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The Detroit Free Press reports:
A federal jury in Grand Rapids has convicted two men charged with plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer out of anger over her handling of the pandemic.
Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. were judged by a second, more diverse jury than in the first trial, which ended with no convictions for the government. Two men were acquitted in that trial and the jury deadlocked on charges against Fox and Croft Jr., triggering a mistrial that prompted the government to try again.
The historic case highlighted the growth of violent extremism in America, with prosecutors maintaining that Fox, Croft and four other militia members plotted to kidnap the governor from her vacation home out of anger over her lockdown orders and mask mandates.
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BREAKING: Jury convicts Fox, Croft in Whitmer kidnap plot https://t.co/ogChgZ4kL8
— Detroit Free Press (@freep) August 23, 2022
Breaking: A jury Tuesday convicted two men accused of orchestrating a plan to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as prosecutors salvaged the largest domestic terrorism case in a generation that has shed light on political extremism in Michigan https://t.co/MEBr2w2GKo via @detroitnews
— Robert Snell (@robertsnellnews) August 23, 2022
The jury also found Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. guilty of conspiring to obtain a weapon of mass destruction, namely a bomb to blow up a bridge and stymie police if the kidnapping could be pulled off at Whitmer’s vacation home. https://t.co/vi7N8JcSBx
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) August 23, 2022