Grand Rapids judge denied motion for new trial for 2 members involved in Whitmer kidnapping plot
Found guilty in August of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and trying to obtain a weapon of mass destruction, a federal judge in Grand Rapids has denied the motion for a new trial for Barry Croft and Adam Fox.
Retrial of 2 suspects in alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer ready to begin
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Two men who were acquitted of plotting to kidnap Gov. Whitmer says details ‘jarring’ from trial of men charged with conspiring to kidnap herMan in alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer denies involvement, tells jurors informant pushed the ideaGirlfriend of key figure in alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot: ‘Dominoes will start falling’ with a governor’s hangingAlleged leaders of plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot trialGuns, flexible handcuffs in home of defendant in alleged plot to kidnap Gov.
mlive.comAfter deadlocked jury, men seek acquittal in alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Two men accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot trialGov. Whitmer kidnap case crashes: ‘Conspiracy that just never was,’ attorney says2 men acquitted in alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot to ‘next level, not our guy’Too drunk, too stoned, still mad about COVID-19 orders: This week in the Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot trial
mlive.comIn outcome of Whitmer case, some see freedom, others danger
That a jury didn't convict any of the four men charged with planning to kidnap Michigan Gov_ Gretchen Whitmer is further evidence of the political polarization in the U_S_ A defense lawyer for one of the men says it shows freedom still exists, and that the men's actions were nothing more than “rough talk.”.
Shocker: Far-Right Men Accused in Michigan Guv Kidnap Plot Duck Conviction
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Photo by JIM WATSON/GettyIn a shocking twist, a gaggle of white men accused of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in the weeks before the 2020 presidential election dodged convictions on Friday.After five days of deliberations, a Michigan jury acquitted Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta of several charges, including conspiracy, for what prosecutors said was a depraved scheme born out of anti-government anger at the Democratic leader’s COVID-
news.yahoo.comMichigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer jury reaches verdict on some counts, still deliberating others
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Jurors determining the fates of four men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. More on MLive:Jury in alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer to return for fourth day of deliberationsDefendants felt ‘totally justified’ in alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer, prosecutor saysDefendant in alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer manipulated by FBI, informant, attorney argues‘I always disagreed,’ defendant says, before alleged plot to kidnap Gov.
mlive.comDefendant’s dad: FBI, informants pushed Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot to ‘next level, not our guy’
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The family of Daniel Harris, the youngest of four men on trial in the alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, remained hopeful – and confident of his innocence – as a jury finished its fourth day of deliberations without a verdict. Rob Harris and his family have attended the five-week-long trial in U.S. District Court to support his son.
mlive.comJurors in alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer deliberate 8 hours without verdict
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Jury deliberations will resume Tuesday, April 5, in the alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer, prosecutor saysDefendant in alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer manipulated by FBI, informant, attorney argues‘I always disagreed,’ defendant says, before alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer goes to juryMan in alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot trialGirlfriend of key figure in alleged plot to kidnap Gov.
mlive.comTestimony wraps, governor calls details ‘jarring:’ This week in the Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot trial
They are among 14 men charged in the alleged plot, with eight charged in state court. Whitmer says details ‘jarring’ from trial of men charged with conspiring to kidnap herDefendants felt ‘totally justified’ in alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer manipulated by FBI, informant, attorney argues‘I always disagreed,’ defendant says, before alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot trialGirlfriend of key figure in alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot: ‘Dominoes will start falling’ with a governor’s hangingAlleged leaders of plot to kidnap Gov.
mlive.com‘I always disagreed,’ defendant says, before alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer goes to jury
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – In a recorded jailhouse phone call, Daniel Harris, one of four men suspected in an alleged plot to kidnap Gov. The government said the defendants planned to kidnap Whitmer from her Elk Rapids summer home then put her on a boat in Lake Michigan without a motor. Related:Man in alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot trialGirlfriend of key figure in alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot: ‘Dominoes will start falling’ with a governor’s hangingAlleged leaders of plot to kidnap Gov.
mlive.comGov. Whitmer says details ‘jarring’ from trial of men charged with conspiring to kidnap her
What’s not healthy is a mob mentality ... that’s never acceptable in our society.”Read more on MLive.com:Man in alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer denies involvement, tells jurors informant pushed the ideaGirlfriend of key figure in alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot: ‘Dominoes will start falling’ with a governor’s hangingAlleged leaders of plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot trialGuns, flexible handcuffs in home of defendant in alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot trialMan who joined militia was alarmed by cop-killing talk, turned informant in Gov.
mlive.comMan in alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer denies involvement, tells jurors informant pushed the idea
Whitmer kidnap plot trialGirlfriend of key figure in alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot: ‘Dominoes will start falling’ with a governor’s hangingAlleged leaders of plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot trialMan in Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot expected to die in shootout with policeDefense objects to ‘snitch’ invoking Fifth Amendment in Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot trialFormer defendant: Gov.
mlive.comDefense Rests In Trial Of 4 Men In Gov. Whitmer Kidnap Plot
One of four men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer testified in his own defense Thursday, repeatedly telling jurors “absolutely not” when asked if he agreed to abduct her before the 2020 election.
detroit.cbslocal.comDefense objects to ‘snitch’ invoking Fifth Amendment in Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot trial
Gretchen Whitmer plot to a fake role and announced the promotion on a government-created page. Whitmer kidnap plotters neared ‘point of no return’‘Government’s driving the car,’ defense attorney says of Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot trialMan who joined militia was alarmed by cop-killing talk, turned informant in Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot trial‘I will die a saint, covered in blood,’ alleged leader of Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot said in FBI recording‘I’m gonna terrorize people,’ alleged leader of plot to kidnap Gov.
mlive.comAttorneys question role of informant, FBI in Gov. Whitmer kidnap case
Gretchen Whitmer kidnap case on Tuesday, March 22, are trying to show that a key informant and the FBI played roles in the planning. Whitmer kidnap plot case says any help to defendants was intended to build trustUndercover FBI agent, informant come clean: This week in the Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot trialMan who joined militia was alarmed by cop-killing talk, turned informant in Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot trial‘I will die a saint, covered in blood,’ alleged leader of Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot said in FBI recording‘I’m gonna terrorize people,’ alleged leader of plot to kidnap Gov.
mlive.comFBI: Accused wanted 'tyrant' Gov. Whitmer tied up on table
A key figure in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov_ Gretchen Whitmer was secretly recorded telling an undercover FBI agent that he wanted to restrain the “tyrant” on a table, then pose for a photo “like we just made the biggest drug bust.”.
Jurors given unflattering snapshots of 4 men charged in Whitmer’s kidnapping plot
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — After more than two days of testimony, jurors were given unflattering snapshots of four men who are charged with planning to strike back against government by kidnapping Michigan Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot trial delayed after ‘essential participant’ tests positive for COVID-19RELATED: Too drunk, too stoned, still mad about COVID-19 orders: This week in the Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot trialCroft, Fox, Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta are charged with conspiracy; three of them also face weapons-related charges. He was tapped by Croft to lead the plot, Roth said. ___Find AP’s full coverage of the Whitmer kidnap plot trial at: https://apnews.com/hub/whitmer-kidnap-plot-trialMore:Alleged plot against governor signals shift toward violence among ‘citizen militia’: expertsMan accused of battering, yelling slurs at utility worker is brother of Ashli BabbittFirst Capitol riot trial ends with conviction on all counts
mlive.comSnapshots of 4 men charged in Whitmer kidnapping plot
After more than two days of testimony, jurors have unflattering snapshots of four men who are charged with planning to strike back against government by kidnapping Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer from her weekend home. Prosecutors introduced videos, messages and secretly recorded conversations full of antigovernment screeds, mostly expressed by Barry Croft Jr. and Adam Fox, who are described as the leaders. Evidence presented early in what's likely to be a weekslong trial has bounced from Michigan to gatherings in Ohio and Wisconsin and an arrest in New Jersey — and not always in order.
news.yahoo.comToo drunk, too stoned, still mad about COVID-19 orders: This week in the Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot trial
Related: ‘I’m gonna terrorize people,’ alleged leader of plot to kidnap Gov. The defendants liked to smoke pot and drink at their meetings/training sessions. They are facing trial on federal charges accusing them in a plot to abduct Michigan's Democratic Gov. Whitmer kidnap trial loomsHe noted that a national group appointed Fox to be president of Michigan’s 3 Percenter patriot militia. Nils Kessler and Jonathan Roth, assistant U.S. attorneys, said the defendants – upset at the governor’s shutdown orders - planned to kidnap Whitmer at her summer home in Northern Michigan.
mlive.comAgent: ‘Real Concern’ Men In Whitmer Kidnap Plot May Get Explosives
Prosecutors in the trial of four men charged with planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer opened the first full day of testimony Thursday by showing jurors more profanity-filled messages and social media posts by two of the...
detroit.cbslocal.comJury hears man discuss plan to abduct Mich. Gov. Whitmer
Prosecutors in the trial of four men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday played covertly recorded audio for jurors in which one of the men specifically discusses a plan to abduct the Democrat. In the recording, made by a government informant during a meeting in mid-July 2020 in Wisconsin, Barry Croft Jr. describes the possibility of using explosives to “rain down” fire on law enforcement “with a team standing by” to abduct Whitmer. In another recording made by the same informant, jurors heard the sound of an explosives test Croft was conducting.
news.yahoo.comDefendants in alleged Gov. Whitmer kidnap plan claim innocence, entrapment
Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday, March 9, that government informants and undercover FBI agents pushed the scheme but denied their clients took part. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Roth disputed the notion the defendants were entrapped by undercover FBI or paid informants. It’s a reference to a second civil war in the U.S.Roth said that the defendants planned to kidnap Whitmer at gunpoint from her summer cottage in Elk Rapids. Whitmer kidnap plan says co-defendants’ claims of FBI entrapment are falseHe said that Croft told others that he had been given permission by God to kill. Croft, Fox and Harris are also charged with conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction.
mlive.comLawyers: FBI lured men for Michigan Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot
The four men charged with planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer were swayed by informants and federal agents who targeted them for their anti-government views, defense attorneys said Wednesday, portraying the men as big talkers and wannabes who never meant what they said. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Roth argued that the men were “willing, eager, if not already preparing” to get Whitmer before investigators infiltrated the group. Investigators stepped in and stopped a “tragedy” when the men were planning to acquire a bomb to blow up a bridge near Whitmer’s home to stop police from quickly responding, Roth told jurors during his opening statement in federal court in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
news.yahoo.com2nd defendant to plead guilty to conspiracy to kidnap Gov. Whitmer
Whitmer kidnap plot, prosecutor says defense based on ‘conspiracy theories’In spring 2020, he connected with a Michigan-based militia, the Wolverine Watchmen, through a firearms group on Facebook. Later, Watchmen provided code words to conceal illegal activities being discussed, the plea agreement said. In the plea agreement, Franks admitted to attending field-training exercises, often with a short-barrel rifle. In mid-July 2020, at a meeting in Peebles, Ohio, Croft suggested putting explosive devices at Michigan State Police posts, Franks’ plea agreement says. But they “voluntarily joined” the plan to kidnap Whitmer, records said.
mlive.comIn Whitmer kidnapping plot, extremists also wanted to blow up a bridge, tried to buy explosives, feds say
A grand jury on Wednesday added additional charges against three of the men who allegedly plotted to kidnap Gov. Whitmer, including conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction in a "domestic terrorism" scheme.
washingtonpost.comTrial postponed for five men in alleged Governor Whitmer kidnapping plot
The trial was postponed to give defense lawyers more time to receive and analyze evidence. In October, the FBI announced it had broken up the plot to kidnap Whitmer that was put in motion by anti-government extremists upset over her COVID-19 restrictions. Six people were charged in federal court, while eight others were charged in state court. Ty Garbin, one of the six men charged in federal court, pleaded guilty in January and said he would cooperate with prosecutors. The six men facing federal charges were part of a broader attempt to spark a civil war by overthrowing the government and killing police personnel.
arabamericannews.comGrand jury indicts six men for Michigan governor kidnap plot
Michigan Governor Gretchen WhitmerLANSING – Six men facing charges of plotting to kidnap Governor Whitmer were indicted by a grand jury this week, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan said. Some of the men belong to an anti-government militia group called Wolverine Watchmen. At least one of the defendants, Fox, considered Whitmer to be a sort of tyrant because she had ordered gyms closed in the state to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, according to prosecutors. Obtaining the grand jury indictments, which came down on Wednesday, was a necessary step to proceed with the federal prosecutions, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a statement. Some of the men also bought supplies for the kidnapping, the indictment said.
arabamericannews.comGrand jury indicts six men for Michigan governor kidnap plot
Michigan Governor Gretchen WhitmerLANSING – Six men facing charges of plotting to kidnap Governor Whitmer were indicted by a grand jury this week, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan said. Some of the men belong to an anti-government militia group called Wolverine Watchmen. At least one of the defendants, Fox, considered Whitmer to be a sort of tyrant because she had ordered gyms closed in the state to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, according to prosecutors. Obtaining the grand jury indictments, which came down on Wednesday, was a necessary step to proceed with the federal prosecutions, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a statement. Some of the men also bought supplies for the kidnapping, the indictment said.
arabamericannews.com6 suspects in alleged plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer indicted by federal grand jury
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Thursday, Dec. 17 that a federal grand jury has indicted six men in the alleged conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Related: The ties that bind the men behind the plot to kidnap Gov. Related: Grand Rapids man, alleged leader of plot to kidnap Gov. Also on MLive:Suspect in plot to kidnap Michigan governor fights extradition from Wisconsin‘Big talk between crackpots:’ Attorney doubts Gov. Gretchen Whitmer prompts renewed calls to ban guns in Michigan Capitol buildingNorthern Michigan town grapples with plot to kidnap Gov.
mlive.comThe ties that bind the men behind the plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer
A deeper look into the backgrounds of 14 men charged in an alleged plot to kidnap the Michigan governor and spark a civil war reveals varied lifestyles and ideologies. 6 Whitmer plot exhibitsThe men set up silhouettes of mock people in a field to test how deadly their homemade bombs might be. Trask said some of those damaged silhouettes were still set up when the FBI raided the property on Oct. 7. Molitor at his arraignment received the lowest bond among any of the men charged in the alleged plot so far, $250,000 cash-surety or 10%. Michigan state police in a court affidavit said Higgins participated in training and planning exercises with the other suspects and attended the September surveillance mission at Whitmer’s lake house.
mlive.comSix Arrested on Federal Charge of Conspiracy to Kidnap the Governor of Michigan
The Department of Justice today announced that six men have been arrested and charged federally with conspiring to kidnap the Governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer. Through confidential sources, undercover agents, and clandestine recordings, law enforcement learned particular individuals were planning to kidnap the Governor and acting in furtherance of that plan. This group used operational security measures, including communicating by encrypted messaging platforms and used code words and phrases in an attempt to avoid detection by law enforcement. The FBI and Michigan State Police executed arrests as multiple conspirators met to pool funds for explosives and exchange tactical gear. Agents of the Detroit Field Office of the FBI and other members of their Joint Terrorism Task Force, including the Michigan State Police, are conducting the investigation.
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