In kidnap plot against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, 3 men sentenced and plead for court's mercy
Three men convicted of helping to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer were sentenced Thursday in Jackson County, with the prosecution arguing that despite the defense that "nothing happened," they committed the most serious of crimes, an attack on democracy.
The men, the prosecution said, ultimately were seeking to inspire a U.S. civil war known as the boogaloo, and even though their plans were thwarted by law enforcement, they succeeded in intimidating office holders, potential candidates, and residents.
Judge Thomas Wilson sentenced Pete Musico to a minimum of 12 years in prison, his son-in-law, Joe Morrison, to 10, and Paul Bellar to 7. Musico and Morrison's sentences on the first two counts — providing material support for a terrorist act and gang membership — are to run consecutively, while Bellar's sentence is concurrent.
The state argued that all three men — Musico, 45, Morrison, 28, and Bellar, 24 — had joined with the ringleaders who plotted to kidnap Whitmer — Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr., who were convicted in federal court — and were members of a group, the Wolverine Watchmen, that engaged in illegal activity.
Fox, 39, is fighting a life sentence, which could be handed down later this month.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/12/15/whitmer-kidnap-plot-sentencing/69731173007/
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How's that real-life civil-war video game's going for ya, domestic terrorists, eh?
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