An agent of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) revealed that the militia accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, had planned to kidnap Virginia Governor Ralph Northam and officials in 5 different states.
Agent Richard Trask said during a hearing of a request for follow-up in the case of release by 5 defendants in the Whitmer case, that there are other rulers who are threatened with kidnapping by this militia, without mentioning the identities of these rulers.
The client added that the motive for targeting the Virginia governor was due to the quarantine procedures adopted during the Corona pandemic, and revealed that this militia had set its targets in 5 different states, and that it used applications to encrypt messages between its members.
A few days ago, the prosecutor had charged 13 people with charges of attempting to kidnap the governor of Michigan and overthrow the state government.
And Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced that 7 of the detainees have been charged according to the state's anti-terrorism law, and said that they belong to an armed militia called "wolverine watchmen".
The public prosecutor explained at the time that the detainees were suspected of trying to find home addresses for law enforcement officers to target them, and that they had the intention of inciting civil war, and that they were also involved in planning and training to carry out an attack on the state Congress building, and kidnapping government officials, including the governor.
The FBI had previously announced that the plot to kidnap the governor had been thwarted, and investigations revealed that militia members used encrypted communications networks, monitored the governor's home during the months of August and September, and planned to kidnap her before holding the presidential elections on November 3 and try her on charges of treason. And a violation of the US Constitution.
At a news conference, Whitmer - a Democrat - strongly criticized President Donald Trump, saying that his refusal to condemn groups that believe in white supremacy encouraged such actions.
Last April, US President Donald Trump published a tweet in which he expressed his support for protests condemning Michigan's ruling measures to close the state in order to confront the spread of the Corona virus pandemic, and Trump wrote, "Liberate Michigan."