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Jury Convicts Two Boogaloo Movement Members in Plot to Kidnap Michigan Governor

HeadlineAug 24, 2022

A jury in Michigan has convicted two members of the far-right boogaloo movement of conspiring to kidnap Michigan’s Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. The men, Barry Croft and Adam Fox, face up to life in prison. During closing arguments, prosecutors claimed the men were hoping to “set off a second American civil war.” Defense lawyers have maintained their clients were entrapped by FBI informants.

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