Michigan AG Says White Supremacist Groups Behind Plot To Kidnap Gov. Whitmer

Following the arrest of 13 people who plotted to kidnap the governor of Michigan and instigate a civil war, the state’s attorney general warns American extremist ideology is on the rise — spurred in part, she says, by President Trump.

Early reports of the thwarted plan suggested members of two militia groups, including one called the Wolverine Watchmen, were behind the conspiracy to violently overthrow the state government, abduct Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer before next month’s election and put her on trial for treason.

But in an interview with NPR, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said multiple white supremacist and anti-government groups acted “in concert based on a shared extreme ideology.”