A US court has sentenced one of the two masterminds behind the plot to kidnap US Governor Gretchen Whitmer to 16 years in prison.
The sentence is well below the life imprisonment demanded by the public prosecutor.
As the “Washington Post” and other US media unanimously report, this is the highest penalty that has been imposed in the case so far.
The 39-year-old was found guilty in August of planning the kidnapping of Whitmer and considering using a bomb. This should put the politician’s security staff out of action.
Coup plans in social networks
Plans to kidnap Democrat Whitmer, Michigan’s governor who was re-elected in November, came to light in 2020 after FBI investigators took to social media for discussions by a certain group about the “violent overthrow of certain components of government and law enforcement.” were.
Legend:
Gretchen Whitmer during a campaign event in Detroit in October 2022.
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In mid-December, three other men had already been sentenced to 12, 10 and seven years in prison in connection with the plot.
SRF 4 News, December 27, 2022, 8 p.m.; agencies/schm; blac
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