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August 24, 2022

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