3/17/22 - Trial Resumes In Grand Rapids

Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 8:02 AM

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The trial is resuming for four men accused of kidnapping Governor Whitmer.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The trial of four men charged with planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is resuming after a three-day break because of a COVID-19 case.

A judge says there have been “no further complications.”

The trial, which resumes Thursday, was suspended because the virus had struck a key participant, who hasn’t been publicly identified.

Masks are optional for everyone in court. Only one prosecutor and one juror wore a mask last week.

Adam Fox, Barry Croft Jr., Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta are charged with conspiracy.

Prosecutors say they turned their anger toward government in 2020 into a plot to kidnap Whitmer because of the restrictions she imposed during the early months of the pandemic.

The four men say they were set up by the FBI.

 

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