Overview

• Trump said he will review clemency for Barry Croft Jr. and Adam Fox, who received 19- and 16-year sentences for leading the plot to abduct Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
• Trump cast doubt on the proceedings by saying the defendants were drinking and that their verdict looked “somewhat of a railroad job.”
• Ed Martin, the Justice Department’s new pardon attorney, said he is taking a “hard look” at the Whitmer cases, comparing them to January 6 convictions.
• The Wolverine Watchmen militia staged surveillance and planned a mock kidnapping to protest Whitmer’s COVID-19 restrictions before the 2020 election.
• Whitmer, who earlier blamed Trump’s rhetoric for inspiring the scheme, has appeared alongside him recently, drawing criticism from fellow Democrats.