Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan has expressed her disappointment after President Donald Trump said he would “take a look at” pardoning the men who were convicted of plotting to kidnap her in 2020.
Trump’s comments were made in the Oval Office on Wednesday when he swore in Jeanine Pirro as D.C.’s interim U.S. attorney.
In October 2020, during Trump’s first term in office, the federal government revealed its bust of the elaborate conspiracy to kidnap Whitmer, who had been criticized by right-wing politicians, including Trump, over her COVID-19 policies.