‘Dragged off and hung for treason’: jury at Whitmer kidnap trial see online posts

Prosecutors show jurors social media posts which defense says do not show plot to snatch Michigan governor

Jurors on Tuesday saw provocative social media posts written by a key figure charged in a plot to kidnap the governor of Michigan, including a photo of a noose and a question: which governor would be dragged off and hung for treason first?"

Federal prosecutors were close to finishing their case after 12 days of trial in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They are trying to show that four men charged with conspiring to kidnap the governor, Gretchen Whitmer, in 2020 were committed to a plan without influence by informants or undercover FBI agents.