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A Michigan jury found three men not guilty in the alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) on Friday.
The jury found Eric Molitor and twin brothers Willian and Michael Null not guilty of providing material support to a terrorist act and possessing a firearm in the process. The jury reached their verdict on Friday after starting deliberations the previous morning, following 14 days of testimony.
“You gentlemen are free to leave,” Judge Charles Hamlyn told the three men on Friday.
As the Associated Press detailed:
Outside the courthouse, a juror approached Molitor and “said he was very sorry for all he had gone through,” defense attorney William Barnett told The Associated Press. “The man shook his hand and gave him a hug.”
Barnett said jurors privately told the judge the evidence simply did not add up to “material support” for a kidnapping plot, a key phrase in the charge.
“They went after three peoples’ lives and destroyed them for three years,” Barnett said of the attorney general’s office.
