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The jury also said Tuesday that it found Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. guilty of conspiring to obtain a weapon of mass destruction.

Adam Fox, Barry Croft Jr., Daniel Harris, and Brandon Caserta are charged with conspiracy. Three also face additional charges.

The jury decided to start fresh next week rather than begin discussing the case Friday afternoon.

Jurors have now heard all the evidence in the federal trial of four men accused of plotting to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer. “Sometime tomorrow, it will be in your hands,” Judge Robert Jonker told the jurors.

Seventeen months after they were first arrested, four men will go on trial for allegedly plotting to kidnap Michigan's governor.

Kaleb Franks had been arguing, along with other defendants in the case, that he was entrapped by federal agents. Wednesday, he told a judge the plot was real.

A plea agreement filed Monday shows that a second defendant in the case plans to plead guilty and cooperate in the prosecution of the remaining men.

The federal trial for five men accused of plotting to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer is scheduled to begin March 8 in Grand Rapids.

The men were arrested nearly a year ago for allegedly plotting to kidnap the governor. Now their federal trial won't start until mid-February at the earliest.

Six years and three months.That is how long Ty Garbin has been sentenced to serve in federal prison for his role in the alleged plot to kidnap Governor…