A jury has convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. Prosecutors described the plot as a rallying cry for a civil war.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A jury on Tuesday convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, a swift victory for prosecutors in a foiled plot that was described as a rallying cry for a U.S. civil war by anti-government extremists.
The investigation began when Army veteran Dan Chappel joined a Michigan paramilitary group and became alarmed when he heard talk about killing police. He agreed to become an FBI informant and spent summer 2020 getting close to Fox and others, secretly recording conversations and participating in drills at"shoot houses" in Wisconsin and Michigan.
Fox and Croft, they said, were"big talkers" who liked to smoke marijuana and were guilty of nothing but exercising their right to say vile things about Whitmer and government. Over the weekend, she said she hadn't been following the second trial but remains concerned about"violent rhetoric in this country."This morning's top headlines: Tuesday, Aug. 23 Govt-and-politics AP Trump seeks special master to review Mar-a-Lago documents Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have asked a federal judge to prevent the FBI from continuing to review documents recovered from his Florida estate until a neutral special master can be appointed.
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