JUST IN: Two men were acquitted, and jurors deadlocked on a verdict for two others, in the case accusing them of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer over COVID-19 restrictions.
to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Two of the defendants were acquitted on all charges, while the jury deadlocked on two other defendants, resulting in a mistrial on those counts.
Friday morning, jurors sent a note to the judge saying they had reached agreement on several counts but were deadlocked on others. The judge sent them back to continue their deliberations, encouraging them to"take another look, a fresh look." But the jury returned several hours later to say they were still unable to reach a verdict on some counts.
The men were arrested in October 2020 amid talk of raising $4,000 for an explosive that could blow up a bridge and stymie police after a kidnapping, according to trial evidence. Fox twice traveled to northern Michigan to scout the area., and the four men deny any scheme to get Whitmer at her vacation home. Defense attorneys insist they were under the spell of informants and agents who got them to say and do violent, provocative things.
"The plan was utter nonsense. It wasn't real to Adam Fox. He was LARPing," Gibbons said, using an acronym for live action role playing."Adam Fox is usually impaired. He's just playing his game. ... A person cannot accidentally enter into a conspiracy."
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