13 charged in plots against Michigan governor, police Six people have been charged in federal court with plotting to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Six men were charged in federal court with conspiring to kidnap the governor in reaction to what they viewed as her “uncontrolled power,” according to a federal complaint. The six charged in federal court face up to life in prison if convicted. Andrew Birge, the U.S. attorney in western Michigan, called the men “violent extremists.”“All of us in Michigan can disagree about politics, but those disagreements should never, ever amount to violence. All but Croft appeared Thursday in federal court in Grand Rapids.

Source: ABC News October 08, 2020 16:28 UTC