Politics

The Right Is Rewriting the Whitmer Kidnapping Case

WHITEWASH

Nine people were convicted or pleaded guilty to plotting to kidnap Michigan’s governor. A state lawmaker just gave an award to their acquitted co-defendants.

Photo illustration of Gretchen Whitmer with blue and red glitches on a beige background
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