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Whitmer kidnap plot: 2 men acquitted, hung jury for 2 more

FILE - This photo combo if images provided by the Kent County Sheriff and Delaware Department of Justice, respectively, shows Adam Dean Fox, left, and Barry Croft Jr. On Friday, April 8, 2022, jurors acquitted two men of all charges in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, but couldn’t reach verdicts against the two alleged leaders, Fox and Croft. (Kent County Sheriff and Delaware Department of Justice via AP) FILE - This photo combo of images provided by the Kent County Sheriff shows Daniel Harris, left, and Brandon Caserta in booking photos. On Friday, April 8, 2022, jurors acquitted Harris and Caserta of all charges in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, but couldn’t reach verdicts against the two alleged leaders. In addition, Harris was acquitted of charges related to explosives and a gun. (Kent County Sheriff via AP, File) U.S. Attorney for Western District of Michigan Andrew Birge speaks during a press conference outside the Gerald R. Ford Federal Building and Courthouse in Grand Rapids, Mich., after a federal jury didn't find four men guilty who were suspected of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer Friday, April 8, 2022. Jurors have acquitted two defendants of all charges in the plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer but couldn't agree on a verdict for two others. (Daniel Shular/MLive.com/The Grand Rapids Press via AP) Michael Hills, the defense attorney representing Brandon Caserta, speaks to a scrum of reporters after Casterta was found not guilty of conspiring to kidnap and weapons charges outside the Gerald R. Ford Federal Building and Courthouse in Grand Rapids, Mich., Friday, April 8, 2022. Jurors have acquitted two defendants, Daniel Harris and Caserta, of all charges in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer but couldn't agree on a verdict for two others. (Daniel Shular/MLive.com/The Grand Rapids Press via AP) FILE - Michigan Office of the Governor, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich. on Oct. 8, 2020. Jurors on Friday, April 7, 2022, acquitted two men and deadlocked on two others accused of plotting to abduct Whitmer in 2020. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP, File) FILE - In a photo provided by the Kent County Sheriff, Daniel Harris is shown in a booking photo. Two of four men were acquitted Friday, April 8, 2022 of conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, motivated by fury at the Democrat’s tough COVID-19 restrictions early in the pandemic. The jury’s verdicts against Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta were read in the federal court in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in the case presided over by U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker. Jurors said they couldn’t agree on verdicts against Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. (Kent County Sheriff via AP, File) FILE- In a photo provided by the Kent County Sheriff, Brandon Caserta is shown in a booking photo. Two of four men were acquitted Friday, April 8, 2022 of conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, motivated by fury at the Democrat’s tough COVID-19 restrictions early in the pandemic. The jury’s verdicts against Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta were read in the federal court in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in the case presided over by U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker. Jurors said they couldn’t agree on verdicts against Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. (Kent County Sheriff via AP, File) FILE - In a photo provided by the Kent County Sheriff, Adam Dean Fox is shown in a booking photo. Two of four men were acquitted Friday, April 8, 2022 of conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, motivated by fury at the Democrat’s tough COVID-19 restrictions early in the pandemic. The jury’s verdicts against Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta were read in the federal court in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in the case presided over by U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker. Jurors said they couldn’t agree on verdicts against Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. (Kent County Sheriff via AP File) FILE - This file booking photo provided by the Delaware Department of Justice shows Barry Croft Jr. Two of four men were acquitted Friday, April 8, 2022 of conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, motivated by fury at the Democrat’s tough COVID-19 restrictions early in the pandemic. The jury’s verdicts against Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta were read in the federal court in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in the case presided over by U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker. Jurors said they couldn’t agree on verdicts against Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. (Delaware Department of Justice via AP, File) FILE - This combo shows booking photos of, from left, Barry Croft, Daniel Harris, Adam Fox and Brandon Caserta. Jurors are deliberating on verdicts following testimony at the trial of the four men accused of plotting to abduct Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. Jury selection begins Tuesday, April 5, 2022 in a trial that could last more than a month in federal court in Grand Rapids, Michigan. (Kent County Sheriff and Delaware Department of Justice via AP, File) Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer attends an event with President Joe Biden in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, March 9, 2022, in Washington. Prosecutors in the trial of four men charged with planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are showing jurors profanity-filled messages and social media posts on Thursday, March 10, by two of the men, some months before the FBI got involved in the case.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Whitmer kidnap plot: 2 men acquitted, hung jury for 2 more