Judge Denies Bid for New Trial in Whitmer Kidnapping Case

(Left) Barry Croft Jr. (Delaware Department of Justice via AP); (Right) Adam Dean Fox. Kent County Sheriff via AP

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

Lawyers for Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. alleged misconduct by a juror and unfairness by U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker following their conviction by a federal jury in August.