Sentence next for ‘driving force’ behind Whitmer kidnap plot

Published December 26, 2022 10:00 PM

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Associated Press/Report for America

Was he a rebel who wanted to inspire a revolution by kidnapping Michigan’s governor? Or simply an insecure patsy who was cleverly swayed by agents and informants? A judge has been given two very different portrayals of Adam Fox. Fox faces a possible life sentence Tuesday for conspiring to abduct Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and blow up a bridge near her vacation home. Fox and Barry Croft Jr. were accused of being at the helm of a wild plot to whip up anti-government extremists just before the 2020 presidential election. The FBI broke things up and Whitmer wasn’t physically harmed. Fox’s lawyer says a life sentence would be extreme. Croft will be sentenced Wednesday.

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