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A jury has convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 after a jury failed to reach a verdict in an earlier trial of the two men.
A man acquitted in April regarding a plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) spoke out Friday after both sides rested their case in the retrial of two men charged in the conspiracy.
"We wanted to cause as much a disruption as possible to prevent Joe Biden from getting into office," Ty Garbin told jurors.
The four men on trial for plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer spent months meticulously planning out the scheme, which they hoped would incite a second civil war and prevent Joe Biden from winning the presidency, according to court testimony Wednesday from the government's star witness.
As the trial for the men charged with plotting to kidnap and kill Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer nears, defense attorneys and prosecutors continue to file motions with the court.