By Evan Perez and Christina Carrega
CNN
October 11, 2020
(CNN)The arrest of 13 men who allegedly plotted to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is the latest in a string of right-wing alleged violent threats at a time Attorney General William Barr and President Donald Trump have sought to highlight alleged left-wing violence.
The FBI and the Michigan US attorneys announced charges against six of the men for conspiracy to kidnap, and seven other people, associated with a group called “Wolverine Watchmen,” are facing state charges.
But while Barr was briefed this week on the Whitmer plot, the attorney general has yet to comment publicly on the arrests.