Blog tagged as Domestic Terrorism

The self-professed executive officer of the Genesee County Volunteer Militia was sentenced to more than four years in prison Friday for clobbering Capitol police with a baton he stole from one of them during chaos on Jan. 6, 2021.

One convicted conspirator in the failed Gov. Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot was sentenced to prison Thursday and a second was given probation as the last two of the eight accused conspirators were adjudicated.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's press secretary called for Rep. Rachelle Smit (R-Shelbyville) and Leader Matt Hall (R-Kalamazoo) to answer for proclamations "saluting" twin brothers whose "government – state and federal – betrayed" them when they were tried for assisting in the plot to kidnap Whitmer.

Former GOP gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley was sentenced Tuesday to 60 days in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

With Friday's not-guilty verdicts in the cases of three alleged Gov. Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping conspirators, the first round of judicial action against the 14 charged men is complete. Federal and state prosecutors recorded four plea deals, five convictions following trials and five acquittals.