Whitmer kidnapping suspect appears to criticize Trump in viral video

 A Wisconsin man charged in a plot to kidnap Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has been released from jail after posting a $10,000 cash bail.

The Biden team is under fire for releasing a TV campaign ad last week depicting a Michigan bar owner struggling to keep his business afloat during the pandemic. What the ad fails to mention is the man is actually a wealthy tech investor who made contributions to the former vice president’s campaign.

A video surfaced last week, showing suspects who stand accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has vetoed bills that would have made it a felony to apply for multiple absentee ballots or fill out an application for others without their consent.  Voter fraud is already a crime, the Democrat said, and the Republican-backed legislation would “muddy the waters” and “likely confuse voters” about what is considered criminal.

A Michigan judge ruled on Friday that prosecutors could move to trial with five men accused of plotting to kidnap Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

With the November election less than three weeks away, President Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden will stump in key battleground states on Friday, making a final appeal to voters one night after their dueling town halls.

Michigan's attorney general has filed charges against an eighth person in what authorities have described as a scheme to storm Michigan's Capitol building and kidnap officials, including Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a spokesman said Thursday.

Law enforcement in Michigan remains on high alert after the FBI said the same group of alleged militia members who conspired to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer also were seeking to identify the family homes of officers and were involved in a "plan to target and kill police." "We're cautious.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsLess than two weeks after President Donald Trump announced his COVID-19 diagnosis, the commander-in-chief is back exciting his fan base with a rally in Pennsylvania. There to joke about the President’s campaign events was Jimmy Kimmel.“Trump did about an hour of material in Florida and he killed – he really killed,” the Jimmy Kimmel live host said on Tuesday night.

A federal judge on Tuesday denied bond to three men who were part of a group accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Members of anti-government paramilitary groups allegedly discussed kidnapping Virginia’s governor during a June meeting in Ohio, an FBI agent testified Tuesday during a court hearing in Michigan. Special Agent Richard Trask was part of the investigation that led to six men being arrested and charged last week with plotting to kidnap Michigan’s Democratic Gov.

With three weeks to go until Election Day, new public opinion polls in two key battleground states that President Trump flipped four years indicate that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden holds sizeable leads over the president. The New York Times surveys conducted by Siena College show the former vice president topping Trump 48%-40% among likely voters in Michigan, and Biden leading the president 51%-41% among likely voters in Wisconsin.

The Michigan Supreme Court on Monday denied Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s request to extend emergency powers that she invoked to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Sunday said her state will not rush to ensure all the results of the 2020 presidential race are counted on Election Day, Nov.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said on Sunday she remains "concerned about safety and integrity going up to this election" because of the Republican White House's "rhetoric" after six suspects were arrested and charged with attempting to kidnap Whitmer.

Some of the people charged in the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer shared the stage in May with a county sheriff during a protest against state coronavirus restrictions.

The militia group plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer hatched their plan -- which included firebombing police vehicles -- in the basement of a vacuum store in Grand Rapids, according to news reports.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was aware of an ongoing plot to kidnap her as authorities worked to track and apprehend suspects involved in the plan, the state’s Attorney General Dana Nessel said on Friday.