A trial has been ordered for the five men accused of supporting a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in October 2020, the state’s Attorney General Dana Nessel announced in a statement on Dec. 7.
Michigan residents Michael Null, 38, William Null, 38, Eric Molitor, 36, and Shawn Fix, 38, are accused of providing material support for terrorist acts, which carries a potential 20-year prison sentence and/or a $20,000 fine.
They are also accused of carrying or possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony, which could see them handed a two-year mandatory prison sentence to be served consecutively.
Brian Higgins, 51, of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, was charged with providing material support of an act of terrorism, a 20-year felony….