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Whitmer kidnap plot ringleader to be sentenced in federal court

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — One of two ringleaders in the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 will be sentenced Tuesday in federal court.

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Ringleader in plot to kidnap Michigan governor sentenced to 16 years in prison

The leader of a foiled plot by members of right-wing militia groups to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Tuesday in a U.S. District Court, prosecutors said.

Reuters

Sentence next for 'driving force' behind Whitmer kidnap plot

Was he a rebel who wanted to inspire a revolution by kidnapping Michigan’s governor

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Lawyer of Whitmer kidnap plotter: He doesn't deserve to spend life in prison

Barry Croft did not recruit, lead or control men convicted of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and does not deserve to spend the rest of his life in federal prison, his lawyer wrote in a court filing late Thursday.

Tribune News Service

Three men jailed for at least seven years over plot to kidnap Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer

Federal cases over plot remain ongoing

The Independent UK

Three men sentenced in Whitmer kidnapping plot

JACKSON, Mich. — Three men were sentenced Thursday to serve a minimum of seven to 12 years in prison for providing material aid to terrorists and being members of a gang in connection with the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Tribune News Service

3 men tied to leader of Whitmer kidnap plot face sentencing

Three men who forged an early alliance with the leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor are facing potentially lengthy sentences for assisting him before the FBI disbanded the scheme in 2020

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Spare Whitmer kidnap plotter from life sentence, lawyer argues

DETROIT — Adam Fox does not deserve a life sentence for plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, his lawyer said late Friday while faulting federal prosecutors for comparing Fox to Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh and exaggerating the Potterville man's role.

Tribune News Service

Attorney: Kidnap plot leader should not get life sentence

The attorney for the leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov_ Gretchen Whitmer says his client should not be sentenced to life in prison because prosecutors overstated his role in the plot and have created a “false narrative of a terrifying para-military leader."

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Feds say life in prison 'sufficient' for Whitmer kidnap plotter

DETROIT — A life prison sentence for Adam Fox, a convicted ringleader of a plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, is sufficient for trying to "light the fire of a second revolution," federal prosecutors said late Monday.

Tribune News Service

Prosecutors in Whitmer kidnap plot say life sentence fits

Federal prosecutors say a life prison sentence would be justified for the leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

The Independent UK

Federal judge denies Whitmer kidnap plotters' motion for new trial

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A federal judge Friday denied a motion for a third trial by two men who claimed the judge's biases and improper courtroom behavior led to their convictions in the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Tribune News Service

Judge denies bid for new trial in Whitmer kidnapping case

A federal judge has denied a new trial request by two men convicted of conspiring to kidnap Michigan’s Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

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Newsday

Shesterkin, Rangers bounce back with win over Coyotes

NEW YORK — It wasn’t a six-goal outburst, as they’d produced in the third period of their blowout win over Detroit on Thursday. But the three goals the Rangers scored over a 9-minute, 34-second span bridging the second and third periods Sunday against the Arizona Coyotes counted as a mini-explosion,…

Newsday

Rangers score 6 goals in third period, rout Red Wings

DETROIT – The Rangers have had a problem holding onto big leads lately. So they tried something different on Thursday. They fell behind by a goal and then used a goal barrage to grab a win.

Newsday

Chris Kreider's overtime goal breaks scoreless tie, lifts Rangers over Flyers

NEW YORK — They needed extra time, but the Rangers are on a roll now, winners of three straight after Chris Kreider took a pass from Mika Zibanejad and scored on a breakaway with 52.8 seconds left in overtime Tuesday night to beat the Philadelphia Flyers, 1-0, at Madison Square…

Daily Mirror

Three men face jail for aiding plot to kidnap politician over Covid restrictions

It was a plot that prosecutors said grew out of hostility over restrictions Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer imposed in 2020 during the pandemic as they could face up to 20 years in jail

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Evening Standard

Trio convicted of supporting terrorism in plot to kidnap Michigan governor

Three men accused of supporting terrorism in a plot to kidnap Michigan‘s governor were convicted of all charges on Wednesday.

Al Jazeera

Three men convicted for role in plot to kidnap Michigan governor

Governor Gretchen Whitmer welcomes guilty verdicts as ‘proof that violence and threats have no place’ in US politics.

The Independent UK

Three men convicted for supporting plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer

The men were members of the ‘Wolverine Watchmen’ right-wing gang

Chicago Sun-Times

3 men convicted of aiding plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer

Joe Morrison, his father-in-law Pete Musico, and Paul Bellar were found guilty of providing “material support” for a terrorist act as members of a paramilitary group, the Wolverine Watchmen.

WEKU

Three men are convicted of supporting a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Joe Morrison, Pete Musico and Paul Bellar were found guilty of providing "material support" for a terrorist act as members of a paramilitary group.

Tribune News Service

3 men convicted of providing aid to terrorists in Whitmer kidnapping plot

JACKSON, Mich. — Three men have been found guilty by a Jackson County jury of materially aiding a terrorist and being a member of a gang.

The Independent UK

3 men convicted of supporting plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer

Three men have been convicted of supporting a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor

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