Defense lawyers are cross-examining a key witness in the trial of four men accused of planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
They tried to trip him up by highlighting inconsistencies between his testimony and previous statements to the FBI.
Fox, Barry Croft Jr., Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta are on trial in federal court in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Along with Franks and another man,Franks, 27, and Garbin, 26, have told jurors about a wild plan to abduct Whitmer at her vacation home and leave her stranded in a boat in Lake Michigan. Traveling at night, they scouted Whitmer's second home in Elk Rapids and inspected a bridge that could be blown up to frustrate any police response, according to trial testimony and conversations that were secretly recorded.
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