Marijuana smoking hangs over Whitmer kidnap plot trial

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A jury in Grand Rapids, Michigan, will hear closing arguments Monday, when defense lawyers will likely talk about it again. Maybe the fish will bite.” Indeed, this is the second trial for Fox and Croft after a jury in April couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict. He said Fox smoked marijuana throughout the day, even sharing with a stranger while assessing things at a Birch Lake boat launch. “Adam Fox routinely smoked marijuana in your presence, true? Dan Chappel, the most important FBI informant in the case, recalled how he and Fox drove to Elk Rapids, Michigan, to scout Whitmer’s lakeside vacation home. There is no dispute about some evidence in the trial of two men accused of eagerly wanting to kidnap Michigan’s governor: They enjoyed getting high.

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There is no dispute about some evidence in the trial of two men accused of eagerly wanting to kidnap Michigan’s governor: They enjoyed getting high.

From start to finish, the jury repeatedly has heard about marijuana in the case of Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr., who are charged with conspiring to abduct Gretchen Whitmer as part of an anti-government uprising in 2020.

It has been cited by defense lawyers to reinforce their depiction of Fox and Croft as “big talkers” who sometimes said outrageous things when they had been smoking pot. Marijuana use by adults has been legal in Michigan since 2018.

A jury in Grand Rapids, Michigan, will...

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