Six people charged in plot to kidnap Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer

Six people have been been charged in a plot to kidnap Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer that involves links to a rightwing militia group, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced. The FBI said in an affidavitthat the plot involved reaching out to members of a Michigan militia. The criminal complaint states that the alleged plot involved Whitmer and her second home in northern Michigan. “Several members talked about murdering ‘tyrants’ or…