(Washington D.C.) - More than a dozen people have been charged in connection with a plot to kidnap the governor of Michigan.  According to federal authorities, many of the suspects are part of a domestic terror group who devised the plot.

The use of explosives and a taser were included in plans to storm the capitol building and the governor’s residence, authorities said.

Authorities said the goal was to kidnap the governor prior to the November 3 election.