Governor Kidnapping Plot News Today

State Attorney General Dana Nessel said the "verdicts are not what we hoped for."

BELLAIRE, Mich.—A Wisconsin man accused of assisting the key figures in a plot to kidnap Michigan's governor pleaded ...

Today, starting at 10 a.m., we'll find out if convicted conspirator, Adam Fox, will spend the rest of his life in prison.

The convicted leader in a plot by members of militia groups to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer faced up to life in prison but was given 16 years by a judge on Tuesday.

Adam Fox was the "driving force" behind the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, prosecutors said.

The leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer should not be sentenced to life in prison because federal prosecutors overstated his role in the plot and have created a “false narrative of a terrifying para-military leader," his attorney argues.

Michael Null, William Null, Eric Molitor and Shawn Fix, all from Michigan, are accused of providing material support for terrorist acts as well as a gun crime. Brian Higgins of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, was charged with providing material support for terrorist acts.

Prosecutors and defense lawyers rested their case Friday in the trial of three men charged with assisting the 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

A judge has dismissed a young woman from the jury hearing the trial of three men in connection with a 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer after attorneys accused her of flirting with one of the defendants.

A second man who pleaded guilty to the 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was sentenced to four years behind bars Thursday.