3/9/22 - The Jury As Been Seated, Opening Statements Begin

Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 8:56 AM

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The trial is underway in Grand Rapids for four men facing kidnapping conspiracy charges.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Opening statements are set to begin in the trial of four men charged with plotting to kidnap Governor Whitmer. 

Prosecutors say the men were angry about COVID-19 restrictions that were imposed by the state of Michigan.  Defendants plan to argue they were entrapped and that undercover informants talked them into it. 

12 jurors and 6 alternates were seated Tuesday in federal court in Grand Rapids.

U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker is giving the  jury instructions today.  He says the trial could last more than a month. 

 

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