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3 men charged in plot to kidnap Michigan governor now face weapon of mass destruction charge


Washington (CNN) Federal prosecutors unveiled new charges on Wednesday against three men who have been accused in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, including conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction.

Adam Fox, 40, Barry Croft, 45, and Daniel Joseph Harris, 23, were charged with knowingly conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction, in addition to the federal kidnapping conspiracy charges that were announced in October, when officials thwarted an alleged plot by the men and several others to kidnap Whitmer, a Democrat.

The new charges come as part of a superseding indictment filed Wednesday by the US Attorney's Office for the Western District of Michigan that says Fox, Croft and Harris allegedly intended to use destructive devices to facilitate their plot to kidnap the governor by "harming and hindering the governor's security detail and any responding law enforcement officers."

CNN has reached out to attorneys for Fox, Croft and Harris for comment on the charges.

The new indictment alleges that on September 13, Fox ordered $4,000 worth of explosives from an FBI agent posing as a co-conspirator. That same day, according to the indictment, Croft and Harris successfully detonated an IED containing shrapnel near human silhouette targets "to assess its effectiveness as an anti-personnel weapon."

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