‘Three Percenters’ Militia Groups Headed by FBI Informants, Court Hears in Whitmer Kidnap Conspiracy Trial

‘Three Percenters’ Militia Groups Headed by FBI Informants, Court Hears in Whitmer Kidnap Conspiracy Trial
Supporters of the Kentucky Three Percenters militia during a rally by NFAC in Louisville, Ky., on July 25, 2020. Jeff Dean/AFP via Getty Images
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—At least three groups affiliated with the Three Percenters organization were run by undercover FBI informants, defense attorney Christopher Gibbons said on March 9 during his opening statement in the Gov. Gretchen Whitmer kidnap conspiracy trial.

Gibbons represents Adam Fox, one of the four defendants accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan’s governor in retaliation for her COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020. As the alleged leader of Michigan’s chapter of the Three Percenters—an armed organization named after the notion that 3 percent of the colonists spearheaded the American Revolution—prosecutors say Fox was one of the main players in the failed scheme.