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He was acquitted on charges related to the Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot. Now he’s running for sheriff
By Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — A man acquitted last year on charges linked to a 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is now looking to unseat an incumbent county sheriff. Eric Molitor has filed to run in the Republican primary this August against Trent Taylor, the sheriff of deep-red Wexford County in
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