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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Us militia member sentenced to 19 years in kidnapping plot - What They Never Told You

Barry Croft is the final defendant to be sentenced in relation to a 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor [File: Delaware Department of Justice via AP]

A United States judge has sentenced a militia member accused of helping to mastermind a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor to more than 19 years in prison, the last in a series of sentencing hearings related to the conspiracy.

Barry Croft Jr, a member of the far-right Three Percenters militia group, was sentenced on Wednesday after being convicted of conspiracy and possession of an unregistered explosive. Another participant and militia member, Adam Fox, received a 16-year sentence on Tuesday.

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