(CBS DETROIT) – Federal prosecutors say six men charged in Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s kidnapping plot had bomb components.
Prosecutors say the men discussed blowing up a bridge near Whitmer’s vacation home to slow down police.
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Prosecutors are asking for more time to increase federal charges on the men.
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