Six years for the first Whitmer defendant

[BeyondGeography]

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A man upset over state-ordered coronavirus restrictions was sentenced to just over six years in prison Wednesday for planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a significant break that reflected his quick decision to cooperate and help agents build cases against others.

Ty Garbin admitted his role in the alleged scheme weeks after his arrest last fall. He is among six men charged in federal court but the only one to plead guilty so far. It was a key victory for prosecutors as they try to prove an astonishing plot against the others.

Garbin apologized to Whitmer, who was not in court, and her family…

https://www.wsaw.com/2021/08/25/1st-sentence-be-handed-down-michigan-governor-kidnapping-plot/

[Sogo]

1. WHY aren't the Capitol Insurrectionists getting similar sentences????

[BigmanPigman]

4. Good question.

[mopinko]

6. cuz these guys were planning murder.

[CrackityJones75]

7. Was there not a working gallows?

I saw a working gallows erected on site.

[mopinko]

8. i doubt it would have held up. rly, they were out for blood, ferealz.

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and had the actual means to do it.

[ShazzieB]

23. It wouldn't have.

Look at the pictures again, at the flimsy pieces of wood and the stringy cord used to make the noose. There's no way that thing could have supported the weight of an adult. It was more like a replica of a gallows than an actual working gallows.

Did the builder(s) really think they were going to hang Mike Pence or anyone else on that thing? Who knows. Considering the mean i.q. of that mob, it's not impossible. But it was so blatantly inadequate to the task that defense attorneys could easily argue that it was just constructed for show, thereby creating "reasonable doubt" about the true intentions of its constructor(s).

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. Fake gallows. Real flagpoles, real Qonfederate flag, real lives lost, real threat to democracy. . nt

[Celerity]

21. shame they did not 'self-test' it out to see if it was actually functional

Link to tweet

[Sogo]

10. so were some of the insurrectionists.

They would have killed any of Pence, Pelosi, AOC, or other prominent lawmakers if they had found them.

[localroger]

14. They haven't been able to build a solid enough case

The Feds don't like losing cases they prosecute. They are going for things they are sure can be proved beyond reasonable doubt with the evidence at hand so far. The kidnap guys left more clues per person and there was a CI who could solidly tie them all together (who himself got 6 years, so the rest of them are looking at a lot longer). Should that kind of evidence emerge in the Jan 6 case -- and they're looking very diligently -- you can expect more charges.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. +1 for thinking it through. I also agree with your view that Feds are looking very diligently. . .nt

[gratuitous]

2. Six years for the first guy to cut his deal

His co-defendants have to figure they're going to get 10 years or more. That's too bad. Sad, even.

[hibbing]

3. "upset over state-ordered coronavirus restrictions"

Well, at least his life won't be restricted while he's in prison for 6 years, or however long he actually serves.

Peace

[malaise]

5. Great news

Rec

[Vinca]

9. Good. If this is the sentence for the person cooperating, the others are screwed.

[Auggie]

13. Hope they're scared to death

[BeyondGeography]

24. Some people are having an extremely bad night tonight

Oh well.

[Johnny2X2X]

11. Seems fair

He cooperated. I’d expect to see 12-20 years fit the rest of these anti American terrorists.

[underpants]

12. FREEDOM!!!

Right?

[gab13by13]

15. Freedumb

[johnthewoodworker]

16. How stunning! A Republican/Nazi criminal actually arrested, convicted and sentenced. Maybe

he can use his jail time to study about science and vaccines.

[soldierant]

19. I'm prtty sure Governor Whitmer

has more important things to do than to be in the courtroom for this.

[Pepsidog]

20. That's pretty long for one who cooperates. The others better watch out.

[Demovictory9]

22. Yep

[oasis]

26. Dangerous nuts with access to guns. Lock 'em all up and toss the key.