The Hunt: Inside the plot to kidnap two sitting governors

This week we learned that anti-government paramilitary groups discussed kidnapping Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam during the same June meeting in Ohio, where they plotted to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

On this week’s episode of “The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green,” Scott Stewart, former State Department Counterterrorism agent, details how the plot evolved.

Scott Stewart, former State Department Counterterrorism agent, on the plot to kidnap two governors

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J.J. Green

JJ Green is WTOP's National Security Correspondent. He reports daily on security, intelligence, foreign policy, terrorism and cyber developments, and provides regular on-air and online analysis. He is also the host of two podcasts: Target USA and Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America.

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