Six people charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan governor

US authorities have charged six people for conspiring to kidnap the state of Michigan’s Democratic governor, Gretchen Whitmer, officials from the US Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan said on Thursday.The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) became aware of the plot by monitoring social media channels, where individuals claimed that certain state governments were violating the US constitution, according to an affidavit.”Several members talked about murdering ‘tyrants’ or ‘taking’ a sitting governor. The group decided they needed to increase their numbers and encouraged eac…

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