WASHINGTON — A Donald Trump supporter who was among the first rioters to breach the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been convicted of plotting to kill FBI special agents who investigated him over his crimes at the Capitol.
NBC News affiliate WBIR in Knoxville reported that the jury convicted Kelley on all three counts after just an hour of deliberation.
Kelley will be sentenced in the murder plot case on May 7, one month after he is set to be sentenced on his Capitol case, on April 7.
Kelley provided a list of about 37 members of law enforcement who worked on his Jan. 6 case, prosecutors alleged.
Edward Kelley was the fourth rioter to breach the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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