Whitmer ‘very disappointed’ Trump weighing pardons for kidnapping plotters

Published May 29, 2025 6:36pm ET



Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) says she is “very disappointed” President Donald Trump is considering a pardon for the men who were convicted of a plot to kidnap the Michigan governor in 2020.

Whitmer has been cordial with Trump this year, appearing with him at events and speaking with him, though it has also seemed awkward at times. She held up a folder in front of her face to prevent being spotted in the Oval Office at one point in a viral photo.

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