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3 accused of assisting governor kidnapping plot stand trial
Read full article: 3 accused of assisting governor kidnapping plot stand trialAn FBI agent has testified that postings in online chatrooms by members of a paramilitary group connected to a 2020 anti-government plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer included instructions on how to make explosives.
Jury picked in 2nd trial in Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot
Read full article: Jury picked in 2nd trial in Gov. Whitmer kidnap plotA 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.
1st day ends with no verdict in Michigan Gov. Whitmer plot
Read full article: 1st day ends with no verdict in Michigan Gov. Whitmer plotJurors 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.
Jury hears man discuss plan to abduct Mich. Gov. Whitmer
Read full article: Jury hears man discuss plan to abduct Mich. Gov. WhitmerProsecutors 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.
Lawyers: FBI lured men for Michigan Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot
Read full article: Lawyers: FBI lured men for Michigan Gov. Whitmer kidnap plotAttorneys 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.
Whitmer kidnapping plot defense seeks to dismiss indictment
Read full article: Whitmer kidnapping plot defense seeks to dismiss indictmentDefense attorneys have sought to dismiss the indictment against five men accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer because of what they describe as “egregious overreaching” by federal agents and informants.
Judge finds cases against 5 in Whitmer plot can move forward
Read full article: Judge finds cases against 5 in Whitmer plot can move forwardU.S. Magistrate Judge Sally Berens said the five men's cases can go to a grand jury, which will determine whether to issue indictments. Berens on Tuesday denied bond for the three other Michigan residents charged in the case: Kaleb Franks, Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta. Agent Richard Trask testified that members of anti-government paramilitary groups from several states discussed abducting Whitmer or Virginia Democratic Gov. Authorities found conversations among group members in which they were worried that federal authorities had infiltrated their planning sessions, he said. Berens found that the information presented showed the men had a unified purpose — to kidnap Whitmer — allowing the case to move forward.
3 denied bond in alleged plot to kidnap Michigan governor
Read full article: 3 denied bond in alleged plot to kidnap Michigan governorIn a photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Michigan Gov. The governor delivered remarks addressing Michiganders after the Michigan Attorney General, Michigan State Police, U.S. Department of Justice, and FBI announced state and federal charges against 13 members of two militia groups who were preparing to kidnap and possibly kill the governor. She said she would rule at a later date on the bond status of the other two Michigan men, Adam Fox and Ty Garbin. A sixth defendant from Delaware, Barry Croft, was ordered Tuesday to be transferred to Michigan to face the charges. But Assistant U.S. Attorney Nils Kessler countered that it was a “serious plot” and argued that Franks should not be released.