Jury Deliberations Start in Whitmer Kidnapping Trial

GRAND RAPIDS (WOOD-AM) - A jury will now consider the case of four men who are accused of plotting to kidnap the governor in 2020.

Deliberations are scheduled to start around 8:30 a.m.

Closing arguments were held Friday. The judge also delivered jury instructions, telling jurors that they can consider an entrapment defense.

Federal prosecutor Nils Kessler says the suspects were using encrypted chat apps to communicate their plans.

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