Lengthy prison terms for 3 who aided Whitmer kidnap plotter

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JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — A judge on Thursday handed down the longest prison terms so far in the plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor, sentencing three men who forged an early alliance with a leader of the scheme before the FBI broke it up in 2020.

https://apnews.com/article/crime-michigan-government-and-politics-f6ed3d5b2546dbe9c60bb34b9ee8ddb4?

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Co-leader of Whitmer kidnapping plot gets 16 years in prison

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The co-leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was sentenced Tuesday to 16 years in prison for conspiring to abduct the Democrat and blow up a bridge to ease an escape.

https://apnews.com/article/gretchen-whitmer-politics-michigan-dd8c0cf8d7bb48e01c3befd4ed8db3ea?

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Trial ordered for 5 men in plot to kidnap Michigan governor

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Five men were turned over for trial Wednesday on charges involving a foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

https://apnews.com/article/gretchen-whitmer-michigan-crime-brian-higgins-united-states-government-ab78cc2f1ed40bd32991d13d2a3a3a2f

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Attorney: Kidnap plot leader should not get life sentence

The leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer should not be sentenced to life in prison because federal prosecutors overstated his role in the plot and have created a “false narrative of a terrifying para-military leader,” his attorney argues.

https://apnews.com/article/gretchen-whitmer-michigan-crime-grand-rapids-us-federal-bureau-of-investigation-17c613355566c15f191123aaf90f0a20

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Prosecutors in Whitmer kidnap plot say life sentence fits

Federal prosecutors told a judge Monday that a life prison sentence would be justified for the leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, saying his goal to turn the country upside down in 2020 was a forerunner of rampant anti-government extremism.

https://apnews.com/article/gretchen-whitmer-crime-michigan-grand-rapids-adam-fox-ace2060b595fe6bb610393c831b234fe

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Judge orders longest prison term so far in Gov. Whitmer plot

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A Delaware trucker described as an architect of the conspiracy to kidnap Michigan’s governor was sentenced Wednesday to more than 19 years in prison — the longest term yet given to anyone convicted in the plot.

https://apnews.com/article/gretchen-whitmer-politics-michigan-legal-proceedings-067bdf0f233865a9070918f98b6d4c3a?

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Jury selection begins in final trial over foiled plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor in 2020

BELLAIRE, Mich. (AP) — Nearly three years after authorities foiled a bizarre plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, the last defendants accused of taking part went on trial Monday.

https://apnews.com/article/whitmer-kidnapping-plot-trial-michigan-a6324229197f7ceb446513124c20dbe4?

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Jury clears 3 men in the last trial tied to the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

A jury acquitted three men Friday in the last trial connected to a plan to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a scheme that was portrayed as an example of homegrown terrorism on the eve of the 2020 presidential election.

https://apnews.com/article/michigan-governor-kidnapping-plot-866706a08e6c18619e04b42117d8faf0?

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The FBI’s Double Agent

The Informant at the Heart of the Gretchen Whitmer Kidnapping Plot Was a Liability. So Federal Agents Shut Him Up.

https://theintercept.com/2024/03/06/gretchen-whitmer-kidnapping-informant/?