Federal agents on Thursday arrested two men in Michigan with alleged ties to The Base, a white supremacist group, as part of an ongoing crackdown on extremism in the state following a foiled attempt to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said in a press release that the two suspects, 25-year-old Justen Watkins, the self-proclaimed leader of The Base, and an associated of the group, 35-year-old Alfred Gorman, face multiple felony charges. These are gang membership, a felony that carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, unlawful posting of a message, and using computers to commit a crime.
