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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has “complete confidence” in Biden’s candidacy

4:41pm July 09, 2024

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer about her new book True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership and Everything in Between.

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Ty Garbin pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six years and three months in prison, according to court records, and three years of supervised release following his prison sentence.

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One Of The Men Charged In The Michigan Governor Kidnap Plot Gets 6 Years In Prison

9:07am August 26, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Ty Garbin pleaded guilty last year for his role in a conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer from her vacation home.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, pictured in March 2019, told NPR the threat posed by individuals subscribing to extremist ideology is a nationwide problem.

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Michigan AG Says White Supremacist Groups Behind Plot To Kidnap Gov. Whitmer

9:56pm October 08, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

"This effort to have a mass uprising nationally is something that we should be very concerned about because, again, it's not just a Michigan problem, this is an American problem," Dana Neseel said.