Whitmer criticizes Trump’s potential pardon for Michigan kidnapping plotters
TL;DR
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer claims President Trump promised not to pardon the men convicted of plotting to kidnap her, asserting that a pardon would break that promise. The plotters, Barry Croft Jr. and Adam Fox, were convicted in 2022 for planning to kidnap Whitmer over pandemic policies, with prosecutors describing them as anti-government extremists aiming to incite civil unrest.
- Michigan Gov. Whitmer says Trump promised not to pardon kidnapping plotters The Washington Post
- Trump says he will look into possible pardons for the men convicted of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer NBC News
- Whitmer: Trump said he would not pardon convicted kidnap plotters Detroit Free Press
- Whitmer ‘very disappointed’ by possibility of pardon for men in kidnapping plot WOODTV.com
- Law and … disorder? Trump considers a controversial pardon while welcoming a former Fox News star into his administration Poynter
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