attorney birge.very day police officers and federal agents put their lives on the line, and they do that for us. in this case, the agents made swift and safe arrests and those were done by those officers and agents. we are most thankful to them. thank you. it's my pleasure now to introduce the director of the michigan state police, colonel joe gasper. >> thank you, attorney general, u.s. attorneys birge and schneider and thank you to the fbi also. i appreciate the opportunity to speak to everyone today, and i'd first like to start out by saying thank you to the men and women of the michigan state police, the fbi and any additional agencies that assisted in this investigation. they not only worked tirelessly over the course of the last 24 to 48 hours, but also since the beginning of this investigation. so thank you. job well done. to the partners here today, i want to express our gratitude for the support and the cooperation. the partnership that all of us here are demonstrating. this case is one of t

attorney andrew birge announced the charges on thursday. >>>> thehe fbi in michigan state police arrested six individuals charged in a federal complaint with conspiring to kidnap the governor of michigan gretchen whitmer. according to the complaint unsealed this morning, adam fox, barry croft, ty garvin, caleb andks, daniel harris, brandon concerta conspired to kidnap the governor from her vacation home in the western district of michigan before the november election. amy: the men are accused of planning to take governor whitmer hostage and then bring her to wisconsin where they planned to put her on what has been described as a trial prior to election day. seven other men linked to a group called the wolverine watchmen face state terrorism, conspiracy, and weapons charges for plotting to storm the state capitol in lansing with the intent of starting a civil war. governor whitmer has been the target of numerous protests during the covid-19 pandemic for using her executive power to issue new public health rules to limit the spread of the virus. governor whitmer blamed president trump for i

the district attorney andrew birge said the plot was at an advanced stage.lready been pooled to buy arms and explosives. members of this conspiracy on two occasions conducted coordinated surveillance on the governor's vacation home. fox and croft in particular, according to the complaint, discussed detonating explosive devices to divert police to the area of the home. and fox even inspected the underside of a michigan highway bridge for places to seat an explosive. in the last hour, michigan's democratic governor, gretchen whitmer, said president trump's rhetoric has emboldened militia groups across america. just last week, the president of the united states stood before the american people and refused to condemn white supremacists and hate groups like these two michigan militia groups. " stand back and stand by," he told them. "stand back and stand by." hate groups heard the president's words not as a rebuke but as a rallying cry, as a call to action. the governor, gretchen whitmer. elizabeth neumann served as a senior advisor to the trump administation in