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Barry Croft

Barry Croft (18 December 1975-) was an American far-right militiaman affiliated with the Wolverine Watchmen militia in Michigan during the 2020s. He owned a trucking company, and he was imprisoned during the 1990s and became a xenophobic "conservative constitutionalist" who claimed, on 25 May 2019, that America was being "invaded" by 35 million "illegal foreign people." On 8 October 2020, he was one of thirteen conspirators charged with a plan to kidnap and "try" Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer before the election, having helped plan the kidnapping from Ty Garbin's Luther, Michigan property. On 28 December 2022, he was sentenced to over 19 years in prison.

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