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Courtesy of U.S. Attorneys Office for the Western District of Michigan Federal prosecutors may be considering additional charges for use of “weapons of mass destruction” in the alleged plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer. That’s a “major factor” behind why one of the six men decided to plead guilty to the initial kidnapping charges, according to his attorneys. Twenty-five year old Ty Garbin of Hartland Township appeared in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Mic...

Ty Garbin has agreed to help prosecutors who claim a group of men sought to kidnap and punish Michigan’s Democratic governor for ordering a statewide lockdown to slow the spread of Covid-19.   Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing last October. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP) DETROIT (CN) — A man who was part of a group that prosecutors say planned to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer pleaded guilty Wednesday to a conspiracy charge. ...