Second trial for alleged kidnap plot against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer comes after first trial ended in hung jury
Two men accused of crafting a plan to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 and ignite a national rebellion are facing a second trial this week, months after a jury couldn’t reach a verdict on the pair while acquitting two others.
Jurors will see how undercover FBI agents and informants had infiltrated the Michigan group. In response, defense attorneys again will argue that Fox and Croft were shielded by the First Amendment when they expressed malicious opinions about government and were entrapped every step of the way. A handmade “shoot house” was erected for weekend gun drills. There’s evidence that Croft, Fox and undercover operatives took a night ride to northern Michigan to check Whitmer’s second home and discuss putting an explosive under a bridge. Two men who pleaded guilty will testify again for prosecutors.
Caserta’s attorney, Michael Hills, said the second trial will be “shorter and more focused” with two people instead of four. The “jury really needs to understand its decision needs to be based on the evidence in this case, not what happened in some other case,” Jonker told the lawyers.
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