Five men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have been ordered to stand trial.
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Five men allegedly involved in the failed plot by the Wolverine Watchmen militia group and its associates to kidnapfrom Michigan District Judge Michael Stepka ruled that evidence presented in a preliminary hearing justified a trial in Antrim County, where Whitmer’s vacation home is located and prosecutors say the abduction was slated to take place. Prosecutors say four of the defendants scouted the house and surroundings, and there was talk of blowing up a bridge to keep police from responding.
"They knew what they were doing," Stepka said."They were all involved in the plot to kidnap the governor."
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