“Plots against public officials and threats to the FBI are a disturbing extension of radicalized domestic terrorism that festers in our nation, threatening the very foundation of our republic.”ĭuring closing arguments Monday, a prosecutor had a blunt message: No one can strap on an AR-15 rifle and body armor and snatch a governor. “But we must also take a hard look at the status of our politics,” she added. They will not succeed,” said Whitmer, a Democrat. “Today’s verdicts prove that violence and threats have no place in our politics and those who seek to divide us will be held accountable. Justice Department following the shocking mixed outcome last spring. Two other men were acquitted and two more pleaded guilty and testified for prosecutors.
BRIDGE CLIPT TRIAL
It was the second trial for the pair after a jury in April couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict after five days. The jury deliberated for roughly eight hours over two days. were also found guilty of conspiring to obtain a weapon of mass destruction, namely a bomb to blow up a bridge and stymie police if the kidnapping could be pulled off at Whitmer’s vacation home.Ĭroft, 46, a trucker from Bear, Delaware, was also convicted of another explosives charge. civil war by anti-government extremists.Īdam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, a swift victory for prosecutors in a plot that was broken up by the FBI and described as a rallying cry for a U.S. (AP) - A jury on Tuesday convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and ED WHITE Associated Press
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