A jury in western Michigan has heard from two key witnesses in the trial of two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020.
This combo of images provided by the Kent County, Mich., Jail. shows Barry Croft Jr., left, and Adam Fox. Jury selection started Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, in the second trial of the two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 over their disgust with restrictions early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Prosecutors are putting Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. on trial again after a jury in April couldn't reach a verdict.
Garbin and Franks downplayed the influence of two FBI informants who trained with the group. They didn't know their real roles at the time but said they couldn't recall the operatives proposing that Whitmer should be kidnapped.Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. are on trial for a second time on conspiracy charges. A jury in AprilTension between two defense lawyers and the judge emerged when the lawyers were each limited to 25 minutes to cross-examine Franks.
Earlier Wednesday, the jury heard from Garbin and Franks, who said they freely joined the conspiracy to get Whitmer and weren't swayed by undercover FBI agents or informants.They said they trained with Fox, Croft and others in a remote area, practicing inside a “shoot house” to simulate a kidnapping. They described how the group traveled to Elk Rapids at night to see Whitmer’s vacation home and a bridge that could be blown up to distract police during an attack.
Garbin offered a similar response during his turn: Fox and Croft, he said, were"very eager to continue forward with it.”The government said disgust over COVID-19 restrictions inspired Fox and Croft to make kidnapping plans. Defense lawyers, however, argue that agents entrapped their clients and created the scheme.Garbin said he and Fox were at a gun rights rally at the Michigan Capitol in June 2020, months before their arrest.
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