(Townhall)—The Justice Department is considering a pardon for two individuals convicted of a conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Ed Martin, the DOJ’s new pardon attorney, indicated that he planned to take a “hard look” at the cases during an appearance on “The Breanna Morellow Show.”
Martin stated that “we can’t leave these guys behind” and that “these are victims just like January 6.”
From The Detroit News:
The arrests of Barry Croft Jr., Adam Fox and other anti-government extremists rocked the home stretch of the 2020 presidential election. Authorities said the cabal wanted to grab Whitmer, a Democrat, at her vacation home and start a civil war.
Croft, 49, and Fox, 42, were portrayed as leaders of the scheme. They were convicted of conspiracy in federal court in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 2022. Croft, a trucker from Delaware, was also found guilty of a weapons charge.
Croft was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison, while Fox, a Grand Rapids man, got a 16-year term. They are being held at a prison in Colorado — the most secure in the federal system.
Whitmer was never physically harmed. Martin called it a “fed-napping” plot, not a kidnapping plot, apparently referring to the numerous undercover FBI agents and informants who had infiltrated the group and built the case.
He said it looked like the “weaponization of government.”
“I have complete confidence that we’re going to get a hard look at it. The president will want to know the facts abo
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