GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — One of two ringleaders in the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to 16 years in prison and five years supervision.
Adam Fox, 39, appeared in front of U.S. District Court Judge Richard Jonker for sentencing Tuesday, four months after he and codefendant Barry Croft were convicted of conspiracy to kidnap and conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction after their first trial ended in a hung jury and the acquittals of two other codefendants. Croft also was convicted of possessing an unregistered destructive device. Croft is scheduled to be sentenced tomorrow at 10 a.m.
Their case is the largest domestic terrorism case in a generation that has shed light on political extremism in Michigan.
