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A detective said the case shows, "while not all individuals have the means to act upon their words, in the online space, they can easily spread to inspire others who do."

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.

Three men have been convicted of supporting a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor.

Florida police arrested a man after he allegedly threatened to kill his co-workers in March and missed a recent court appearance, leading police on a chase.

The second man to plead guilty in a kidnapping plot against Michigan’s governor has been sentenced to four years in prison.

A judge has slashed nearly four years off the prison sentence of a star witness in the plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor, assuring Ty Garbin soon will be free.

A judge has slashed nearly four years off the prison sentence of a star witness in the plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor, assuring Ty Garbin will be free in 2023.

Charter schools may help students achieve success, but some experts claim they harm traditional public schools via funding and transparency issues.

A second trial is underway for two men accused of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

A jury has been selected in the second trial of two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer over their disgust with restrictions early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

Two men accused of coming up with a plan to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 are facing a second trial this week.

A judge on Thursday set Aug. 9 for a second trial for two men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s chief lawyer has been approved as U.S. attorney based in Grand Rapids.

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

A federal prosecutor has withdrawn from the case of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Soldano is one of 12 Republicans hoping to challenge Whitmer in the 2022 election.

A jury last week couldn't reach a unanimous verdict for two men charged with a conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

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.”.

Jurors have acquitted two defendants of all charges in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer but couldn't agree on a verdict for two others.

A jury in the trial against four men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer returned a mixed verdict.

Jurors acquitted two men and deadlocked on two others accused of plotting to abduct Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020.

A jury in the trial against four men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has returned a mixed verdict.

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-

'Our differences must be settled at the ballot box, not through violence,' Lt. Gov. Gilchrist said

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.

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.

A Michigan jury has ended its fourth day of deliberations without having reached verdicts in the trial of four men accused of scheming to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Three days and still no verdict.

Jurors deliberating at the trial of four men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer must answer a key question about whether the FBI engaged in entrapment.

Jurors haven't come up with a verdict yet after two days of deliberations in the trial of four men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

The jury is in deliberations in the case against four Michigan men accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

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.

A jury in Michigan started its deliberations Monday in the trial of four men accused of designing a plan to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Jurors have gone home without reaching a verdict after the first day of deliberations in the trial of four men accused of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

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.

Adam Fox, Barry Croft Jr., Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta are charged with conspiracy, and three also face weapons charges.

Prosecution gave closing arguments in the trial against four men accused in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Adam Fox, Barry Croft Jr., Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta are charged with conspiracy.

A prosecutor urged jurors Friday to convict four men in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, saying they were antigovernment extremists “filled with rage” and intent on igniting a civil war.

A prosecutor urged jurors Friday to convict four men in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, saying they were antigovernment extremists “filled with rage” and intent on igniting a civil war.

Jurors have heard closing arguments and will begin deliberations Monday in the trial of four men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

The defense rested on Thursday in the trial of the four men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The defense has rested and evidence is over in the trial of four men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Prosecutors in Michigan have rested their case against four men charged with planning to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer before the 2020 national election.

The core question at the trial of four men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is whether the FBI engaged in entrapment.

Jurors have seen provocative social media posts written by a key figure charged in a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor.

An FBI agent who was working undercover says two key people in the plot to kidnap Michigan's governor were excited to get their hands on explosives.

Defense lawyers are cross-examining a key witness in the trial of four men accused of planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Jurors in Grand Rapids, Michigan, are hearing from a second man who pleaded guilty in a scheme to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

A man who pleaded guilty to plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer took the stand to testify against the four others charged in the plot

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.

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.

A man charged with planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was jubilant in 2020 when the state Supreme Court struck down COVID-19 orders.

It was another revealing day in court on Friday (March 18) for the men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Jurors in Michigan are hearing from an Army veteran who became an FBI informant after hearing members of a militia talk about killing police.

Testimony resumed on Thursday in the trial of four men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Jurors have unflattering snapshots so far of four men charged with plotting to strike back against government by kidnapping Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

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.”.

The trial of four men charged with planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will resume Thursday after a three-day break because of a COVID-19 case.

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

The trial of four men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has been postponed until Thursday because an “essential” participant has tested positive for COVID-19.

Prosecutors have played covertly recorded audio for jurors in which a man charged in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer specifically mentions abducting the Democrat.

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.

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.

Four men accused of scheming to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are on trial in a federal courthouse named for Gerald R.

Prosecutors in the trial of four men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer played secretly recorded audio for jurors in a Grand Rapids courtroom on Thursday.

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...

Prosecutors have played covertly recorded audio for jurors in which a man charged in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer specifically mentions abducting the Democrat.

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.

Opening statements and first testimony were given in the trial of the four men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

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.

Attorneys for four men charged with planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are telling jurors they were swayed by informants and federal agents who targeted them for their anti-government views.

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.

Four members of anti-government groups are facing trial this week go on federal charges accusing them of plotting to abduct Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020.

A jury has been selected for the trial of four men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Four members of anti-government groups are facing trial this week on federal charges accusing them in a chilling plot to abduct Michigan's Democratic governor, Gretchen Whitmer, in 2020.

The trial for the four men accused in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer could be lengthy. Brandon Caserta, Daniel Harris, Barry Croft and Adam Fox are all facing charges.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.