WISCONSIN (WTAQ-WRN) — A Wisconsin Dells man pleads guilty for his participation in a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor.
Brian Higgins says at a Wednesday trial he will cooperate with prosecutors after pleading to a lesser charge for his part in the conspiracy to abduct Gretchen Whitmer.
Higgins was originally charged with material support for terrorism, which carries a maximum prison term of five years.
Higgins was one of five men who provided support to the kidnapping effort. Those five were scheduled for a trial in northern Michigan later this year. They were not charged in the kidnapping scheme but were accused of providing support to it.
Informants and agents from the FBI infiltrated the group and broke up the plot.
