After hearing from more than a dozen witnesses over seven days of testimony, federal prosecutors rested their case on Thursday against two men charged with conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer just before the 2020 election.
The men are also charged with conspiracy to use explosives to facilitate a getaway.
This is the second trial this year for defendants Adam Fox, 38, of Wyoming, Mich., and Barry Croft Jr., 38, of Delaware on the same charges.
The pair and four other suspects were arrested by the FBI in October 2020 before any kidnapping attempt or attempted bombing took place.
The first trial of Fox and Croft ended in April when the jury, after five days of deliberation, deadlocked and failed to convict either man of any crime….