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Rachel Leingang

Trump’s January 6 pardon doesn’t cover FBI murder plot conviction, judge rules

people holding US and Trump flags clash with police
Trump supporters storm the Capitol in Washington DC on 6 January 2021. Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images

A man pardoned by Donald Trump for his role in the January 6 insurrection who also was convicted of plotting to kill federal agents investigating him is still legally liable for the plot, a judge ruled on Monday.

Edward Kelley was pardoned by the president for his role in the US Capitol riot, but he remained in prison on separate charges. The Tennessee man had developed a “kill list” of FBI agents who had investigated him for the Capitol attack.

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