13 charged in plot to kidnap Michigan Governor

Governor Gretchen Whitmer (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP)

Michigan’s attorney general has charged seven people with plotting to target law enforcement and attack the state Capitol building.

The announcement comes after six other people were charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer at her holiday home in reaction to what they viewed as her “uncontrolled power”, according to a criminal complaint unsealed in federal court.