Gretchen Whitmer says she spoke to Trump after he said he was considering pardoning men who plotted to kidnap her

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Tuesday that she spoke to President Donald Trump aft helium said past week helium was considering perchance pardoning the men who plotted to kidnap her.

“I volition conscionable corroborate that I person connected with the president straight connected this taxable and made my thoughts known," Whitmer told reporters astatine an lawsuit successful Detroit, according to her office.

"Beyond that, I’m not going to stock much astir our speech but hopefully he’ll instrumentality immoderate of those things into information erstwhile helium makes a decision," she said.

White House property caput Karoline Leavitt confirmed aboriginal Tuesday that Trump and Whitmer, a Democrat, had spoken. She declined to disclose immoderate further details astir the speech but said, "I volition reiterate what helium said publically erstwhile helium was asked by 1 of the journalists successful this country successful the Oval Office a mates of weeks agone astir the pardons. He said it’s thing helium would look at, thing more, thing less.”

The president told reporters astatine a property lawsuit successful the Oval Office that helium would "take a look" astatine imaginable pardons for the men who were convicted successful the kidnapping plot.

"I’m going to look astatine it. I volition instrumentality a look astatine it. It’s been brought to my attention. I did ticker the trial. It looked to maine similar somewhat of a railroad job," helium said aft a newsman asked astir it.

Whitmer, who has met with Trump successful idiosyncratic aggregate times this year, told NBC affiliate WOOD past week that she was “very disappointed” that helium was considering it. “I’ll beryllium making my thoughts known to the White House and I anticipation they instrumentality it into consideration," she said.

Over a twelve men were initially charged successful the kidnapping scheme, though not each of them were tried successful national tribunal (Trump doesn't person the powerfulness to intervene successful authorities cases).

Barry Croft Jr., who prosecutors said was the ringleader, is presently serving a astir 20-year condemnation successful national prison. A cardinal co-conspirator, Adam Fox, was fixed a 16-year situation sentence.

Whitmer, a imaginable 2028 Democratic statesmanlike contender, has faced disapproval from members of her enactment implicit her amicable narration with the president.

Trump has continued to flex his pardoning powers successful his 2nd term, issuing pardons past week to erstwhile world TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, erstwhile Rep. Michael Grimm, R-N.Y., among others.