Prosecutors say Croft, Adam Fox, Brandon Caserta and Daniel Harris came up with the plan to snatch Whitmer because they were angry about pandemic restrictions imposed by the Democrat.
“They will tell you how real this was. ... They will tell you that they’re going to prison for it,” he said.and urged jurors to set aside the defendants’ political views and their desire for a “civil war,” and Whitmer’s job or their thoughts about her.
Roth pointed again at Croft, wearing a gray suit and tie, telling jurors that he may cut the figure of a “harmless ... middle school teacher” now. As he said that, a picture of Croft clutching a rifle in camouflage clothing appeared on the screen.But Croft’s attorney said when informants secretly recorded Croft and others, all were “stoned, absolutely out-of-your-mind stoned.”
Lawyers for Caserta and Harris tried to distance them from Fox and Croft, emphasizing that the pair didn’t make the trip to northern Michigan to scout Whitmer’s home.
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