Jury enters day two of deliberations in Whitmer kidnapping plot trial
Defense lawyers argued the men were manipulated by an FBI informant.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WILX) - The jury will return Tuesday to deliberate in the trial of four men accused of planning to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
Monday was the first day of deliberations in the federal court case.
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Adam Fox, Barry Croft Jr., Daniel Harris, and Brandon Caserta are charged with conspiracy. Croft is from Delaware and the rest are from Michigan.
Jurors were told they can convict the men if there was a mutual understanding to abduct the governor even if they didn’t end up doing it.
Defense lawyers argued the men were manipulated by an FBI informant.
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