A booking photo of Brian Higgins from Columbia County, Wisc.
by: WOOD TV8
LANSING, Mich. (WOOD TV8) — Federal authorities say a Wisconsin man charged in a plot to kidnap Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has been released from jail after posting a $10,000 cash bail.
Brenda Yaskal , the Columbia County District Attorney requested a $1 million bail for Brian Higgins, but Judge Todd Hepler set the lower amount, according to WISC-TV.
Federal authorities say Higgins was released Monday night.
Prosecutors allege Higgins, 51, of Wisconsin Dells, was part of a crew conducting surveillance for the kidnapping plot.
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