GRAND RAPIDS, MI (MPRN)— Jury selection begins Tuesday in Grand Rapids for the retrial of two men accused of plotting to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
Federal prosecutors say Barry Croft and Adam Fox were both upset with emergency orders issued at the start of the pandemic, and plotted to kidnap Whitmer from her vacation home to send a signal to other politicians and kick off a civil war.
The FBI arrested them in a sting in October of 2020. A total of 14 men have been charged. Two pleaded guilty.
But in the first trial for the case, a jury found two other men not guilty and deadlocked on the charges for Fox and Croft.
Now, federal prosecutors are trying again. Eight other men are still awaiting trial in state courts.