kidnapping plot

Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. are in prison for conspiring to try to snatch Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Prosecutors say anti-government extremists hoped that an abduction would spark a civil war in 2020.

Shawn Fix and Brian Higgins pleaded guilty earlier this year in northern Michigan, the location of Whitmer’s second home.

Assistant Attorney General John Pallas said he didn't know specifically why the three men were transferred out of Michigan, other “than general safety concerns.”

It is uncommon for a prosecutor, or even a defense lawyer, to publicly question a jury's motivation.

Eric Molitor told jurors that government-imposed restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic were excessive. Molitor and two other men are charged with providing material support for terrorist acts and gun crimes. They’re accused of aiding the leaders of a 2020 scheme to kidnap Whitmer at her vacation home in Antrim County

Eric Molitor and brothers William Null and Michael Null are charged with providing material support for terrorist acts in the scheme against Democrat Gretchen Whitmer.

The Michigan Attorney General’s office won’t appeal a ruling that it violated Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act

Eric Molitor sought to have Fox testify as a defense witness

Another of the five defendants accused of being involved in a plot to kidnap governor Gretchen Whitmer, has changed his plea to guilty.

Prosecutors are recommending a life prison sentence for Barry Croft Jr., co-leader of the conspiracy to kidnap Michigan’s governor. They've reminded a judge that social media posts and secretly recorded conversations revealed a chilling desire to spark a “reign of terror” in 2020