One of the ringleaders of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and blow up a bridge to aid in their escape was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Tuesday instead of the life term prosecu…
One of the ringleaders of a plot to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and blow up a bridge to aid in their escape was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Tuesday — instead of the life term prosecutors had been seeking.were convicted on charges of conspiracy to kidnap and conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction.Two others alleged to be involved were
by a federal jury that also couldn’t reach a verdict on Fox and Croft, leading to a mistrial for the pair.Prosecutors asked US District Judge Richard Jonker to hand down a life sentence, describing the 39-year-old Fox as the “driving force urging their recruits to take up arms, kidnap the governor and kill those who stood in their way,” and noting Croft’s lethal bomb-making skills.
“The sentence imposed by this court should reflect the incredibly dangerous threat posed by Adam Fox and Barry Croft’s attempt to light the fire of a second revolution.”Jonker said Fox’s sentencing needed to reflect the need for punishment and to deter other such acts, but said the prosecution’s life sentence request was “not necessary to achieve those purposes.”
“It’s too much. Something less than life gets the job done in this case,” the judge said, adding that 16 years in prison “is still in my mind a very long time.”The men were part of a paramilitary group known as the Wolverine Watchmen who in 2020 hatched a plot to kidnap Whitmer, now 51, at her vacation home because they were angry over her statewide COVID-19 restrictions.
“People need to stop with the misplaced anger and place the anger where it should go, and that’s against our tyrannical … government,” Fox said that spring.has rejected claims that his client was a revolutionary leader, describing him as an “unemployed vacuum repairman who was venting his frustrations on social media.”
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