Defense Says FBI Plants Pushed Alleged Whitmer Kidnappers to Commit Crime

Defense Says FBI Plants Pushed Alleged Whitmer Kidnappers to Commit Crime
(Left) Adam Dean Fox. (Right) Barry Croft Jr. on April 8, 2022. Courtesy of Kent County Sheriff and Delaware Department of Justice via AP
Steven Kovac
Steven Kovac
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As the second trial of two men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan’s Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 enters week two, prosecutors presented audio and text evidence supporting their case.

Defendant Adam Fox, 38, of Wyoming, Mich., was secretly recorded expressing glee, as he and his acquaintance—now turned FBI informant, Dan Chappel—cased the premises and surrounding area of Democrat Whitmer’s lakeside summer home.