<p>JACKSON, Mich. — A Michigan judge on Monday ordered three men to stand trial in a plot to kidnap Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer over her coronavirus restrictions.</p>
<p>Jackson County District Court Judge Michael Klaeren ruled there was enough evidence and bound over Paul Bellar, Joe Morrison and Pete Musico to circuit court to stand trial.</p>
<p>Arguments were heard Monday by Klaeren about whether the men should face trial following <a href="https://apnews.com/article/jackson-trials-michigan-gretchen-whitmer-veterans-2a4b1172cf72e2d8dc736010b3f274df">three earlier days of testimony</a>.</p>
<p>They are accused of aiding six other men who are <a href="https://apnews.com/article/gretchen-whitmer-michigan-indictments-coronavirus-pandemic-traverse-city-10f7e02c57004da9843f89650edd4510">charged in federal court</a> with conspiring to kidnap Whitmer. Five more people are also charged in state courts.</p>
<p>The FBI in October said it broke up a plot to kidnap Whitmer by anti-government extremists upset over her coronavirus restrictions.</p>
<p>Klareen said there was enough evidence for trial on charges of providing material support for terrorist acts, gang membership and using a firearm during a felony.</p>
<p>Klaeren dismissed a charge of threat of terrorism against Musico and Morrison. Bellar didn’t face that charge.</p>
