{"id":51707,"date":"2022-12-27T11:18:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T19:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=51707"},"modified":"2022-12-27T11:18:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T19:18:00","slug":"man-sentenced-to-16-years-for-plotting-to-kidnap-michigan-gov-whitmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=51707","title":{"rendered":"Man Sentenced to 16 Years for Plotting to Kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VICzBll9Tgw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><strong>&#8220;If our elected leaders must live in fear, our representative government suffers. 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