Michigan man involved in the plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sentenced to 4 years

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A man who pleaded guilty to conspiring to kidnap Michigan's governor in 2020 was granted a major break Thursday and sentenced to four years in prison.

Kaleb Franks was rewarded for testifying for prosecutors at two trials. His sentence was longer than the term given to another man who was the first to plead guilty but it still carried a significant benefit.

Franks "made the right decision and came clean.That's encouraging," U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker said. Franks was among six anti-government extremists who were charged in federal court with conspiracy and other crimes.

Investigators said the group's goal was to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and incite a U.S. civil war — the "boogaloo" — before the 2020 presidential election. "I would like to start by saying I’m sorry to the governor and her family," Franks said in federal court in Grand Rapids, Michigan. "I understand that this experience had to have been very traumatizing and difficult," he said. "I'm ashamed and embarrassed of my actions, and I regret every decision that I made." The group considered Whitmer, a Democrat, and other elected officials to be tyrants who were infringing on constitutional rights, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic when businesses were shut down, people were told to stay home and schools were closed.