US ON THIS STORY.
BARBARA, I WANT YOU TO STICK
AROUND FOR THE NEXT STORY.
BREAKING NEWS OUT OF MICHIGAN
WHERE THE JURY WAS HEARING THE
CASE OF THE FOUR MEN PLANNING TO
KIDNAP WHITMER.
BACK WITH US IS BARBARA McQUAID,
AND SO MEGAN, BREAK DOWN WHAT
HAPPENED.
>> THAT VERDICT COMING IN WITHIN
THE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES HERE.
BARRY CROFT AND ADAM FOX THEY
COULD NOT REACH A DECISION ON,
THE JURORS, SO THAT WAS DECLARED
A MISTRIAL, AND THE OTHER TWO
WERE ACQUITTED.
PROSECUTORS DO HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO RETRY CROFT AND
FOX, AND THAT WAS A HUNG JURY.
THIS WAS A MONTH-LONG TRIAL.
PROSECUTORS PRESENTED 13 DAYS
WORTH OF EVIDENCE, INCLUDING
TESTIMONY FROM FBI AGENTS AS
WELL AS INFORMANTS WHO
INFILTRATED THIS GROUP AS THEY
WERE, ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS,
CONSPIREING TO COMMIT KIDNAPPING
ON THE GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN, AND
JUST WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF
MINUTES THESE JURORS RETURNED A
VERDICT SAYING THEY DID NOT FIND
ANYBODY GUILTY, AND TWO MISS
TRIALS
MISTRIALS FOR THE OTHER
DEFENDANTS.
>> BARBARA, HELP US UNDERSTAND?
>> THIS IS A BIG BLOW FOR THE
GOVERNMENT.
THE ACQUITTALS SPEAK FOR
THEMSELVES
THEMSELVES.
THEY FOUND THE EVIDENCE WAS
INSUFFICIENT.
AND THE FACT THAT TWO HAVE BEEN
ACQUITTED DOESN’T MEAN THE OTHER
TWO CANNOT BE FOUND GUILTY.
THE GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE THE
OPTION OF TRYING THE CASE AGAIN,
AND I THINK THEY NEED TO THINK
REALLY HARD ABOUT THE MESSAGE IT
WOULD SEND IF THEY DON’T TRY
THIS CASE AGAIN.
THE EVIDENCE WAS VERY STRONG,
AND THEY HAD TWO CODEFENDANTS
THAT COOPERATED AND TESTIFIED,
YES, WE WERE PLANNING TO DO THIS
AND WERE NOT ENTRAPPED AND I
FIND IT CONCERNING THAT A JURY
COULD NOT REACH A DECISION, AND
THERE COULD BE A LONE
SYMPATHETIC JUROR, AND THE
DECISION NOW HAS TO BE MADE TO
RETRY THE OTHER TWO DEFENDANTS,
AND I THE CONSEQUENCES WILL ONLY EMBOLDEN THEM WHO WANT TO