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Jury clears 3 men in the last trial tied to the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
Read full article: Jury clears 3 men in the last trial tied to the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen WhitmerA jury has acquitted three men in the last trial connected to a plan to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Attorney: Kidnap plot leader should not get life sentence
Read full article: Attorney: Kidnap plot leader should not get life sentenceThe attorney for the leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov_ Gretchen Whitmer says his client should not be sentenced to life in prison because prosecutors overstated his role in the plot and have created a “false narrative of a terrifying para-military leader."
Accused of flirting, juror dismissed from Whitmer plot trial
Read full article: Accused of flirting, juror dismissed from Whitmer plot trialA judge has dismissed a young woman from the jury hearing the trial of three men in connection with a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer after attorneys accused her of flirting with one of the defendants.
Key insider in Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot gets sentence break
Read full article: Key insider in Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot gets sentence breakA judge has slashed nearly four years off the prison sentence of a star witness in the plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor, assuring Ty Garbin will be free in 2023.
Jury picked in 2nd trial in Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot
Read full article: Jury picked in 2nd trial in Gov. Whitmer kidnap plotA jury has been selected in the second trial of two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer over their disgust with restrictions early in the COVID-19 pandemic.
In outcome of Whitmer case, some see freedom, others danger
Read full article: In outcome of Whitmer case, some see freedom, others dangerThat a jury didn't convict any of the four men charged with planning to kidnap Michigan Gov_ Gretchen Whitmer is further evidence of the political polarization in the U_S_ A defense lawyer for one of the men says it shows freedom still exists, and that the men's actions were nothing more than “rough talk.”.
Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot jury ends 4th day of deliberations
Read full article: Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot jury ends 4th day of deliberationsA Michigan jury has ended its fourth day of deliberations without having reached verdicts in the trial of four men accused of scheming to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
EXPLAINER: Jury mulls entrapment in Whitmer kidnap plot case
Read full article: EXPLAINER: Jury mulls entrapment in Whitmer kidnap plot caseJurors deliberating at the trial of four men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer must answer a key question about whether the FBI engaged in entrapment.
1st day ends with no verdict in Michigan Gov. Whitmer plot
Read full article: 1st day ends with no verdict in Michigan Gov. Whitmer plotJurors have gone home without reaching a verdict after the first day of deliberations in the trial of four men accused of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
FBI: Accused wanted 'tyrant' Gov. Whitmer tied up on table
Read full article: FBI: Accused wanted 'tyrant' Gov. Whitmer tied up on tableA key figure in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov_ Gretchen Whitmer was secretly recorded telling an undercover FBI agent that he wanted to restrain the “tyrant” on a table, then pose for a photo “like we just made the biggest drug bust.”.
COVID-19 delays trial in plot to abduct Mich. Gov. Whitmer
Read full article: COVID-19 delays trial in plot to abduct Mich. Gov. WhitmerThe trial of four men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has been postponed until Thursday because an “essential” participant has tested positive for COVID-19.
Jury hears man discuss plan to abduct Mich. Gov. Whitmer
Read full article: Jury hears man discuss plan to abduct Mich. Gov. WhitmerProsecutors have played covertly recorded audio for jurors in which a man charged in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer specifically mentions abducting the Democrat.
Lawyers: FBI lured men for Michigan Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot
Read full article: Lawyers: FBI lured men for Michigan Gov. Whitmer kidnap plotAttorneys for four men charged with planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are telling jurors they were swayed by informants and federal agents who targeted them for their anti-government views.