The man accused of leading a plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, was sentenced to 16 years in prison, the longest sentence yet for anyone involved in this case.
Adam Fox was sentenced to 16 years in prison, followed by five years of probation, for conspiring to kidnap the Democrat and wanting to use a “weapon of mass destruction” to do so, charges for which he had been convicted in August, disclosed on Tuesday. the US Department of Justice
Federal prosecutors, who were seeking life in prison, considered Fox the “engine” responsible for the attempted kidnapping of the governor in 2020 from her vacation home, with the aim of starting a “second American revolution,” according to US media reports. .
The weapon of mass destruction was a bomb that prosecutors say the conspirators planned to detonate to prevent a police response to the kidnapping and that would be placed under an interstate overpass, near a crosswalk.
Barry Croft Jr., an accomplice in this plot, will know his sentence on Wednesday.
Two other people directly involved in this plan, Ty Garbin and Kaleb Franks, have been sentenced in the past to two and a half years and four years in prison, respectively.
In mid-December, three other men were sentenced to up to 12 years in prison for supporting Whitmer’s kidnapping plans after being convicted of firearms offenses and providing “material support” to a terrorist act, acting as members of the paramilitary group. The Wolverine Watchmen. .
During the most difficult months of the covid-19 pandemic, the governor was criticized by conservative groups and far-right militias, and even by the then president, Republican Donald Trump (2017-2021), for imposing the closure of the activity business and ban crowds in your state.
Source: TSF
