Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) is now claiming that President Donald Trump personally told her that he would not be giving pardons to the individuals who have been convicted for plotting to kidnap Whitmer. 

Whitmer, according to Just the News, made the claim during an interview on Michigan Public Radio.

What's interesting is that the president recently suggested that he would consider pardoning these individuals.

In case you missed it, we will catch you up to speed.

Background

This past week, Trump said that he would consider pardoning those individuals convicted for plotting to kidnap Whitmer.

He said:

I’m going to look at it. I will take a look at it. It’s been brought to my attention. I did watch the trial. It looked to me like somewhat of a railroad job, I’ll be honest with you. It looked to me like some people said some stupid things. But I’ll take a look at that. A lot of people are asking me that question, from both sides actually. A lot of people think they got railroaded. A lot of people think they got railroaded and probably some people don’t.

Trump, clearly, tried to stay neutral on the subject.

Apparently, though, this struck a nerve with Whitmer.

It is worth remembering that Whitmer actually met with Trump at multiple events this year, much to the dismay of members of her Democratic Party, which criticized her for doing so.

"I talked to the President . . ."

Whitmer, during the interview, said that she was "disappointed" with Trump's response to the question.

She also claimed that Trump told her, during one of their meetups, that he would not be pardoning these individuals.

The governor said:

Well, I think anything short of condemning political violence does a disservice to everyone. I'll be honest with you, I talked to the President about a month ago and he asked me how I'd feel about this and I said I think it would be the wrong decision. I would oppose it and he said, 'okay, I'll drop it.' Now, we see this revelation. So, I'm not sure how to process it.

Whitmer went on to suggest that she would reach out to Trump about the situation.

She also said:

I will just point out that when the man shot at the President when he was on the campaign trail in Pennsylvania, I was one of the first officeholders on either side of the aisle to condemn it. Because anything short of condemnation creates a dangerous space for people that are sworn an oath to do the work of the public.