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Closing arguments next in Michigan Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot

Jurors will hear closing arguments Friday in the trial of four men accused of a brazen conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

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Accused Whitmer kidnap plotter slurs FBI informant in chilling testimony

DETROIT — Closing arguments and jury deliberations are expected Friday following a 14-day trial of four men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, one of the most closely watched cases of domestic terrorism in recent history.

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Defense rests in trial of men accused in plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer

DETROIT — Daniel Harris, a Lake Orion man accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, became the first defendant on trial in federal court in Grand Rapids to testify in his own defense Thursday, calling an FBI informant a "b----" and the government's star witnesses "liars." He denied joining…

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Snatching Whitmer a suicide mission, convicted kidnap plotter testifies

A second convicted member of a plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said he viewed the plan as a suicide mission and expected to die in a shootout with police.

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Snapshots of 4 men charged in Whitmer kidnapping plot

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

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Rough portrayals of 4 men in Michigan governor kidnap plot

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

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Judge turns focus of Whitmer-kidnap trial to entrapment

The focus of a federal trial in Michigan has shifted directly to the question of whether the FBI hoodwinked four defendants into agreeing to a plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

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Creepy details of alleged plot to kidnap and ‘hogtie’ Governor Whitmer revealed in trial opening

Jurors warned of social media posts and secretly recorded conversations full of angry, vulgar and sexist language about ‘tyrant’ governor of Michigan

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Dueling portraits emerge as domestic terror trial begins in Whitmer kidnap case

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Opening statements Wednesday in the trial of four men accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer offered contrasting narratives colliding in one of the nation's most important cases of violent extremism.

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Lawyer: Man charged in Whitmer plot swayed by FBI informant

A lawyer for one of the men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 has told jurors he was a near-homeless, pot-smoking “misfit” who was influenced by an FBI informant whom he met at a protest

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