Trump Says He’ll Look Into Requests for Pardons in Whitmer Kidnapping Case

President Donald Trump on May 29 said he’ll look into whether presidential pardons are appropriate for the men convicted in a 2020 kidnapping plot targeting Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, in responding to a question from a Detroit News reporter in the Oval Office. “They were drinking, and I think they said stupid things. I’ll take a look at that,” Trump said, without committing one way or another. “And a lot of people are asking me that question from both sides.” Three men were convicted in October 2022 in connection with a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor. They were in uproar about what they considered harsh restrictions imposed on the state by Whitmer during the COVID-19 pandemic....