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It's (Almost) Always the Feds: How the FBI Fabricates Schemes To Entrap Would-Be Radicals

The FBI's long history of using informants and manufactured plots to prosecute extremists

Reason

Kidnapping conspiracy hearing focuses on reconnaissance trip to Gov. Whitmer's cottage

DETROIT — The second day of testimony in a key hearing for five people charged with materially aiding the plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer focused largely on a two-day field training exercise and a nighttime surveillance trip to Whitmer's summer home in Antrim County.

Tribune News Service

Whitmer kidnapping conspiracy suspects' lawyers, prosecutors spar over hearing testimony

DETROIT — The Michigan attorney general's office on Monday began making its case against five individuals accused of materially aiding a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and storm the state Capitol.

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'It's not like I have that on tape,' judge says of juror bias claim in Whitmer kidnapping trial

DETROIT — A juror seated on the recent trial of two men convicted of attempting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer denied having said the men would "hang," according to a transcript of a meeting the juror had with U.S. District Court Judge Robert Jonker, who likened the encounter with the…

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Conviction of two Michigan kidnap plotters highlights danger of violent conspiracies to US democracy

Two of the six men facing federal charges in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 were found guilty by a federal jury on Aug. 23, 2022.

The Conversation

Whitmer kidnap plotter deserves prison break for helping government, feds say

DETROIT — Federal prosecutors said Wednesday they want to shave three years off the prison sentence of a man convicted of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer because he helped secure the convictions of co-conspirators.

Tribune News Service

Whitmer kidnap plot convictions unlikely to curb extremism

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is calling for a political cooling-off after two men were convicted of plotting to kidnap her

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2 Defendants in Whitmer Kidnapping Case Found Guilty in Retrial

After an embarrassing failure for the FBI counterterrorism program, federal prosecutors won convictions against two of the men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Reason

Whitmer kidnap trial judge reveals secret juror misconduct claim

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A juror accused of harboring a bias against two men convicted Tuesday of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was allowed to stay on the case because the juror did not appear to be manipulative and denied having a predetermined desire to convict the men, according…

Tribune News Service

2 ringleaders convicted on Whitmer kidnapping conspiracy charges

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A federal jury Tuesday convicted two men accused of orchestrating a plan to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as prosecutors salvaged the largest domestic terrorism case in a generation that has shed light on political extremism in Michigan.

Tribune News Service

Two convicted in Whitmer kidnapping plot

A jury failed to reach a verdict in the last trial

Salon

US jury convicts two of conspiring to kidnap Michigan governor

In second trial, defence argued unsuccessfully that the two men were entrapped by the FBI in Whitmer kidnapping plot.

Al Jazeera

Two far-right paramilitary members guilty of plot to kidnap Michigan governor

Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr are also found guilty of conspiracy to obtain a weapon of mass destruction

The Independent UK

2 men are found guilty of conspiring to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

A jury convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan's governor in 2020 in a plot prosecutors described as a rallying cry for a U.S. civil war by anti-government extremists.

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Two ringleaders convicted on Whitmer kidnapping conspiracy charges

The Independent UK

Deliberations start for 2 men charged in Gov. Whitmer plot

A jury in Michigan is returning Tuesday for its first full day of deliberations in the second trial of two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

The Independent UK

Closing arguments next in trial of 2 men in Whitmer plot

Jurors will hear closing arguments Monday in the retrial of two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020

The Independent UK

Marijuana smoking hangs over Whitmer kidnap plot trial

There's no dispute about some of the evidence in the trial of two men accused of wanting to kidnap Michigan’s governor

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The Independent UK

Defense rests after challenging agents in Whitmer plot trial

Defense lawyers have rested their case in the trial of two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan's governor

The Independent UK

Key insider: 2 men were 'very eager' to kidnap Gov. Whitmer

A man who pleaded guilty to conspiring to kidnap Michigan's governor says two other men were “very eager” to move forward with the plan in 2020

The Independent UK

Key informant defends role during Whitmer kidnap plot trial

Defense attorneys have grilled an FBI informant in the trial of two men accused of conspiring to kidnap Michigan’s governor

The Independent UK

Jury hears from key informant in Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot

A crucial informant is on the witness stand in the trial of two men charged with scheming to kidnap the Michigan governor in 2020

Daily Mirror

Lad crashes car on mum's driveway sending her into angry tirade after meeting girlfriend

Adam Fox, 23, was taking his girlfriend to meet his mum Alana for the first time when the car lurched forward with him trapped in the door as his girlfriend is left wincing

Tribune News Service

Attorneys reshape arguments as testimony begins in Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot retrial

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Testimony began Wednesday in federal court in the retrial of two men accused of a violent plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer with attorneys for both sides recasting and reframing their arguments four months after the first trial ended in a hung jury.

Tribune News Service

Attorneys reshape arguments as Whitmer kidnap plot retrial begins

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The retrial of two men accused of a violent plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer opened in federal court on Wednesday, with attorneys for both sides recasting and reframing their arguments four months after the first trial ended in a hung jury.

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