A judge on Thursday handed down the longest prison terms so far in the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, sentencing three men who forged an early alliance with a leader of the scheme before the FBI broke it up in 2020. Pete Musico was sentenced to a minimum of 12 years in prison, followed by his son-in-law Joe Morrison at 10 years and Paul Bellar at seven.
They did not have a direct role in the conspiracy but were members of a paramilitary group that trained with Adam Fox, who faces a possible life sentence in a separate case in federal court.
Morrison, Musico and Bellar will be eligible for parole after serving their terms.
The trio was convicted in October of providing material support for a terrorist act, which carries a maximum term of 20 years, and two other crimes.
Speaking in a recorded video, Whitmer urged Jackson County Judge Thomas Wilson to "impose a sentence that meets the gravity of the damage they have done to our democracy." ...
Finally! Justice has prevailed! Of course they will be appealing the sentence for the rest of my lifetime. And hoping a Republican president in 2024 will give them pardons.