A federal judge has reduced the prison sentence of a Michigan man Friday who was convicted for his role in the kidnapping plot of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
Two men who previously pleaded guilty to planning to kidnap the Michigan governor testified this week against four co-defendants who are on trial for conspiracy charges and face life sentences if convicted.
the governor s extension of the stay at home order constituted government overreach. what did governor whitmer represent to people like your client? fear, hypocrisy, everything that they don t like about government. our client said i got into a place because of the pandemic, because of the political culture in this country, where i really felt like talking about kidnapping the governor was a realistic option and i shouldn t have. but garbin did more than just talk. he trained with the group, conducted reconnaissance, and attempted to manufacture explosive devices. many of the members of these armed groups are white men. do you think there is a fear that white men are feeling about the state of this country, the state of the world? the thing that divides us the most is that the white men you talk about look backwards to an american dream that was very real for them. it provided opportunity. it provided economic freedom.