Three men who are already defendants in the conspiracy to kidnap and possibly kill Michigan Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer have a new charge on their docket: Conspiracy to Use a Weapon of Mass Destruction.
“According to court documents, Adam Fox, 40, of Wyoming, Michigan; Barry Croft Jr., 45, of Bear, Delaware; and Daniel Joseph Harris, 23, of Lake Orion, Michigan, are charged with knowingly conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction against persons or property in addition to the kidnapping conspiracy charged in October 2020,” a Dept. of Justice press release reads.
A local ABC affiliate reports the “weapons of mass destruction” charge is “related to a discussion to blow up a bridge near Whitmer’s second home in northern Michigan to hinder police.”
The DOJ also makes clear they were going to “back the blue,” but not when it became inconvenient. “The superseding indictment further alleges that Fox, Croft and Harris intended to use the devices to facilitate their plot to kidnap the governor by harming and hindering the governor’s security detail and any responding law enforcement officers.”
“The new indictment,” CNN adds, “alleges that on September 13, Fox ordered $4,000 worth of explosives from an FBI agent posing as a co-conspirator. That same day, according to the indictment, Croft and Harris successfully detonated an IED containing shrapnel near human silhouette targets “to assess its effectiveness as an anti-personnel weapon.”
The three men are part of a group of more than a dozen anti-government extremists who allegedly were planning to kidnap Gov. Whitmer over her policies to contain and control the spread of the coronavirus. Anti-mask COVID-19 deniers have made Michigan one of the hardest hit states in the nation.