Two Men Convicted In Attempted Kidnapping Of Michigan Governor Whitmer

A jury convicted two men Tuesday for plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) in 2020, part of what prosecutors have described as a larger domestic terrorist plan to set off a civil war and attempt to overthrow the government.

Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. were convicted of all charges brought against them in federal court in Michigan, including conspiracy to kidnap and conspiracy to obtain weapons of mass destruction, and Croft was convicted of an additional explosives charge, according to the Associated Press and other outlets.

The two men face maximum sentences of life in prison.

The two-week trial was the second for Fox and Croft, three months after a jury in a previous trial deadlocked over charges against the two men (during the first trial, two other defendants were found not guilty).