Coverage dated December 9, 2022

Whitmer kidnapping plot leader should not get life sentence, attorney argues

Headline from Washington Examiner

The leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer should not be sentenced to life in prison because federal prosecutors overstated his role in the plot and have created a “false narrative of a terrifying para-military leader," his attorney argues.

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  1. Fox2 Detroit

    Attorney: Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot leader should not get life sentence (opens Fox2 Detroit)

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    The attorney said that prosecutors’ sentencing “memorandum employs exaggerated language to create the false narrative of a terrifying para-military leader.”

  2. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Attorney: Kidnap plot leader should not get life sentence (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    The leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer should not be sentenced to life in prison because federal prosecutors overstated his role in the plot and have created a "false narrative of a terrifying para-military leader," his attorney argues.

  3. Washington Examiner

    Whitmer kidnapping plot leader should not get life sentence, attorney argues (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    The leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer should not be sentenced to life in prison because federal prosecutors overstated his role in the plot and have created a “false narrative of a terrifying para-military leader," his attorney argues.

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