Rioter Claims Trump’s Pardon Covers Alleged Plot To Murder Federal Agents, DOJ Is Seeking Life Sentence

June 19, 2025 Crime, Trump cultists

Law & Crime reports:

After fighting back attempts to drop his conviction, President Donald Trump’s Justice Department now wants a Jan. 6 defendant who was found guilty last year of plotting to kill FBI agents to spend the rest of his life behind bars — a request he says is based on “scandalous and unsubstantiated” claims and “uncharged allegations that have no relevance.”

Edward Kelley, 35, was convicted by a federal jury in the Eastern District of Tennessee last November on charges of conspiracy to murder federal employees, solicitation to commit a crime of violence and influencing a federal official by threat following a three-day trial.

The government filed its sentencing memorandum Tuesday and recommended a punishment of life in prison, blasting Kelley’s criminal conduct as being “unquestionably serious,” according to the filing.

The Daily Beast reports:

Kelley was separately convicted of throwing a Capitol cop to the ground, with the help of others, and smashing a window with a piece of wood. However, those charges were wiped away by the president’s sweeping pardon of so-called “Jan. 6ers” in January.

Kelley has contested that Trump’s pardon of his Capitol crimes should also apply to his conviction for plotting to kill FBI agents and local law enforcement in Tennessee.

“Kelley created a list of specific people he intended to assassinate, including agents, officers, and employees of the FBI, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Maryville Police Department, Blount County Sheriff’s Office, and Clinton Police Department,” the memorandum read.

According to the FBI, Kelley’s planned murder spree was to have included the use of drones and IEDs. As was reported here when he was arrested in May 2022, Kelley was one of the first rioters to smash his way into the Capitol. Of note, another rioter is claiming that Trump’s pardon covers his child porn charges.



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