Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer has slammed President Donald Trump over his failure to thoroughly condemn hate groups after the alleged plot came to light, accusing him of issuing a “rallying cry”

Seven men associated with far right militia group Wolverine Watchmen have been arrested following a plot to kidnap a US governor who clashed with Donald Trump over lockdown

Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer has now slammed the President over his failure to thoroughly condemn right wing hate groups, accusing him of “giving comfort to those who spread fear”.

A total of 13 people were detained by police over the extraordinary plan – which also initially included storming the state capitol building in Lansing with a 200-strong ‘army’.

The alleged plotters would then have taken hostages, a criminal complaint said.

The domestic terror group are accused of eventually settling on snatching Democrat Whitmer from her holiday home after she traded barbs with Republican Trump over her response to the pandemic, ahead of the November election