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Jurors reach partial verdict in Whitmer kidnap plot case; judge tells them to deliberate more

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Jurors said Friday they have reached a verdict on some counts in the case against four men accused of plotting to kidnap and hurt Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer but are locked on others.

Tribune News Service · Apr 8, 2022

Judge tells deadlocked jurors in Whitmer kidnapping case to keep deliberating

Jurors have entered day five of deliberations

The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2022

Jurors reach partial verdict in Whitmer kidnap plot case

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Jurors said Friday they have reached a verdict on some counts in the case against four men accused of plotting to kidnap and hurt Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer but are locked on others.

Tribune News Service · Apr 8, 2022

Rogue FBI informant tried to keep Whitmer kidnap plot alive, destroy evidence, feds say

DETROIT — A rogue FBI informant tried to keep the Gov. Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot alive, obstruct justice and destroy evidence after federal agents arrested more than a dozen men in fall 2020, prosecutors said Friday.

Tribune News Service · Mar 26, 2022

Judge tells Whitmer kidnap suspect: No, you can't use Jan. 6 Capitol riot as a defense

DETROIT — One of the suspects in the Gov. Gretchen Whitmer alleged kidnapping case wanted to raise the infamous 2021 U.S. Capitol riot at trial, alleging the FBI's handling of the deadly insurrection points to a "consciousness of guilt" by the government.

Tribune News Service · Jan 26, 2022