The pair allegedly had a list of 37 law enforcement agents they planned to kill
In the latest list of criminal charges filed against the Jan. 6 rioter, a Tennessee man was arrested Friday for allegedly plotting to kill an FBI agent who was investigating him.
With the House committee on insurrection preparing to deliver its final recommendations Monday, 34-year-old Edward Kelley of Maryville is being charged with conspiracy, seeking revenge against a federal official and solicitation of a violent crime, reports CNN.
Kelley already faces accusations of assaulting an officer during his participation in the January 6 riot.
Ustin Carter, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was also arrested and charged for his involvement in the plot, according to the justice department.
The two men allegedly had a list of 37 law enforcement agents they planned to kill, including the agents who arrested Kelley in May for her involvement in the January 6 attacks and those who were present to search her home, the New York Times reported. .
An unnamed acquaintance who alerted law enforcement to Kelley's plan obtained the list from Carter, as well as a thumb drive from Kelley's home that showed video of law enforcement officers approaching her home on the day of her arrest, according to court documents.
The acquaintance also recorded several recordings of Kelley and Carter discussing their plot to kill. At one point, Kelley asked acquaintances to "stash a few things" at his house, later clarifying that he meant guns and ammunition. Kelley also told acquaintances that he planned to recruit people to attack the FBI office in Knoxville, according to the papers.
Carter allegedly informed acquaintances of his plans to participate in Kelley's plot, urging the acquaintances "to make sure everything was set up, locked and loaded".
Also on Friday, another January 6 rioter who was a QAnon supporter and described himself as the rebellion's "poster child" was sentenced to five years in prison.
Douglas Jensen, 43, of Iowa was sentenced to 60 months, after a judge ruled he had led rioters into the breached Capitol building and towards police officer Eugene Goodman, acts that could have led to mass deaths, the Washington Post reported.
The development is just the latest in a careful and effective law enforcement investigation aimed at holding the January 6 attackers accountable. As of December 7, 964 people have been arrested for their involvement in the rebellion, charged with a number of crimes including assault on officers, destruction of government property and theft, Insider reports.
The list of those arrested for their involvement is expected to grow as the FBI continues to search the media and footage from the Capitol attack.
Of the 964, about half – 465 – have pleaded guilty. The longest sentence to date was for former NYPD officer Thomas Webster, who got 10 years in prison in September after a judge ruled he attacked an officer with a metal flagpole while the officer was trying to defend the Capitol.
Meanwhile, a separate House inquiry into the attack aims to issue its formal recommendations on Monday. It is reportedly considering multiple criminal references against Donald Trump, which could include charges suggested to obstruct the official proceedings of Congress and conspiracy to defraud the United States.