Men Accused Of Plotting To Kidnap Michigan’s Governor Also Practiced Breaching The State Capitol
Posted: 2021, Jan 28, Thu, 2:38 am
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ke ... hing-stateA group of men who allegedly plotted last year to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer practiced how to storm the state’s Capitol and discussed attacking Secret Service convoys with a 37 mm projectile launcher, according to documents filed in federal court Wednesday.
The scheme collapsed in part because several confidential informants had already penetrated the group, as well as at least one undercover FBI agent. When five members of the group, including Garbin, met in Ypsilanti, Michigan, to buy explosives from the agent on Oct. 7, law enforcement swooped in to arrest them.
Garbin was a member of a group called the Wolverine Watchmen whose members linked up with two other like-minded individuals last June and began planning actions against the state government at a time of mounting anger over COVID-19 lockdowns. The men used social media, including Facebook, as well as encrypted messaging services to recruit and organize. They referred to elected officials as “tyrants” and expressed desires to provoke a civil war and potentially overthrow the government.