U.S. federal court jails ringleader of Michigan governor kidnap plot for sixteen years

The leader of a foiled plot by members of right-wing militia groups to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Tuesday in a U.S. District Court, prosecutors said. Adam Fox, 39, was found guilty in August by a federal court jury in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on one count each… Read More U.S. federal court jails ringleader of Michigan governor kidnap plot for sixteen years

Michigan jury convicts three men of aiding plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer

A Michigan jury on Wednesday found three men guilty of aiding a conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, a plot that prosecutors said grew out of hostility over restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. After two weeks of testimony in Jackson County Circuit Court, the jury found Joseph Morrison, 28, his father-in-law… Read More Michigan jury convicts three men of aiding plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer

U.S. jury convicts two men of plot to abduct Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer

A jury on Tuesday convicted two men accused of conspiring to trigger “a second American revolution” by kidnapping Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, handing the U.S. government a victory in its second attempt to prosecute the case. The verdict against Adam Fox, 39, and Barry Croft Jr., 46, comes about four months after a federal judge… Read More U.S. jury convicts two men of plot to abduct Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer

Grand jury indicts six men over attempted kidnap of Michigan governor

Six men facing charges of plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer were indicted by a grand jury this week, the U.S. attorney’s office for western Michigan said on Thursday. The men — Adam Fox, Barry Croft, Ty Garbin, Kaleb Franks, Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta — were arrested and charged in October with conspiring… Read More Grand jury indicts six men over attempted kidnap of Michigan governor