The FBI found flexible plastic handcuffs, a tactical vest, at least three firearms, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition at the home of the alleged ringleader in the plot to kidnap Michigan GovWhitmer.
Authorities also seized a gas mask, zip ties, knives, and binoculars as they carried out a search warrant of the basement Adam Fox was living in prior to his October 2020 arrest, FBI special agent Brian Clark testified Friday in federal court.Fox and his three co-defendants, Barry Croft Jr., Brandon Caserta, and Daniel Harris, face up to life in prison if found guilty of conspiring to kidnap Whitmer.
Ty Garbin, who was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty in January 2021, testified Wednesday there was"no question" that he and the defendants were willing participants in the plot. Garbin described how the plotters practiced storming and snatching the governor using a"shoot house" he had constructed to resemble Whitmer's vacation home. They also prepared to engage in vehicular combat with police, which they expected would try to stop them from carrying out the kidnapping.The plotters, Garbin said, hoped that by kidnapping Whitmer, they would block Joe Biden from winning the presidency in November 2020 and ignite a second civil war.
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