Adam Fox was sentenced Tuesday to 16 years in prison for his lead role in a 2020 plot to kidnap Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, according to NBC News.
A retrial jury found Fox guilty in August of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and possession of a weapon of mass destruction, also convicting Barry Croft Jr. of those charges and possession of an unregistered destructive device. The prosecution had lobbied for Fox to receive a life prison sentence, according to NBC News .
Croft’s sentencing has been scheduled for Wednesday, Reuters reported . He and Fox’s lawyers had claimed the FBI entrapped them, while two other men were acquitted in their initial trial in April after arguing the FBI had used improper tactics and engaged in other unprofessional behavior, The Associated Press reported .
For instance, FBI Special Agent Christopher Long testified at the retrial that FBI informant Jenny Plunk shared a hotel […]
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