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Two men remain charged for conspiring to kidnap the Michigan governor. Here's what could happy to Barry Croft Jr. and Adam Fox.

"The governor was never in any danger," a defense attorney said after the trial's verdict was handed down. But others called the acquittal of two men "scary."

The attorney for Brandon Caserta, one of two men acquitted for an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, says the leader of the state was never in danger.

A federal jury in Grand Rapids, Michigan, says they're deadlocked on some of the charges related to the plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's office has issued a statement following the acquittal of two men in the plot to kidnap the governor.

U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker disclosed that the jury had asked for sticky notes. He also told lawyers that two jurors saw him outside the courthouse. Their reaction: “Wow, you look so different without your robe,” the judge said.

Jurors did return to the court room Monday to ask for the definition of a "weapon" but otherwise gave no indication of the progress of their work.

The 15-day trial covered a range of accusations, featured testimony from defendants and those who pleaded guilty for reduced charges, and got heated at times between the two sides.

The jury is now deliberating in the trial of four men accused of plotting to abduct Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. But there a lot of different factors that go into the decision-making process.

The last day of the trial featured perilous testimony from one of the alleged plotters, who could have exposed himself while on the stand.