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edbermac

(15,957 posts)
Tue Aug 23, 2022, 12:05 PM Aug 2022

Breaking: 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!!

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Breaking: 2 convicted of Whitmer kidnapping plot. (Original Post) edbermac Aug 2022 OP
Why was the first trial a mistrial? Archae Aug 2022 #1
Consider where the jury is selected from underpants Aug 2022 #4
Yep underpants Aug 2022 #8
Trumpers on the jury would be my guest. I guess the prosecutor figured out Ray Bruns Aug 2022 #50
Good ornotna Aug 2022 #2
YES!! IrishAfricanAmerican Aug 2022 #3
Great to see Johnny2X2X Aug 2022 #5
Beautiful EnergizedLib Aug 2022 #6
Now there's a sentence I like! William769 Aug 2022 #7
I just hope they get the max. ShazzieB Aug 2022 #13
They get the MAX and do in MAX. William769 Aug 2022 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author ShazzieB Aug 2022 #14
Dupe? William769 Aug 2022 #16
Oops, yes. Will delete this one. ShazzieB Aug 2022 #25
Gonna find out what it feels like to be confined somewhere very unpleasant against your will. Aristus Aug 2022 #9
I am stealing lonely bird Aug 2022 #26
Please do! Aristus Aug 2022 #35
their University of Fuck Around & Find Out yearbook pics Celerity Aug 2022 #44
Lord have mercy. Aristus Aug 2022 #45
gene pool so shallow a dropped penny would stay half dry Celerity Aug 2022 #46
Half-dry lonely bird Aug 2022 #48
Aristus.................. Upthevibe Aug 2022 #55
Yay! ShazzieB Aug 2022 #10
It is great news when our justice system works. fightforfreedom Aug 2022 #11
This news makes my day! llmart Aug 2022 #12
Excellent malaise Aug 2022 #17
We need to H2O Man Aug 2022 #38
They seem quite willing to flush themselves out malaise Aug 2022 #40
Not down one H2O Man Aug 2022 #42
Hehehhe malaise Aug 2022 #43
Kick dalton99a Aug 2022 #18
IF DENVERPOPS Aug 2022 #23
They will be sentenced. H2O Man Aug 2022 #39
I've seen burned out light bulbs lonely bird Aug 2022 #28
This is Traildogbob Aug 2022 #34
fuck yeah! traitors ZonkerHarris Aug 2022 #19
The "I was high on pot" multigraincracker Aug 2022 #20
K&R CentralMass Aug 2022 #21
No more free dumb for them Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2022 #22
It's important they were made an example ... Auggie Aug 2022 #24
FAAFO WiVoter Aug 2022 #27
Good Hekate Aug 2022 #29
Good news. Now for a loooong time your Honor. If TFG gets back in, first to be pardoned?? Evolve Dammit Aug 2022 #30
K&R for, hear hear! UTUSN Aug 2022 #31
Liars on the right keep claiming they were all undercover FBI agents IronLionZion Aug 2022 #32
Justice served gademocrat7 Aug 2022 #33
I'll celebrate after orthoclad Aug 2022 #36
Recommended. H2O Man Aug 2022 #37
Excellent CanonRay Aug 2022 #41
They should have gotten extra time for looking dumb. leftyladyfrommo Aug 2022 #47
Yay, yay, put 'em away! WestMichRad Aug 2022 #49
Good! To the hoosegow they go. nt crickets Aug 2022 #51
Wow! That's awesome! C Moon Aug 2022 #52
To the klink with these kooks Blue Owl Aug 2022 #53
whoohoo! BootinUp Aug 2022 #57
The perfect birthday gift for Governor Whitmer! soldierant Aug 2022 #54
K&R onecaliberal Aug 2022 #56
K&R, uponit7771 Aug 2022 #58

underpants

(183,198 posts)
4. Consider where the jury is selected from
Tue Aug 23, 2022, 12:12 PM
Aug 2022

Pretty hardcore MAGA country. Even the Sherriff was scared of these guys (and wanted to be re-elected).

underpants

(183,198 posts)
8. Yep
Tue Aug 23, 2022, 12:17 PM
Aug 2022

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/

Johnny2X2X

(19,416 posts)
5. Great to see
Tue Aug 23, 2022, 12:12 PM
Aug 2022

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!

Response to William769 (Reply #7)

Aristus

(66,591 posts)
9. Gonna find out what it feels like to be confined somewhere very unpleasant against your will.
Tue Aug 23, 2022, 12:20 PM
Aug 2022

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.

llmart

(15,581 posts)
12. This news makes my day!
Tue Aug 23, 2022, 12:25 PM
Aug 2022

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)
40. They seem quite willing to flush themselves out
Tue Aug 23, 2022, 02:55 PM
Aug 2022

but we should give them all the help they need 😀😀

H2O Man

(73,776 posts)
42. Not down one
Tue Aug 23, 2022, 03:13 PM
Aug 2022

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.

DENVERPOPS

(8,994 posts)
23. IF
Tue Aug 23, 2022, 12:58 PM
Aug 2022

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)
39. They will be sentenced.
Tue Aug 23, 2022, 02:45 PM
Aug 2022

That always comes after a guilty verdict. No chance of them not being sentenced.

Traildogbob

(8,958 posts)
34. This is
Tue Aug 23, 2022, 02:13 PM
Aug 2022

The outcome when a daughter is forced to carry her rapist dad’s fetus to term. All grown up.

IronLionZion

(45,727 posts)
32. Liars on the right keep claiming they were all undercover FBI agents
Tue Aug 23, 2022, 01:36 PM
Aug 2022

so apparently not if 2 of them were convicted.

Either way, someone will make excuses as to why kidnapping and WMDs are not terrorism.

orthoclad

(2,910 posts)
36. I'll celebrate after
Tue Aug 23, 2022, 02:21 PM
Aug 2022

I see what the sentences are. Lots of terrorist pressure for light sentences, now that we're past jury nullification.

leftyladyfrommo

(18,883 posts)
47. They should have gotten extra time for looking dumb.
Tue Aug 23, 2022, 03:25 PM
Aug 2022

They don't look real bright. Course what they did was really dumb.

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