AG: Time to ban weapons at state Capitol

December 16, 2022
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Attorney General Dana Nessel said Thursday she has “every expectation” that the incoming Democratic lawmakers will “at long last” allow a prohibition on weapons at the state Capitol. Nessel’s comment came in a virtual media press conference following the sentencing hearing for three Michigan men convicted of providing material support to the terrorist conspiracy plot to kidnap and kill Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in summer 2020. “It’s not just an effort to kidnap the Governor,” Nessel said, calling the April 30, 2020, protest at the state Capitol a “dry run” for the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. “We


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