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    <title>Governor Kidnapping Plot</title>
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      <title>One of five in Antrim County pleads guilty in plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer</title>
      <link>https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2023-03-16/one-of-five-in-antrim-county-pleads-guilty-in-plot-to-kidnap-gov-gretchen-whitmer</link>
      <description>One of the five defendants involved in a plot to kidnap governor Gretchen Whitmer in Antrim County has changed his plea to guilty.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2023 15:23:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Tyler Thompson</dc:creator>
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      <title>Judge sentences another leader in the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to a long federal prison term</title>
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      <description>Assistant U.S. Attorney Nils Kessler describes Barry Croft as the kidnap plot’s “spiritual leader."</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2022 23:13:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Steve Carmody</dc:creator>
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      <title>"I am changed," Whitmer says in comments played as three men are sentenced for kidnapping plot</title>
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      <description>“I am changed and my family is changed.”The words, from Governor Gretchen Whitmer, were played in a Jackson County courtroom today as a judge deliberated on the sentencing of three men convicted over their role in the plot to kidnap Whitmer in 2020. The three men, Paul Bellar, Joseph Morrison and Pete Musico were sentenced individually for their role in the plot, after being found guilty in October of providing material support for a terrorist act, being in a gang, and possessing firearms while committing a felony.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2022 23:47:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Dustin Dwyer</dc:creator>
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      <title>Attorneys rest their case in trial of three men accused of helping kidnapping plans</title>
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      <description>Attorneys have presented all their evidence in a Jackson County trial of three men accused of helping in the plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2022 22:34:51 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Dustin Dwyer</dc:creator>
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      <title>After key FBI informant's testimony, trial to resume for Jackson County men accused of helping kidnapping plot</title>
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      <description>A jury in Jackson County will hear more testimony this week in the trial of three men accused of assisting in the plan to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2022 22:29:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Dustin Dwyer</dc:creator>
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      <title>Man who pleaded guilty apologizes for his role in kidnapping plot, gets four-year sentence</title>
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      <description>Kaleb Franks, one of the men who pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer, was sentenced to four years imprisonment today for his role in the plot.Franks received a dramatically reduced sentence because of his guilty plea, and continued cooperation with prosecutors in both the federal and state criminal trials over the plot.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2022 22:41:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Dustin Dwyer</dc:creator>
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      <title>Men convicted of conspiring to kidnap Whitmer ask for retrial</title>
      <link>https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2022-09-07/men-convicted-of-conspiring-to-kidnap-whitmer-ask-for-retrial</link>
      <description>Two men are asking a federal judge for a retrial after being convicted of conspiring to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2022 22:36:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Dustin Dwyer</dc:creator>
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      <title>Next stage in prosecuting alleged kidnapping plotters takes place this week in Antrim County</title>
      <link>https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2022-08-29/next-stage-in-prosecuting-alleged-kidnapping-plotters-takes-place-this-week-in-antrim-county</link>
      <description>The next phase of the prosecution against a group of men accused of plotting to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer is scheduled to begin this week in northern Michigan.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2022 10:28:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Dustin Dwyer</dc:creator>
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      <title>It's now up to a jury to decide if two men are guilty of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer</title>
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      <description>The fates of two men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer now rests in the hands of a federal jury in Grand Rapids.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2022 22:38:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Steve Carmody</dc:creator>
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      <title>Key testimony expected in kidnapping trial after judge warned lawyers about "wasting time" last week</title>
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      <description>Jurors will likely hear this week from a key undercover FBI informant in the case of the alleged plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2022 22:40:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Dustin Dwyer</dc:creator>
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