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Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for Plotting to Kidnap Michigan’s Governor
AP ^ | Dec 27 | By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and COREY WILLIAMS

Posted on 12/27/2022 8:38:07 AM PST by RandFan

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The co-leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was sentenced Tuesday to 16 years in prison for conspiring to abduct the Democrat and blow up a bridge to ease an escape.

Adam Fox returned to federal court four months after he and Barry Croft Jr. were convicted of conspiracy charges at a second trial in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

They were accused of being at the helm of a wild plot to whip up anti-government extremists just before the 2020 presidential election. Their arrest, as well as the capture of 12 others, was a stunning coda to a tumultuous year of racial strife and political turmoil in the U.S.

The government had pushed for a life sentence, saying Croft offered bomb-making skills and ideology while Fox was the “driving force urging their recruits to take up arms, kidnap the governor and kill those who stood in their way.”

But Judge Robert J. Jonker said that while Fox’s sentence was needed as a punishment and deterrent to future similar acts, the government’s request for life in prison is “not necessary to achieve those purposes.”

“It’s too much. Something less than life gets the job done in this case,” Jonker said, later adding that 16 years in prison “is still in my mind a very long time.”

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1 posted on 12/27/2022 8:38:07 AM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

The FBI gets away with putting another guy in prison for their crimes.


2 posted on 12/27/2022 8:39:30 AM PST by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: RandFan


3 posted on 12/27/2022 8:39:57 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: RandFan

Entrapped, then given 16 years in the slammer, just to score political points. This is pure evil at work.


4 posted on 12/27/2022 8:40:07 AM PST by TheElectionWasStolen
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To: RandFan

What about entrapment charges against FBI agents?


5 posted on 12/27/2022 8:40:18 AM PST by BipolarBob (The party never stops until someone calls the cops.)
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To: RandFan
Their arrest, as well as the capture of 12 others, was a stunning coda to a tumultuous year of racial strife and political turmoil in the U.S.

What in the world does this story have to do with racism?

6 posted on 12/27/2022 8:40:26 AM PST by mykroar (what is extraordinarily important is this—who will count the votes, and how. - J0eStalin)
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To: Regulator

Yes.


7 posted on 12/27/2022 8:40:37 AM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan
Man Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for Plotting to Kidnap Michigan’s Governor


8 posted on 12/27/2022 8:41:04 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: RandFan

“Even though the FBI invented the entire plot and duped this idiot into going along with it, we’re putting him away!”


9 posted on 12/27/2022 8:41:20 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: RandFan

“…were convicted of conspiracy charges at a second trial…”

A second trial.


10 posted on 12/27/2022 8:41:25 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: TheElectionWasStolen

They are TOTALLY EVIL and CORRUPT!!


11 posted on 12/27/2022 8:41:27 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Regulator

The FBI gets away with putting another guy in prison for their crimes.

True.

I believe that we’ve had people attempt to assassinate presidents get off for less than this FBI led plot.


12 posted on 12/27/2022 8:43:11 AM PST by boycott
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To: Regulator

Were the FBI living rent-free in this man’s foolish brain, or were they at least paying some reasonable amount. For the privilege of brainwashing him.


13 posted on 12/27/2022 8:44:45 AM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: RandFan

They entrapped a borderline retarded man to manufacture a political meme. Stalin would be proud.


14 posted on 12/27/2022 8:45:07 AM PST by circlecity
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To: mykroar

“What in the world does this story have to do with racism?”

Welcome to earth. Everything is racism or climate change.


15 posted on 12/27/2022 8:51:57 AM PST by dljordan
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To: RandFan

Those who plotted and actually carried out the destruction of our cities are still walking free, and hatching new plots to destroy the country. Not only are they free, but they are also likely being paid quite handsomely for their efforts on behalf of George Soros and his crowd.


16 posted on 12/27/2022 8:55:38 AM PST by euram
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To: euram

It’s a safe bet that FBI operatives are involved in all of it.


17 posted on 12/27/2022 9:10:34 AM PST by Chewbarkah
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To: Regulator

One of many


18 posted on 12/27/2022 9:18:19 AM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: Chewbarkah

It’s a safe bet that if two people are plotting, at least one is an FBI agent!


19 posted on 12/27/2022 9:20:24 AM PST by null and void (It’s not far-right to prevent mass starvation. It’s far-left to cause mass starvation.)
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To: BipolarBob

What about entrapment charges against FBI agents?

I find the best way to avoid entrapment is to trust no one. If someone comes up to you and suggests doing something illegal, assume that person is LE of some kind, say no, and walk away.

20 posted on 12/27/2022 9:35:34 AM PST by FormerFRLurker
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