One of two convicted leaders in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) was sentenced to 16 years in prison and five years of supervision on Tuesday.
Adam Fox, 38, appeared before U.S. District Court Judge Richard Jonker for his sentencing on Tuesday, just four months after he and his co-defendant Barry Croft were convicted of scheming to kidnap the governor and accused of ginning up anti-government extremists just before the 2020 general election.
LEADER IN PLOT TO KIDNAP MICHIGAN GOVERNOR FACES UP TO LIFE IN SENTENCING
Attorneys for Fox asked Jonker to opt out of giving their client a life sentence, citing that FBI officials were embedded into a group of nearly 12 others who sought to kidnap the governor, who was never harmed after the federal agency broke up the plot in the fall of 2020.
Jonker said Tuesday he didn’t think a life sentence was appropriate but that the crimes required a “significant sentence.”
Prosecutors portrayed Fox as a dangerous extremist who deserved life in prison for attempting to “light the fire of a second revolution.”
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“When the aim of that kidnapping is to terrorize the people and affect the conduct of government, it is so pernicious that only the most serious sanction is sufficient,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Nils Kessler wrote. “The sentence imposed by this court should reflect the incredibly dangerous threat posed by Adam Fox and Barry Croft’s attempt to light the fire of a second revolution.”
Another leader involved in the plot, Barry Croft, faces sentencing on Wednesday.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
