Jan. 6 rioters want pardons extended to other crimes, including FBI murder plot

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Trump's Jan. 6 pardons don't cover Capitol rioter who plotted to kill FBI agents, DOJ says

Edward Kelley “devised a plan to murder federal, state, and local law enforcement in East Tennessee,” federal prosecutors said.

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Jan. 6 rioters want pardons extended to other crimes, including FBI murder plot

President Trump's executive order pardoned over 1,500 individuals involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. However, some seek to extend these pardons to other crimes linked to their actions on that day or uncovered by subsequent investigations. Cases include Edward Kelly, convicted of conspiring to kill FBI agents; Florida’s Daniel Ball, facing firearm charges; and North Carolina’s David Daniel, charged with child pornography. Their lawyers argue t…

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Pardoned Rioters Argue Other Cases Should Be Mute

The pardon President Trump signed on his first day in office absolves the Jan. 6, 2021, rioters of "offenses related to events that occurred at or near" the US Capitol on that day. Some of those pardoned, facing other charges, are arguing to courts that they should be covered for...

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Jan. 6 Rioters Argue Pardons Apply to Charges Including Murder Plot, Child Porn

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MAGA rioter says plot to murder FBI agents covered by Trump pardon

Capitol rioter Edward Kelley wasn't only convicted of assaulting police officers at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 — he was also convicted of plotting to murder the FBI agents who had investigated his role in the riots.Now the Wall Street Journal reports that Kelley is arguing that the pardon he rec...

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From child pornography to illegal possession of weapons: amnesties for the invasion of the Capitol try to extend Trump's pardon to other charges

According to the Washington Post, Trump's pardon leads to attempts at legal loopholes and delayed the execution of arrests for unrelated cases. The amnesty granted by Donald Trump to more than 1,500 people, including those convicted and accused of the invasion of the Capitol four years ago, has been messing with courts across the United States. In a report published last Tuesday, the Washington Post revealed that since the presidential pardon, i…