherings as COVID-19 cases rise"
https://www.freep.com/story/news/health/2020/10/29/michigan-coronavirus-covid-orders-restaurants/6069058002/ -
"The 'Wolverine Watchmen' Accused of Targeting Michigan Guv Spooked Their Neighbors"
https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-we-know-about-wolverine-watchmen-accused-of-terror-kidnap-plot-against-michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer -
"13 charged in plots against Michigan governor, police"
https://apnews.com/article/michigan-checks-and-balances-archive-gretchen-whitmer-da09ca66cd8d5f36722021d3593425ff -
"AG Nessel Charges 7 under Michigan's Anti-Terrorism Act as Part of Massive Joint Law Enforcement Investigation"
https://www.fox47news.com/news/local-news/ag-nessel-charges-7-under-michigans-anti-terrorism-act-as-part-of-massive-joint-law-enforcement-investigation -
"Whitmer conspiracy allegations tied to boogaloo movement"
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/whitmer-conspiracy-allegations-tied-boogaloo-movement-n1242670 -
"Militia tied to plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer was removed from Facebook in boogaloo purge"
https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/08/gretchen-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-facebook-groups-militias-fbi/ -
CNBC
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/08/michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-kidnap-plot-busted-by-fbi.html -
"Delaware man accused in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pardoned by Gov. Carney in 2019"
https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/delaware-man-accused-in-plot-to-kidnap-michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-pardoned-by-gov-carney-in-2019 -
MLive Media Group
https://www.mlive.com/news/2020/10/10-million-bond-set-for-munith-men-arrested-in-plot-to-kidnap-michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer.html -
"United States of America v. Adam Fox, Barry Croft, Ty Garbin, Kaleb Franks, Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta"
https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1326171/download -
"FBI thwarted militia plot to kidnap Whitmer, overthrow state government"
https://web.archive.org/web/20201013124507/https://www.abc12.com/2020/10/08/fbi-thwarted-militia-plot-to-kidnap-whitmer-overthrow-state-government/ -
"Some of those charged in Whitmer plot attended Michigan Capitol rallies, witnesses say"
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/09/some-those-charged-whitmer-plot-attended-capitol-rallies/5936898002/ -
"Life sentence sought for mastermind behind governor's kidnapping plot – Michigan News"
https://localtoday.news/mi/life-sentence-sought-for-mastermind-behind-governors-kidnapping-plot-68274.html -
Detroit Free Press
https://web.archive.org/web/20201217142719/https://www.freep.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2020/10/11/men-charged-michigan-kidnapping-plot-marked-troubled-pasts/5939254002/ -
CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/adam-fox-barry-croft-jr-michigan-governor-gretchen-whitmer-kidnap-plot/ -
"Boss: Kidnapping plot suspect was 'on edge' recently"
https://web.archive.org/web/20211015230954/https://www.woodtv.com/news/michigan/boss-kidnapping-plot-suspect-is-anti-police-anti-government/ -
The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/gretchen-whitmer-kidnapping-basement-adam-fox-michigan-b890684.html -
"The Militiamen, the Governor, and the Kidnapping That Wasn't"
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a41592008/gretchen-whitmer-kitnap-militiamen/ -
"Feds say life in prison 'sufficient' for Whitmer kidnap plotter"
https://web.archive.org/web/20221209220756/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/12/05/whitmer-kidnap-plotter-adam-fox-life-sentence-sufficient-feds/69703476007/ -
Detroit Free Press
https://web.archive.org/web/20230103191448/https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/12/27/whitmer-kidnap-plot-leader-adam-fox-sentencing/69758678007/ -
"2 Marine Corps Vets Among Those Arrested in Michigan Governor Kidnapping Plot"
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/10/10/2-marine-corps-vets-among-those-arrested-michigan-governor-kidnapping-plot.html -
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/us/michigan-extremists-whitmer-kidnapping.html -
mlive
https://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/2022/10/their-gang-was-training-for-action-closing-arguments-heard-in-whitmer-kidnapping-trial.html -
"These 13 men were charged with conspiring to kidnap Whitmer: Here's what we know"
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/08/what-we-know-men-charged-michigan-kidnapping-plots/5924672002/ -
Detroit Free Press
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/11/men-charged-plot-whitmer-marines/5960037002/ -
"3 men convicted of providing aid to terrorists in Whitmer kidnapping plot"
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/10/26/jury-convicts-3-men-of-supporting-terrorists-in-whitmer-kidnap-plot/69590174007/ -
Michigan Attorney General
https://www.michigan.gov/ag/news/press-releases/2022/12/15/wolverine-watchmen-sentenced -
"Airplane mechanic accused in Whitmer kidnap plot denied bond"
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/16/ty-garbin-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-denied-bond/5970594002/ -
"Hartland man pleads guilty in Whitmer kidnap plot, agrees to 'fully cooperate'"
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2021/01/27/wixom-ty-garbin-guilty-whitmer-kidnap-michigan/4266461001/ -
The Detroit News
https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/09/09/free-convicted-whitmer-kidnap-plotter-ty-garbin-now-defense-team-says/8036534001/ -
The Detroit News
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/09/16/judge-slashes-sentence-ty-garbin-convicted-whitmer-kidnap-plot/10399483002/ -
"FBI: Suspect in Whitmer kidnapping had a history of violent, threatening social media posts"
https://wwmt.com/news/local/fbi-suspect-in-whitmer-kidnapping-had-history-of-violent-threatening-social-media-posts -
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2020/10/09/three-percenter-hosted-wisconsin-training-michigan-men-plot-governor-whitmer/5938227002/ -
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/us/extremism-capitol-riot.html -
"Accused Whitmer kidnap plotter says God gave permission to kill"
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/01/13/ccused-gov-whitmer-kidnap-plot-fights-bond/6652896002/ -
"Whitmer kidnap plotter also wanted to hang Trump, other politicians, FBI says"
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/28/militia-member-helped-feds-infiltrate-whitmer-kidnap-crew-fbi-says/6060368002/ -
"Delaware man charged in Michigan governor kidnap plot was pardoned by Carney last year"
https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/crime/2020/10/09/last-year-carney-pardoned-bear-man-charged-plot-kidnap-michigan-governor/5935065002/ -
BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64112234 -
MLive Media Group
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/10/accused-gov-whitmer-kidnapping-plotter-a-recovered-addict-argues-for-release-pending-trial.html -
AP NEWS
https://apnews.com/article/whitmer-kidnap-plot-trial-biden-covid-health-michigan-aff035ce3331139a029b052a77279962 -
"Kaleb Franks gets 4-year prison sentence after pleading guilty in Whitmer kidnapping plot"
https://web.archive.org/web/20221008010554/https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/10/06/whitmer-kidnap-plotter-kaleb-franks-four-years-prison/69543779007/ -
"Lawyer says suspect in Whitmer kidnap case 'didn't envision this happening'"
https://web.archive.org/web/20211110011430/https://www.abc12.com/2020/10/09/lawyer-for-suspect-in-whitmer-kidnap-case-says-client-didnt-envision-this-happening/ -
The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/kidnap-plot-whitmer-fox-militia/2020/10/09/ce81751a-0a65-11eb-9be6-cf25fb429f1a_story.html -
United States Department of Justice
https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmi/press-release/file/1326161/download -
"Looking at the ideologies of the Whitmer kidnapping plot suspects"
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/21/viral-image/looking-ideologies-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-suspect/ -
Washington Examiner
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/?p=266798 -
"Lake Orion Protest Affirms Black Lives Matter Movement"
http://oaklandcounty115.com/2020/06/08/lake-orion-protest-affirms-black-lives-matter-movement/ -
WDIV
https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2022/03/31/defendant-takes-stand-in-whitmer-kidnap-plot-trial-admits-to-suggesting-ways-to-kill-governor/ -
Chicago Sun-Times
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2022/4/13/23023950/michigan-governor-gretchen-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-acquittal-fbi-entrapment-jacob-sullum-column -
The Daily Dot
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/brandon-caserta-facebook-michigan-governor-kidnap/ -
"Alleged Whitmer kidnapping plotter posted anti-Trump video"
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/09/alleged-kidnapper-posted-anti-trump-video/5940296002/ -
"Judge slashes bond for Jackson County man linked to Whitmer kidnapping plot"
https://web.archive.org/web/20211110014408/https://www.abc12.com/2020/10/23/judge-slashes-bond-for-jackson-county-man-linked-to-whitmer-kidnapping-plot/ -
PBS NewsHour
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/trial-ordered-for-5-men-involved-in-plot-to-kidnap-michigan-gov-whitmer -
Detroit Metro Times
https://www.metrotimes.com/news/ninth-man-convicted-in-plot-to-kidnap-gov-whitmer-33313113 -
Michigan Attorney General
https://www.michigan.gov/ag/news/press-releases/2023/12/07/final-sentences-ordered-in-whitmer-kidnap-plot -
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/15/michigan-governor-kidnap-plot-men-acquitted -
"Barry County Sheriff appeared at rally with brothers accused of Whitmer kidnapping plot"
https://wwmt.com/news/local/neighbors-10-09-2020 -
"Photo shows two suspects in alleged kidnapping plot targeting Governor Whitmer inside Michigan Capitol"
https://www.wxyz.com/news/militia-kidnapping-plot/photo-shows-two-suspects-in-alleged-kidnapping-plot-targeting-governor-whitmer-inside-michigan-capitol -
"Whitmer kidnapping plot suspect made threats toward 2017 Flint rally"
https://web.archive.org/web/20211110012207/https://www.abc12.com/2020/10/09/whitmer-kidnapping-plot-suspect-made-threats-toward-2017-flint-rally/ -
"SC Gov. McMaster was target of group accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan governor"
https://www.postandcourier.com/columbia/news/sc-gov-mcmaster-was-target-of-group-accused-of-plotting-to-kidnap-michigan-governor/article_36a665a4-196d-11eb-a91c-0ffded180433.html -
"Ex-neighbor of militia suspect in Whitmer plot says he threatened her with gun before"
https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/ex-neighbor-of-militia-suspect-in-whitmer-plot-says-he-threatened-her-with-gun-before -
"Former soldier accused in Michigan governor kidnap plot arrested in Columbia"
https://www.postandcourier.com/columbia/former-soldier-accused-in-michigan-governor-kidnap-plot-arrested-in-columbia/article_3faf26b8-0a4a-11eb-b2d9-bfcdf496a059.html -
NPR
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/26/1131607112/michigan-governor-gretchen-whitmer-kidnapping-convictions -
"Wisconsin man charged in plot to kidnap Michigan governor"
https://www.wisn.com/article/wisconsin-dells-man-charted-in-plot-to-kidnap-michigan-governor/34386644 -
"Wisconsin man is 14th to face charges in alleged Whitmer kidnap plot"
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/15/whitmer-plot-charges-nessel/3661482001/ -
Detroit Free Press
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/03/15/whitmer-kidnap-plot-brian-higgins-wisconsin/70012130007/ -
Michigan Attorney General
https://www.michigan.gov/ag/news/press-releases/2023/03/15/wisconsin-man-pleads-guilty-to-involvement-in-governor-whitmer-kidnapping-plot -
The Daily Mining Gazette
https://www.mininggazette.com/news/2023/12/judge-orders-prison-probation-in-last-sentencings-tied-to-plot-to-kidnap-whitmer/ -
"The FBI Allegedly Used At Least 12 Informants In The Michigan Kidnapping Case"
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jessicagarrison/fbi-informants-in-michigan-kidnap-plot -
Fox17
https://www.fox17online.com/news/governor-kidnapping-plot/undercover-fbi-agent-testifies-on-day-4-of-governor-whitmer-kidnap-plot-trial -
BuzzFeed News
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jessicagarrison/fbi-informants-in-michigan-kidnap-plot -
Fox17
https://www.fox17online.com/news/governor-kidnapping-plot/undercover-informant-big-dan-chappel-takes-the-stand-in-governor-whitmer-kidnap-plot-trial -
BuzzFeed News
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kenbensinger/michigan-kidnapping-gretchen-whitmer-fbi-informant -
Fox17
https://www.fox17online.com/news/governor-kidnapping-plot/i-wanted-to-stop-bad-things-informant-big-dan-chappel-is-cross-examined-in-governor-whitmer-kidnap-retrial -
"Watching the Watchmen"
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kenbensinger/michigan-kidnapping-gretchen-whitmer-fbi-informant -
Detroit Free Press
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/03/28/gretchen-whitmer-kidnap-suspects-trial-fbi-agent/7193892001/ -
"Whitmer kidnap plot: possible citizen's arrest mentioned in March, prosecutor says"
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/23/whitmer-kidnap-plot-suspect-citizens-arrest/6010264002/ -
The Detroit News
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/08/timeline-key-details-alleged-plot-against-michigan-gov-whitmer/5927985002/ -
The Cincinnati Enquirer
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/10/08/feds-plan-kidnap-michigan-governor-hatched-ohio/5924682002/ -
Detroit Free Press
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/08/gretchen-whitmer-kidnap-plot/5924691002/ -
Axios
https://www.axios.com/michigan-gretchen-whitmer-kidnap-32d06af2-30d1-4a38-8474-ff98664e9161.html -
The Hill
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/563902-men-accused-of-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-say-fbi-set-them-up-report -
"Feds find bomb components in alleged Whitmer kidnapping plot"
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/26/feds-find-bomb-parts-gov-gretchen-whitmer-kidnapping-probe/6042880002/ -
"US attorney releases evidence tied to Whitmer kidnapping plot"
https://wwmt.com/news/local/us-attorney-releases-evidence-tied-to-whitmer-kidnapping-plot -
"Alleged Michigan kidnapping plot included setting Capitol on fire: Prosecutors"
https://abcnews.go.com/US/alleged-michigan-kidnapping-plot-included-setting-capitol-fire/story?id=74200512 -
The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/gretchen-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-michigan-capitol-b1751618.html -
"13 men charged in alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer"
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/six-men-charged-alleged-plot-kidnap-michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-n1242622 -
"Feds foil militia plot to kidnap Whitmer from her northern Michigan vacation home"
https://www.crainsdetroit.com/government/feds-foil-militia-plot-kidnap-whitmer-her-northern-michigan-vacation-home -
Lansing State Journal
https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/2020/10/08/michigan-governor-gretchen-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-wolverine-watchmen-militia-foiled/5925357002/ -
The Detroit News
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/09/04/michigan-governor-whitmer-residence-security-upgrade-1-1-m-maintenance/5715140002/ -
"Whitmer kidnap plot suspects face new charges: Weapons of mass destruction"
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/04/28/whitmer-kidnap-charges-weapons-mass-destruction/4874420001/ -
"3 men charged in plot to kidnap Michigan governor now face weapon of mass destruction charge"
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/28/politics/gretchen-whitmer-kidnap-plot-charges/index.html -
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/08/us/verdict-whitmer-kidnapping-case.html -
"FBI uncovers plot to kidnap Michigan governor: Live updates"
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/fbi-plot-michigan-governor/index.html -
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/08/six-people-charged-plot-kidnap-michigan-governor-gretchen-whitmer -
MLive
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/10/13-men-face-charges-in-plot-to-kidnap-michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-start-civil-war.html -
"Prosecutors say they discovered bomb materials connected with Whitmer kidnap plot"
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/26/gretchen-whitmer-kidnap-plot-bomb-materials/6043513002/ -
"Feds say huge arsenal ready in plot to kidnap, kill Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer"
https://abc7chicago.com/michigan-governor-gretchen-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-murder/10465059/ -
"Federal judge rules five men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan's governor will stand trial"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/16/us/michigan-governor-plot-federal-trial/index.html -
"Whitmer kidnap suspects head to trial: 'They got caught because they're amateurs'"
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/16/whitmer-kidnap-suspects-trial/3682874001/ -
MLive Media Group
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/10/kidnapping-plot-included-leaving-gov-gretchen-whitmer-in-boat-in-lake-michigan-fbi-says.html -
"New and shocking details revealed at hearing for Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot"
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/13/whitmer-kidnap-plot-adam-fox-details/5944465002/ -
NBC News
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/michigan-kidnapping-conspirators-also-considered-taking-virginia-governor-fbi-agent-n1243165 -
"'Ghost guns,' bomb materials found during investigation into men accused of Gov. Whitmer kidnapping plot"
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/10/ghost-guns-bomb-materials-found-during-investigation-into-men-accused-of-gov-whitmer-kidnapping-plot.html -
"Whitmer kidnap suspect wants out of jail. He's diabetic, and fears COVID-19"
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/30/suspect-whitmer-kidnap-plot-jail-kaleb-franks/6085247002/ -
"6 Whitmer kidnap suspects indicted. 1 called for killing police, feds say"
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/12/16/gov-whitmer-kidnap-suspects-indicted/3935597001/ -
"Delaware man awaiting trial for alleged plot kidnap Michigan governor seeks release from jail"
https://www.freep.com/story/news/2021/01/01/barry-croft-charged-governor-kidnap-plot-seeks-release-jail/4100257001/ -
"6 suspects in Whitmer kidnapping plot set to stand trial in March"
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/01/15/gov-whitmer-kidnap-suspects-set-stand-trial-march/4178558001/ -
"Judge sets trial date in alleged Whitmer kidnapping plot case"
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/01/15/michigan-governor-gretchen-whitmer-kidnapping-case-trial-date/4176579001/ -
Michigan Radio
https://www.michiganradio.org/post/trial-postponed-5-alleged-whitmer-kidnapping-plot -
"Michigan man says he surveilled Gov. Whitmer's home in kidnap plot"
https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2021/01/michigan-man-says-he-surveilled-gov-whitmers-home-in-kidnap-plot.html -
BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-58337712 -
STLtoday.com
https://web.archive.org/web/20220103170831/https://www.stltoday.com/news/national/whitmer-kidnapping-plot-defense-seeks-to-dismiss-indictment/article_dc0522e2-b3d9-5e0e-b3d4-5daf16fcf827.html -
"Judge rejects entrapment claim in Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot, prosecutor says defense based on 'conspiracy theories'"
https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2022/01/judge-rejects-entrapment-claim-in-gov-whitmer-kidnap-plot-prosecutor-says-defense-based-on-conspiracy-theories.html -
AP News
https://apnews.com/article/health-crime-michigan-gretchen-whitmer-grand-rapids-fa4c4293c9265a668993fb42a568de2c -
WXYZ
https://www.wxyz.com/trial-in-plot-to-kidnap-kill-governor-whitmer-delayed -
mlive
https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2022/03/covid-started-everything-jury-set-in-trial-of-4-men-accused-of-plotting-gov-whitmers-kidnapping-over-coronavirus-orders.html -
WZZM13.com
https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/investigations/5th-day-gov-whitmer-kidnap-plot-trial-deliberations/69-b1e4ee55-b5d8-4ce8-a6a7-b4e9a46eaf8e -
Detroit Free Press
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/04/08/jury-whitmer-kidnap-plot-jury-verdict/9510806002/ -
Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/legal/second-trial-opens-men-accused-plot-kidnap-michigan-governor-2022-08-10/ -
Detroit Free Press
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/08/23/whitmer-kidnap-case-verdict-guilty-adam-fox-barry-croft-jr/7873790001/ -
mlive
https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2022/10/defendant-in-gov-whitmer-kidnap-plot-admits-shame-embarrassment-before-sentencing.html -
The Detroit News
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/12/27/whitmer-kidnap-plot-ringleader-to-be-sentenced-in-grand-rapids/69756236007/ -
CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/barry-croft-jr-sentencing-wednesday-gretchen-whitmer-kidnap-plot -
The Detroit News
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/12/28/barry-croft-jr-sentencing-whitmer-kidnap-plot/69761406007/ds/69756236007/ -
"South Carolina man extradited in Whitmer kidnap plot"
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/20/south-carolina-extradited-whitmer-kidnap-plot-paul-bellar/3653588001/ -
"Whitmer kidnapping suspect is out on bond"
https://nbc25news.com/newsletter-daily/whitmer-kidnapping-suspect-is-out-on-bond -
"Bond reduced for Jackson-area men charged in Gov. Whitmer kidnapping plot"
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/11/bond-reduced-for-jackson-area-men-charged-in-gov-whitmer-kidnapping-plot.html -
"Jackson County man accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Whitmer posts bond"
https://www.mlive.com/crime/2020/11/jackson-county-man-accused-of-plotting-to-kidnap-gov-whitmer-posts-bond.html -
"Wisconsin man charged in alleged plot to kidnap Whitmer released on bail"
https://web.archive.org/web/20201022204016/https://www.wnem.com/news/wisconsin-man-charged-in-alleged-plot-to-kidnap-whitmer-released-on-bail/article_0d299ee8-1275-11eb-a342-ebc4de14ebe5.html -
"Suspect in plot to kidnap Michigan governor fights extradition from Wisconsin"
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/12/suspect-in-plot-to-kidnap-michigan-governor-fights-extradition-from-wisconsin.html -
"Twin brothers charged in alleged Whitmer kidnapping plot get out on bond"
https://www.wxyz.com/news/whitmer-kidnapping-plot/twin-brothers-charged-in-alleged-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-get-out-on-bond -
"Bond reduction denied for Wolverine Watchman"
https://nbc25news.com/news/local/bond-reduction-denied-for-wolverine-watchman -
"Another Whitmer kidnapping suspect bonds out of jail"
https://www.woodtv.com/news/michigan/another-whitmer-kidnapping-suspect-bonds-out-of-jail/ -
"3 men accused in Gov. Gretchen Whitmer kidnap plot head to trial"
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2021/03/3-men-accused-in-gov-gretchen-whitmer-kidnap-plot-head-to-trial.html -
"Judge orders 3 to trial in plot to kidnap Michigan governor"
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/judge-orders-trial-plot-kidnap-michigan-governor-76751760 -
People
https://people.com/crime/twin-brothers-suspected-governor-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-released-house-arrest-must-wear-gps-tethers/ -
"Whitmer plot suspect accuses FBI agents, informant of entrapment"
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/06/07/whitmer-kidnapping-plot-suspect-pete-musico-fbi-agents-informant-entrapment/7590816002/ -
"Judge dismisses entrapment argument in trial for three in Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot"
https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/judge-dismisses-entrapment-argument-in-trial-for-three-in-gov-whitmer-kidnap-plot -
NBC News
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/wisconsin-man-pleads-guilty-michigan-gov-whitmer-kidnap-plot-rcna7519 -
WPBN
https://upnorthlive.com/news/local/man-pleads-guilty-to-terrorism-charge-in-whitmer-kidnap-plot-case -
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/us/michigan-whitmer-plot-trial.html -
The Hill
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/520255-michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-responds-to-kidnapping-plot-says-trump -
USA Today
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/10/09/gretchen-whitmer-terrorists-not-militias-charged-kidnap-plot/5935651002/ -
"Whitmer: Domestic terrorists find 'comfort and support' in Republican state leadership"
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/10/whitmer-domestic-terrorists-find-comfort-and-support-in-republican-state-leadership.html -
Whitmer, Gretchen
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/plot-kidnap-me/616866/ -
The Detroit News
https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/08/michigan-gov-whitmer-kidnap-livestream/5922742002/ -
The Cincinnati Enquirer
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2020/10/08/ohio-coronavirus-gov-mike-dewine-covid-19-red-map/3622741001/ -
"Chatfield calls out Whitmer for not informing lawmakers of alleged plot"
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/10/10/chatfield-calls-out-whitmer-not-informing-house-senate-plot-militia/5952831002/ -
Chicago Tribune
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-michigan-governor-kidnapping-plot-20201013-4q3wlzulzrdozkpdl2cxgckkwa-story.html -
USA Today
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/10/08/trump-slams-gretchen-whitmer-not-saying-thank-you-she-did/5932028002/ -
"Trump criticizes Whitmer after FBI foiled plot to kidnap Michigan governor"
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/10/trump-criticizes-whitmer-after-fbi-foiled-plot-to-kidnap-michigan-governor.html -
"Whitmer rips Trump campaign for attacking her after alleged kidnapping plot revealed"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/08/politics/gretchen-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-cnntv/index.html -
"'Stunning': Biden slams Trump for shrugging off Whitmer kidnapping plot"
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/stunning-biden-slams-trump-shrugging-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-n1243797 -
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/18/gretchen-whitmer-donald-trump-rally-lock-her-up-michigan -
"Whitmer says Trump continues to encourage 'domestic terrorism' with rhetoric"
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/whitmer-says-trump-continues-encourage-domestic-terrorism-rhetoric-n1243842 -
"Trump appears to give a pass to the domestic kidnapping plot against Whitmer"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/27/politics/trump-gretchen-whitmer-kidnapping-michigan/index.html -
The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/trump-gretchen-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-michigan-2020-election-b1377654.html -
"Michigan law enforcement on alert in response to 'plan to target and kill police'"
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2020/10/12/extremist-groups-plot-kidnap-governor-included-plan-kill-police/5961147002/ -
FOX17
https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/michigan/man-charged-in-plot-to-kidnap-whitmer-shared-stage-with-west-michigan-sheriff-at-rally -
Boston Globe
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/10/09/nation/michigan-sheriff-defends-men-accused-gov-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-drawing-condemnation-state-ag/ -
"Citizen's arrest defense probably won't fly in Michigan Gov. Whitmer kidnapping case, legal experts say"
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/10/citizens-arrest-defense-probably-wont-fly-in-michigan-gov-whitmer-kidnapping-case-legal-experts-say.html -
FOX17
https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/barry/barry-county-sheriff-responds-to-reactions-to-comments-on-kidnapping-plot -
Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/michigan-sheriff-resign-militia-governor-whitmer-kidnap-plot-1538257 -
"Michigan sheriff accepts criticism of association with militia members, will not resign"
https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2020/10/michigan-sheriff-accepts-criticism-of-association-with-militia-members-will-not-resign.html -
"Michigan Democrats reiterate calls for banning guns from state Capitol building after alleged plot to kidnap governor foiled"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/08/politics/michigan-democrats-react-to-arrests/index.html -
"'Credible threats of violence' prompt closure of Michigan capitol to the public ahead of Electoral College vote"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/14/politics/michigan-state-house-and-senate-closed-threats/index.html -
WPHM
https://web.archive.org/web/20211015224523/https://www.wphm.net/episode/december-14-rep-gary-eisen/ -
Twitter
https://web.archive.org/web/20201215004603/https://twitter.com/LeeChatfield/status/1338508918733955073 -
"Michigan Bans Open Carry Of Guns Inside State Capitol"
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michigan-open-carry-ban-capitol_n_5ffc978cc5b66f3f796029fc -
"'That's like putting gasoline on a fire.' Some states are more vulnerable to unrest than others"
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/15/us/capitol-insurrection-threat-states/index.html -
mlive
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/10/eric-trump-alters-michigan-visit-because-suspect-in-whitmer-plot-once-worked-at-gun-range.html
