in days after two men who led the plot to kidnap and possibly kill her were sentenced to prison. 19 1/2 years for one of the organizers of the conspiracy to kidnap and kill me, that is a significant sentence. i think it s important to understand, i m an ordinary person, i ve got an extraordinary job. i have served in extraordinary times. i m a mom, i m a daughter, i m a an average person trying to serve my state. reporter: whitmer has chafed as how the matter has been described as a kidnapping plot instead of assassination attempt. they weren t planning to ransom me, they were going to keep me and assassinate me. there was one person who showed up on, you know, supreme court justice s lawn and turned himself in and it was covered as an assassination attempt. the ordeal made whitmer question remaining in public service and she was shocked when
respectfully 19 1/2 years, one to 16. what did you make of that? well, i think that it s important to have accountability and i filed a victim impact statement, because i think it s important to understand, i m an ordinary person. i ve got an extraordinary job, i have served in extraordinary times, but i m a many mom, i m daughter, i m an average person who is trying to serve my state. and the heightened threats that we are now seeing rampant across this country are scary. it s important that people are held accountable. so whether it is someone harassing, you know, supreme court justice brett kavanaugh, or congressman fred upton here in michigan or me or our attorney general or secretary of state, it s unacceptable. so i was pleased to see the guilty verdicts and
lawful. in a footnote, judge bates noted that his ruling was not out of step with the january 6 committee final report which concluded that trump acted, quote, corruptly, because he knew stopping the certification was indeed unlawful. meanwhile, the second of two men convicted of playing a key role in the plot to kidnap michigan governor gretchen whitmer was sentenced to 19 1/2 years in prison yesterday. barry croft was the last defendant to be sentenced in the plot. prosecutors say he planned to use guns and explosives to kidnap the governor the judge calling him the quote, idea guy. adam fox the alleged defendant, was sentenced to 16 years for his wohl. prosecutors called the men co-leaders of the plot to abduct and possibly assassinate the governor. turning now to the latest in ukraine, parts of the war-torn country are in the dark this morning after a new round of
the state case returns to court in late february. the second of two men convict offend playing a key role in the plot to kidnap michigan governor gretchen whitmer was sentenced to 19 1/2 years in prison yesterday. barry croft was the last defendant to be sentenced in the plot. prosecutors said he planned to use guns and explosives to kidnap the governor with the judge calling him the, quote, ideas guy. croft s co-defendant, adam fox, was sentenced on tuesday to 16 years for his role. prosecutors called the men co-leaders of the plot to abduct and possibly assassinate the governor. a recent piece in the atlantic argues that america has a, quote, anti-maga majority. author david graham writes the midterm elections results revealed that although a sizable minority of americans will never defect from trump, an even larger group seems equally determined to stop trumpism.
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