The Michigan man who admitted he was part of an extremist group plotting to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer was sentenced to more than six years in prison.
Apparently, NBC News reported that Ty Garbin, 25, and the extremist group were upset over the governor’s COVID restrictions and wanted to retaliate.
However, Garbin is the only one out of the more than a dozen men who plead guilty for his role. The group is facing both state and federal charges for their wicked plot. Five of the group members have pleaded not guilty and will stand trial in October.
Garbin received 75 months after U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker handed down his sentence. He will also have three years of probation and pay a $2,500 fine.
Garbin issued an apology to the Governor although she was present.
“First, I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and her family,” he told the court. “I’ve had a lot of time to reflect on my actions, and I never realized what my actions would have caused to her, but also her family.
“I can’t even begin to imagine the amount of stress and fear her family members felt because of my actions, and for that, I’m truly sorry,” he said.
He then apologized to his friends and family.
“I never took into consideration the emotional effect that my actions would take on them, as well,” he said. “And for that, I was truly selfish to not take into consideration my family members that have meant so much to me.”
He also said he wants to “deradicalize” himself and help others from becoming radicalized.
The judge’s decision to hand down a lesser sentence was due to Garbin’s “concrete” actions that showed he was taking accountability for his actions. Prosecutors also said he cooperated extensively with their investigation by providing “a wide-ranging insider’s view of the conspiracy.”
“That’s what’s more impressive to me here, and not just the words of Mr. Garbin that he’s abandoning this path, but the things he’s done, concrete things he’s done, to demonstrate that he means it.”
