Three men who forged an early alliance with the leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor have all been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for assisting him in 2020. The three were convicted in October of providing material support for a terrorist act.
, which carries a maximum term of 20 years, and two other crimes.
Judge Thomas Wilson presided over the first batch of convictions in state court, following the high-profile But defense attorneys argued that the trio had cut ties with Fox before the Whitmer plot came into focus by late summer of 2020; Bellar had moved to South Carolina in July. The three men also didn’t travel with Fox to look for the governor’s second home or participate in a key training session inside a “shoot house” in Luther, Michigan.“Mr. Bellar is clueless about any plot to kidnap the governor,” attorney Andrew Kirkpatrick said again in a court filing last week.
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