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A Jackson County, Michigan, Jury Wednesday convicted Joseph Morrison, Pete Musico and Paul Bellar for felony charges related to their 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer from her summer home. . The convictions are the first under Michigan’s anti-terrorism act.
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