The sentence is well below the life sentence demanded by the prosecutor, the Washington Post and other American media reported unanimously on Tuesday. But it is the highest sentence imposed in the case to date.
The 39-year-old was found guilty in August of planning Whitmer’s kidnapping and using a bomb. This should put the politician’s security personnel out of action.
Plans to kidnap Democrat Whitmer, the governor of Michigan who was re-elected in November, came to light in 2020 after FBI investigators learned of discussions by a certain group on social media about the “violent overthrow of certain parts of government and law enforcement”. “. goods.
In mid-December, three other men had already been sentenced to 12, 10 and 7 years in prison in connection with the plot.
(SDA)