Edward Kelley: On January 6, the defendant was found guilty of conspiring to kill FBI agents investigating the Capitol attack

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a man from tennessee Found guilty of assaulting a police officer He was convicted in a separate trial on Wednesday of conspiring to kill FBI agents involved in the investigation into his role in the Capitol attack during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. According to the Ministry of Justice.

Edward Kelley, 35, was convicted in U.S. District Court in Tennessee of conspiracy to murder federal employees, solicitation of violent crime and threatening a federal official, the department said in a news release.

Kelley created a “kill list” targeting 37 agents and others involved in the investigation and shared that list, along with videos identifying the agents, with co-conspirator Austin Carter, according to the affidavit. Coachman pleaded guilty In connection with the incident in November 2023.

A cooperating defendant testified about plans to attack the local FBI office in Knoxville, Tennessee, about 180 miles east of Nashville, using a car bomb and a drone, the news release said. The witness also described discussions about assassinating FBI agents both at home and in public spaces such as movie theaters.

The press release stated that during the hearing, prosecutors presented recordings in which Kelley instructed his accomplices on a “plan of action” for the assassination plot. In one recording, he encouraged them to “initiate,” “attack” and “eliminate their offices” if he was arrested.

“If I’m extradited to D.C. or you don’t hear from me in 24 or 48 hours… if they come to arrest me again, go for it,” Kelley said in a recorded conversation, according to earlier testimony. “You take them to their offices. What you and (Carter) have to do is recruit as many people as you can… and attack their office.”

“Every hit has to hurt. Every hit has to hurt,” Kelley said.

Kelley faces a possible life sentence at sentencing scheduled for May 7.

In May 2022, Kelly facing charges for assaulting a police officer during the Capitol riot.

in November, Kelley was convicted He was convicted of three felonies and eight misdemeanors for his role in the Capitol breach. Evidence showed he attacked law enforcement, broke a Capitol window, and entered the building during the riot. Kelley is scheduled to be sentenced on these charges on April 7.

More than 1,561 people was charged in connection with Since that day with the Capitol breach.

CNN’s Holmes Lybrand contributed to this report.