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Kidnapping suspect wanted ‘tyrant’ Gov. Whitmer tied up on table, FBI agent testifies

Agent Mark Schweers told the jury that he was posing as someone with like-minded views when he met Adam Fox, who made the startling admission.

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Agent Mark Schweers told the jury that he was posing as someone with like-minded views when he met Adam Fox, who made the startling admission.

Highlights

  • Adam Fox, Barry Croft Jr., Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta are charged with conspiracy.
  • Prosecutors say they turned anger toward government in 2020 into a plot to kidnap Whitmer at her vacation home.
  • The trial of four men resumed in federal court in Grand Rapids, Michigan, after a three-day delay due to someone in the courtroom testing positive for Covid-19.
  • A secret recording played for jurors shows Fox talking excitedly about attacking the Michigan Capitol and restoring a “constitutional republic” FBI agent testifies he was posing as someone with like-minded views when he met Fox in the basement of a vacuum shop in suburban Grand Rapids.