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(Reuters) – A federal jury resumed deliberations on Tuesday in the trial of four men charged with a plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, weighing whether they are guilty of domestic terrorism or victims of entrapment and prosecutorial overreach. In closing arguments on Friday, a government prosecutor described the defendants as “paranoid” and bent on sparking a civil war by abducting Whitmer and holding her accountable for placing restrictions on social and business activities due to COVID-19. Defense attorneys said their clients were coerced into discussing the plot by FBI infor…