Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism
The Lawfare Podcast
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The Rise of Right-Wing Extremism
Jeffrey Toobin: I covered the trials of McVey and Nichols, which took place in Denver in 1997. In October 2020, he says, FBI arrested a group who were plotting to kidnap Governor Whitmer of Michigan. He saw how similar the motivations and the views were; that's why he wrote this book.Toobin: Those are the combination of factors that led me to write the book. The story has been rattling around in my head for a long time.
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