Jurors in Grand Rapids, Michigan, are hearing from a second man who pleaded guilty in a scheme to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
Garbin, 26, told jurors Wednesday that Whitmer's kidnapping could have been the"ignition" for a U.S.“We wanted to cause as much a disruption as possible to prevent Joe Biden from getting into office. It didn’t have to be,” Garbin said of a pre-election blitz. “It was just preferred.”
The group was arrested in October 2020, a stunning bust near the end of a national campaign that polarized the country. Investigators said the men were extremists who were trying to come up with $4,000 for an explosive to blow up a bridge in northern Michigan during the kidnapping. During questioning by the defense, Garbin said there was discussion about taking Whitmer by boat to Lake Michigan after kidnapping her from her vacation home, dropping the motor and leaving her there.
“The purpose of this was to be a massive inconvenience, right? Because she would just get picked up on the lake,” said defense attorney Joshua Blanchard, referring to a rescue of Whitmer.A day earlier, Garbin explained the Whitmer plan to jurors, taking them through days of training during summer 2020, secret messages and a late night trip to her weekend home. He talked about how he built a “shoot house” with wood, tarp and scrap materials so the men could practice an eventual assault.
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