This combo of images provided by the Kent County, Mich., Jail shows Barry Croft Jr., left, and Adam Fox. / PHOTO: AP ( Ken Silva , Headline USA ) The much-anticipated appeal hearing was held Thursday for Barry Croft and Adam Fox, the alleged “ringleaders” of the 2020 militia conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer .
Croft and Fox were convicted of plotting to kidnap Whitmer after their second trial in late 2022. At their first trial earlier that year, a jury acquitted two other men while failing to reach a verdict for Croft and Fox.
The two men appealed their convictions on multiple grounds. Thursday’s hearing focused largely on the conduct of FBI informants and their handling agents. Oral arguments in appeal of conviction of Adam Fox and Barry Croft–two men entrapped by FBI in Whitmer fednapping hoax–about to begin. Basis of appeal in Fox case. Will cover live: […]
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