A Maryville man convicted of plotting to murder Knoxville FBI employees is now saying his case should be thrown out because it’s related to the January 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection.
35 year-old Edward Kelley was at the Capitol that day and he was found guilty of destroying government property and impeding police officers. That’s not where it stops, however.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Kelley was awaiting trial for participating in the Capitol breach when he put together a plan to attack the Knoxville FBI office. That plan involved putting together a kill list, to be acted on with car bombs and drones.
Now, Kelley is arguing Donald Trump’s blanked pardon for those involved on January 6th should also apply to his murder plotting charges, since it was related.
Kelley is expected to face sentencing on May 7th, if his charges are not covered by Trump’s pardon.
