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That third-party candidate, Thomas Leager, had ties to the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

"By allowing Ugandan security operatives to cross into Kenya and essentially kidnap these individuals, Kenya has failed in its duty to safeguard the liberty and wellbeing of all people on its territory, regardless of their nationality or political affiliations," the Observer said in an editorial.

Moved by his messaging, his followers and other hard-right conservatives have railed against COVID-19 restrictions, threatened teachers and librarians opposed to book banning and, in a radical case, plotted to kidnap Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

They were all found guilty at Chelmsford Crown Court of conspiracy to kidnap and conspiracy to commit false imprisonment in July.

How did he end up persuading his followers to storm a court and attempt to kidnap a senior coroner?