Adam Fox, Leader In Plot To Kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Was Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison
Criminal Justice,Gretchen Whitmer,FBI,Polarization
Adam Fox, one of two men convicted on federal charges for plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison.
The sentence, which was delivered on Tuesday by U.S. District Court Judge Richard Jonker, came after Fox and co-conspirator Barry Croft were both found guilty in August on charges of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction. Croft is scheduled for sentencing on Wednesday.
A total of six men were originally charged in the case. Two pled guilty before the trial began and another two were later found not guilty. The jury was unable to reach a verdict in the charges against Fox and Croft last April. The men were retried and convicted by a different jury.
The group intended to kidnap Gov. Whitmer, a Democrat, from her vacation home before the Nov. 2020 election and hold a sham “treason” trial in response to her pandemic lockdown orders. The weapon in question was a bomb that they planned to detonate after the kidnapping to distract law enforcement.
