GOP lawmaker bestows tribute to 2 men acquitted in Whitmer kidnapping plot

DETROIT — A west Michigan state legislator gave a tribute Friday to two men who were recently acquitted in the failed plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. State Rep. Rachelle Smit, a Republican, gave a legislative tribute to twin brothers William and Michael Null, following their mid-September acquittal by an Antrim County jury on charges of allegedly providing support for a terrorist act and a weapon charge in connection to failed plots to kidnap the Democratic governor. Whitmer's office called the tribute "disturbing" and said it would "embolden radical extremists." Tom Siver, Micha...