The FBI has disrupted a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and put her on trial for “treason.” Presumably, Whitmer would then have been executed.

In stopping this serious threat, the FBI has again proven its effective coverage of organized and prospective far-right terrorist cells. Second, the plot would have caused an innocent loss of life if carried out, but likely also would have failed.

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