Thirteen Charged in Plot to Seize Michigan, Kidnap Governor
- Alleged conspirators from two groups arrested in broad sting
- U.S. cites scheme to storm Capitol and try Whitmer for treason
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Thirteen men were charged in a plot to overthrow the government of Michigan by storming the Capitol, kidnapping the governor and trying her for treason.
The alleged conspirators, including at least one member of an armed group called the Wolverine Watchmen, staked out Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s vacation home and schemed to take hostages in Lansing and destroy police vehicles with Molotov cocktails, federal and state law enforcement authorities said on Thursday in unveiling a sweeping sting operation. The men communicated with code words on social media and met in a basement accessed by a trap door, the authorities said.