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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBreaking: 2 convicted of Whitmer kidnapping plot.
A federal jury on Tuesday found two men guilty of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020.
Adam Fox and Barry Croft face a maximum sentence of life in prison for the kidnapping conspiracy conviction. They were also convicted of one count of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction.
Their first trial ended in a mistrial.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/23/politics/michigan-whitmer-verdict/index.html
Yeah!!
Archae
(46,391 posts)One holdout?
underpants
(183,198 posts)Pretty hardcore MAGA country. Even the Sherriff was scared of these guys (and wanted to be re-elected).
The men were judged by a second, more diverse jury than in the first trial, which ended with no convictions for the government. Two men were acquitted in that trial and the jury deadlocked on charges against Fox and Croft Jr., triggering a mistrial that prompted the government to try again.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/08/23/whitmer-kidnap-case-verdict-guilty-adam-fox-barry-croft-jr/7873790001/
Ray Bruns
(4,144 posts)how to weed them out.
ornotna
(10,824 posts)IrishAfricanAmerican
(3,832 posts)I was concerned about this verdict. Thank goodness justice won out.
Johnny2X2X
(19,416 posts)This was not just people goofing off, they had a detailed plan, had done recon, and were well underway with their plot.
Pure thugs, pro Trump terorrists!
EnergizedLib
(1,912 posts)Throw the book at them.
Oh, and vote Whitmer if you're in Michigan.
William769
(55,173 posts)ShazzieB
(16,739 posts)Life in prison sounds just right for these dickweeds.
William769
(55,173 posts)Response to William769 (Reply #7)
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William769
(55,173 posts)ShazzieB
(16,739 posts)Aristus
(66,591 posts)Who knows? Might even generate a little empathy for the suffering you planned to inflict on Governor Whitmer.
The latest graduates of the University of Fuck Around & Find Out.
lonely bird
(1,708 posts)Graduates of the University of Fuck Around & Find Out.
Aristus
(66,591 posts)Celerity
(43,980 posts)Aristus
(66,591 posts)This is what happens when cousins marry...
Celerity
(43,980 posts)lonely bird
(1,708 posts)Lying flat on the floor. Lincoln wouldnt know he was in water.
Upthevibe
(8,133 posts)I was thinking the same thing.....YIKES!
ShazzieB
(16,739 posts)Glad to hear it!
fightforfreedom
(4,913 posts)llmart
(15,581 posts)These sorry excuses for human beings need to be locked up for life, and I hope this set an example and maybe some of the hard core Michigan nutjobs will think twice about their sorry-assed lives, though I highly doubt it. Let's not forget who stoked the fires of hatred towards Governor Whitmer. Anyone else remember that orange criminal's targeting her during the Covid shutdowns? I do.
malaise
(269,579 posts)Enough of this MAGA shit
H2O Man
(73,776 posts)flush them out of society.
malaise
(269,579 posts)but we should give them all the help they need 😀😀
H2O Man
(73,776 posts)of those toilets that Trump bravely attacked for requiring seven flushes to get a classified document down, either. More of an out house is needed.
malaise
(269,579 posts)Sounds good to me
dalton99a
(81,797 posts)and it is a big IF these two are sentenced, they will find a home as Martyrs to Trump's Cause in any prison. They will immediately become idols in the prison's white supremacist gang.
The next pictures we will see after their imprisonment will show them with shaved heads, White Power Tattoos over their entire body..
H2O Man
(73,776 posts)That always comes after a guilty verdict. No chance of them not being sentenced.
lonely bird
(1,708 posts)That seem brighter than those two.
Traildogbob
(8,958 posts)The outcome when a daughter is forced to carry her rapist dads fetus to term. All grown up.
ZonkerHarris
(24,350 posts)multigraincracker
(32,811 posts)failed as a defense.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,709 posts)Free shitty food maybe.
Auggie
(31,268 posts)unlike many of the January 6th insurrectionists.
Hekate
(91,232 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,883 posts)UTUSN
(70,873 posts)IronLionZion
(45,727 posts)so apparently not if 2 of them were convicted.
Either way, someone will make excuses as to why kidnapping and WMDs are not terrorism.
gademocrat7
(10,701 posts)orthoclad
(2,910 posts)I see what the sentences are. Lots of terrorist pressure for light sentences, now that we're past jury nullification.
H2O Man
(73,776 posts)CanonRay
(14,169 posts)leftyladyfrommo
(18,883 posts)They don't look real bright. Course what they did was really dumb.
WestMichRad
(1,357 posts)crickets
(26,007 posts)C Moon
(12,231 posts)Blue Owl
(50,718 posts)BootinUp
(47,260 posts)soldierant
(7,020 posts)onecaliberal
(33,073 posts)uponit7771
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