“I will take a look at it. It’s been brought to my attention,” #Trump said to reporters in the Oval Office. “I did watch the trial. It looked to me like somewhat of a railroad job.”

Trump said he thought the men convicted in the case, which occurred before the 2020 election, “were drinking” & “said stupid things.”

That is NOT AT ALL WHAT HAPPENED.
It was an elaborate plot.

#criminal #law #kidnapping #murder #Michigan #GretchenWhitmer #RevengePolitics #PoliticalViolence #FarRight

14 men were charged in the plan to #kidnap & #murder #GretchenWhitmer, a #Democrat, & 9 were #convicted. The ringleader of the group, Barry Croft Jr., was given the longest sentence at >19 years.

In 2020, Whitmer placed some blame for the kidnapping plot on #Trump's rhetoric, saying that he "refused to condemn white supremacists & hate groups like these 2 #Michigan #militia groups,” referring to Trump's comments at the 2020 debate against Biden [& his social media posts attacking her]

#law

#Trump's comments come 6 days after the #DOJ's new #pardon attorney, disgraced #DC #USattorney, under investigation by the #DCBar & #Jan6 advocate, #EdMartin Jr., said on a podcast he would take a "hard look" at pardoning the men he called "victims just like January 6," when Trump supporters attacked the US Capitol while Congress met to certify the Nov 2020 election results.

#criminal #law #kidnapping #murder #Michigan #GretchenWhitmer #RevengePolitics #PoliticalViolence #FarRight #Extremism

The federal govt alleged in 2020 that Barry Croft & Adam Fox were members of a group that plotted to #kidnap & #murder #GretchenWhitmer after being
disgruntled w/her handling of #COVID-19 [cuz masks are sooo oppressive]. Testimony during the trial revealed Fox, Croft & others, including #FBI informants, traveled to
northern #Michigan where they “cased”Whitmer’s vacation home.

[but #Trump claims they were drunk & saying stupid things]

#criminal #law #PoliticalViolence
https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/28/whitmer-kidnap-plot-trump/83901717007/