Mitch Wilkinson

Mitch Wilkinson is a descendant of Albert Pike who was present during the events when John Wilkes Booth carried out the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Biography[]

Background[]

He is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, an international arms dealer and black market antiquities dealer who wants his family to get credit for discovering the Lost city of Gold.

National Treasure: Book of Secrets[]

He claims he has evidence that Thomas Gates, Benjamin Franklin Gates' ancestor was involved in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Wilkinson unveils this information in front of both Ben and Patrick Henry Gates via a missing page of John Wilkes Booth's Diary.

He attacks Patrick Henry Gates at his home to get Benjamin Franklin Gates attention. He also cloned Patrick's phone so he could have access to the clues. Mitch follows the clue to New York and the Statue of Liberty. There he realizes that it is not the correct statue, and he needed to follow Benjamin Franklin Gates to Paris, and then to London. In London, Mitch and his men chase Ben, who had obtained one of the Wood Carving, through the city, until it is thrown into the Thames River.

Back in the states Wilkinson goes to Nichols first, who tells that Emily Appleton Gates can translate the Wood Carving. Mitch then pays Emily a visit for the translation. Mitch then burns Queen Victoria's Letters to destroy the clues. Their meeting is interrupted by Patrick gates, and Mitch threatens Emily to give him the wrong translation. Mitch also threatens her son if she does not accompany him to Mount Rushmore. At mount Rushmore, Ben and Mitch reluctantly work together, and when they find Cíbola in a cavern in Mount Rushmore he double crosses everyone and threatens the life of Abigail Chase. However in doing so he sets off a trap leaving Wilkinson and Ben Franklin Gates as the only ones to hold the door open so that they can escape. He realizes that someone must stay behind or they will all perish. He knows that Ben's whole family is there. He makes a deal with Ben. Wilkinson wants credit for the find. Ben reluctantly agrees to this and Wilkinson lets Ben and his family go and is drowned in the trap.