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2 men convicted in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer

FBI special agent David Porter speaks to media outside of the U.S. federal courthouse in Grand Rapids, Mich.,on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. A jury has convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. Prosecutors described the plot as a rallying cry for a U.S. civil war by anti-government extremists. The jury also found Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. guilty of conspiring to obtain a weapon of mass destruction. (AP Photo/Joey Cappelletti) Attorney Andrew Birge speaks to media outside of the U.S. federal courthouse in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. A jury has convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. Prosecutors described the plot as a rallying cry for a U.S. civil war by anti-government extremists. The jury also found Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. guilty of conspiring to obtain a weapon of mass destruction. Attorney Joshua Blanchard, left, representing Barry Croft Jr., speaks with the media outside the federal courthouse in Grand Rapids, Mich., following closing arguments in the trial of Croft and Adam Fox, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Joey Cappelletti) Attorney Christopher Gibbons, left, representing Adam Fox, speaks with the media outside the federal courthouse in Grand Rapids, Mich., following closing arguments in the trial of Fox and Barry Croft Jr., Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Joey Cappelletti)
2 men convicted in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer