A federal appellate court says two men accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 were not entrapped by ...

The panel of three judges from the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio, issued the opinion in the cases of Barry Croft and Adam Fox more ... extremism in Michigan and the rise ...

Gretchen Whitmer. Barry Croft Jr., 49, of Bear, Delaware, was earlier sentenced to 19 years, seven months in prison while Adam Fox, 41, of Wyoming, Michigan, was sentenced to 16 years in prison.

Jail. shows Barry Croft Jr., left, and Adam Fox, who were convicted of leading a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor in 2020 and start a civil war. (Kent County Sheriff's Office via AP ...

Lawyers for Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. had argued that their right to pursue a vigorous entrapment defense was greatly diminished by the rulings of a trial judge in western Michigan, among other ...