Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons Don’t Cover Conviction of Man Who Planned to Kill FBI Agents: DOJ

Edward Kelley was accused in 2022 of conspiring to murder FBI agents and convicted in 2024.

A man identified as Edward Kelley inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. US Department of Justice via The Epoch Times

President Donald Trump’s pardons for people charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol do not cover a man’s 2024 conviction for plotting to kill FBI agents, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyers said on Feb. 18.

“The defendant’s conduct in this case was unrelated in both time and place to the events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021,” the lawyers said in a filing that opposes Edward Kelley’s motion to vacate his convictions and dismiss the charges against him.