Gretchen Whitmer: Court hears of violent plot to abduct US governor

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Four men accused of wanting to kidnap Michigan's governor were ready to use machine guns and grenade launchers as part of the plot, a US court has heard.

The accused are on trial accused of targeting Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 over Covid rules she imposed early in the pandemic.

Their lawyers argue they were entrapped - or improperly induced into the crimes - by government agents.

The four are facing charges of kidnapping conspiracy.

Two of the men are also facing charges of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction.

According to prosecutors, a group of men - some of whom are alleged militia members - planned to abduct the Democratic governor from her holiday home with the intent of putting her on a "treason trial" and then setting her adrift in a boat on Lake Michigan.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60876858
 
That entrapment thing seldom flies. How many times, for instance, have we seen someone who wanted to kill their spouse get nailed because the "assassin" they thought that they were hiring was really an undercover cop? How many thousands are sitting in U.S. prisons now because they thought they were buying illegal drugs from a street dealer who turned out to be an undercover cop?

It's very odd to me that there is so little coverage of the trial here in Michigan. I wonder why?
 
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