Tennessee man convicted for Jan. 6 riot found guilty of plotting to kill FBI agents who investigated him

A Jan. 6 rioter who breached the U.S. Capitol was convicted of trying to person instrumentality enforcement personnel, including the FBI agents and employees who were investigating him, murdered, the Justice Department said Wednesday. 

Edward Kelley, 35, of Maryville, Tennessee, who was convicted of assaulting instrumentality enforcement officers and different crimes during the Capitol onslaught connected Jan. 6, 2021, was recovered blameworthy connected Wednesday of conspiracy to execution employees of the United States, solicitation to perpetrate a transgression of violence, and influencing oregon retaliating against national officials by threat.

The assemblage agreed connected a verdict aft an hr of deliberation pursuing the three-day trial, WBIR-TV reported.

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Jan. 6 rioter Edward Kelley seen astatine the U.S. Capitol. Kelley was convicted this week of plotting to termination the FBI agents who investigated him.  (Justice Department)

Federal prosecutors astatine his proceedings successful Knoxville, Tennessee, said Kelly developed a "kill list" of FBI agents and others who participated successful the probe into his behaviour connected Jan. 6 while awaiting proceedings for his engagement successful the Capitol riot. 

He distributed the list, arsenic good arsenic videos containing images of FBI employees identified connected the list, to a co-conspirator arsenic portion of his "mission," authorities said.

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A country from the January 6 riot astatine the U.S. Capitol successful 2021. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Kelley's co-defendant Austin Carter, who pleaded blameworthy successful November 2023 to conspiracy to termination FBI agents and is awaiting sentencing, testified that Kelly said helium needed to "take out" the FBI. He said that helium and Kelley planned attacks connected the Knoxville FBI Field Office utilizing car bombs and incendiary devices appended to drones. 

He besides testified that the conspirators strategized astir assassinating FBI employees successful their homes and successful nationalist places specified arsenic movie theaters.

Edward Kelley wrong the U.S. Capitol connected Jan. 6, 2021.  (Justice Department)

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Recording introduced by prosecutors showed Kelley directing the plan, and giving instructions to "start it," "attack," and "take retired their office" successful the lawsuit of his arrest. He was besides recorded stating: "Every deed has to hurt. Every deed has to hurt," authorities said. 

Kelley is scheduled to be sentenced connected May 7, 2025. He faces up to beingness successful prison.