with just his cat named Phoenix, Oliver Widger reflected on why he thinks his many followers — more than a million on TikTok and Instagram — are drawn to his story of quitting his 9-to-5 job and embarking on a journey from

“On the pardon front, we can’t leave these guys behind,” Ed Martin Jr. said“In my opinion these are victims just like January 6,” Martin said, referring to 1,500 people pardoned by President Donald Trump for crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The arrests of Barry Croft Jr., Adam Fox and other anti-government extremists rocked the home stretch of the 2020 presidential election. Authorities said the cabal wanted to grab Whitmer, a Democrat, at her vacation home and start a civil war.Croft, 49, and Fox, 42, were portrayed as leaders of the scheme. They were convicted of conspiracy in federal court in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 2022. Croft, a trucker from Delaware, was also found guilty of a weapons charge.Croft was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison, while Fox, a Grand Rapids man, got a 16-year term. They are being held at a prison in Colorado — the most secure in the federal system.

Whitmer was never physically harmed. Martin called it a “fed-napping” plot, not a kidnapping plot, apparently referring to the numerous undercover FBI agents and informants who had infiltrated the group and built the case.He said it looked like the “weaponization of government.”

“I have complete confidence that we’re going to get a hard look at it. The president will want to know the facts about it,” Martin said, pledging to “get on it as quick as I can, I promise.”

An email seeking comment from Whitmer’s office wasn’t immediately returned Friday.Netflix — and Michelle Obama, who is an executive producer — have jumped on the trend with a docuseries called

debuting Friday, Nov. 29. Cameras follow six silver singles as they go on a series of blind dates to find love and companionship.stars in a new conspiracy thriller series

as a CNN pundit who is framed for the murder of a white supremacist. It deals withspread online about Domingo’s Muncie Daniels character, and the damage it can do to an individual and community. “The Madness” hits Netflix on Thursday.