Kaleb Franks, one of the five defendants set to face trial next month for conspiring to kidnap Michigan’s governor, changed course and decided to plead guilty to the allegations in a Grand Rapids federal courtroom on Feb. 9. Franks told Magistrate Judge Phillip Green that he understood the consequences of striking a plea deal with government and abandoning his co-defendants’ argument—that they had been entrapped into the Gov. Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot by undercover FBI agents and informants. “Did any law enforcement officers suggest committing any crimes?” Judge Green asked Franks. “No, sir,” Franks replied. “Did the plot originate solely with you and the other defendants?” the judge asked again. “Yes, sir,” Franks said. Judge Green said he will file a report with U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker—the trial judge in the case—recommending that he accept Franks’ guilty plea. Franks will then have a sentencing hearing in about three months, …