An FBI agent testified Tuesday that two of the men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer also participated in discussions earlier this year with members of anti-government groups about potentially abducting Virginia Governor Ralph Northam.
During a hearing Tuesday in a federal court in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for six men charged with conspiring to kidnap Whitmer, FBI Special Agent Richard Trask said that two of the defendants, Adam Fox and Barry Croft, attended a meeting in June in Dublin, Ohio, with militia groups. Seven other men face state-level terrorism charges in relation to the Whitmer plot.
In a Tuesday news conference, Northam said he was not going to discuss the plot and said that he and his family feel safe with the security provided by state police.
“I’m continuing my work for the commonwealth as I would any other day,” he added, AP reported.
During the Ohio meeting, Croft and Fox allegedly discussed various kidnapping plots like storming the Michigan Capitol, eventually deciding to try to kidnap Whitmer at her vacation lake home. The defendants also allegedly carried out military-style training exercises to prepare for the kidnapping and even cased Whitmer’s vacation home twice to determine how to kidnap her.
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