President Donald Trump said he will look into potentially pardoning the men convicted in the failed 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
“I will take a look at it. It’s been brought to my attention,” Trump told reporters at the White House Wednesday. “I did watch the trial. It looked to me like somewhat of a railroad job.”
Trump, questioning the fairness of the trial and minimizing the men’s actions, said he thought those convicted “were drinking” and “said stupid things.”
Trump has previously dismissed the kidnapping scheme as “fake,” and claimed the Democratic governor was never in any danger.
“The sting that they did involving Gretchen Whitmer was fake, just like those who instigated January 6,” he said in 2022, referring to those who participated in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol a year before. “It was a fake deal, fake. It was a fake deal.”
