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Group charged in Michigan governor kidnap plot discussed targeting Virginia governor, FBI agent says

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By Sonia Moghe, Sara Sidner and Eric Levenson, CNN

Updated 2056 GMT (0456 HKT) October 13, 2020

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(CNN) -- The group charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer also discussed kidnapping Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, an FBI agent testified in court on Tuesday.

FBI agent Richard Trask testified during a preliminary hearing that the group discussed taking out sitting governors due to their "coronavirus-related lockdown orders."

"They discussed possible targets, taking a sitting governor, specifically governors of Michigan and Virginia, over shut down orders," Trask said.

"The understanding at the time was to potentially kidnap a sitting governor and remove them from office," he added.

The FBI obtained this information during a June 6 meeting in Dublin, Ohio. A person who attended the meeting came forward to authorities "based on concerns (over) some of the directions that the group was headed and potential violence."

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/13/us/kidnap-plot-governor-michigan-virginia/index.html