US EditionThree defendants acquitted of plotting to kidnap Michigan governor
- A jury has found the last three of 14 men accused in the 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen not guilty.
- The men were acquitted of possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony. The trial lasted 15 days with nearly 100 hours of testimony.
- The investigation into the plot began in early 2020 when an informant alerted law enforcement about possible violence being planned against police and government officials. The group hoped the kidnapping would lead to a violent uprising and instigate a civil war.
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3 Defendants Who Claim They Were Set Up by FBI's Plot to Kidnap Gov. Whitmer Are Acquitted
Three men were acquitted Friday of charges that they supported an alleged plot to kidnap Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. Twin brothers William and Michael Null and Eric Molitor were found not guilty on the charge that they provided support for a terrorist act and a weapons charge against them. Fourteen people faced charges in connection with the plot. Five have been found not guilty and nine were convicted, according to the As…
·Phoenix, United States
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