Edward Kelley, 36, of Maryville, Tennessee, was sentenced to life in prison in the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville this week.
On Nov. 20, 2024, following a three-day jury trial, Kelley was convicted of conspiracy to murder federal employees; solicitation to commit a crime of violence; and influencing a federal official by threat.
Edward Kelley, a decorated Marine and father of two young children, will spend the rest of his life in prison for threats he made. He didn’t act on his threats, and claimed he was blowing off steam on encrypted apps.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Kelley developed a plan to murder law enforcement, including agents, officers, and employees of the FBI, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Maryville Police Department, Blount County Sheriff’s Office, and Clinton Police Department. The evidence showed that Kelley developed a “kill list” of law enforcement and distributed the list – along with videos containing images of his targets – to a co-conspirator as part of his “mission.”
They had a cooperating defendant
A cooperating defendant, the co-conspirator, who previously pleaded guilty for his role in the conspiracy, testified that he and Kelley planned attacks on the Knoxville FBI office using car bombs and incendiary devices appended to drones. He also testified that the conspirators strategized about assassinating FBI employees in their homes and in public places such as movie theaters.
He didn’t get to the point of making any bombs or buying any weapons.
At trial, the United States introduced recordings of the defendant calling for the development of a “course of action” related to his plan. In one such recording, the defendant gave the instructions to, among other things, “start it,” “attack,” and “take out their office” in the event of his arrest. Kelley was recorded stating, “You don’t have time to train or coordinate, but every hit has to hurt,” and “Every hit has to hurt.”
The DoJ had a cooperating defendant who pleaded guilty.
Kelley was angry that his home had been raided in 2022 after serving a January 6th-related sentence for shoving a police officer.
After the FBI raid, and he was released from prison, Kelley was angry that he was being continually harassed and surveilled by federal authorities.
This is Edward Kelly’s statement.
Yesterday, January 6 Political Prisoner Edward Kelley was sentenced to LIFE IN PRISON + years of Probation!!!
Edward called me today to speak out for the FIRST time since his Life Sentence
This brave US Marine is an IRAQ & AFGHANISTAN WAR VETERAN!!!
EDWARD HAS BRN RAILROADED pic.twitter.com/4Om6sQX2XH
— Jake Lang – January 6 Political Prisoner (@JakeLangJ6) July 4, 2025
Yet we have Democrats calling for Trump’s assassination, and the assassination of his cabinet members, and for the deaths of all of his followers. This is a daily occurrence, and I’ve not seen one snowflake arrested for it. Not ONE!!!!
the evey tik tok poster calling for as–ination MUST be arrested
By these standards, Madonna should be in jail for life! She’s thought a lot about Bl**** up the Whitehouse. It’s on video and has witnesses.
By these standards, my niece and her husband should be doing life for their social media hate posts towards Trump and his supporters.
Freaking life in prison????
He really hit a nerve. Now we know what they fear the most.
They fear free-thinking individuals and American patriots. It doesn’t align with their Bolshevik agenda.
It never goes well for people who are vengeful with homicidal ideations and plots. You have to give it to God to make right, or you become just another godless murdering thug. “Vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord”
Sounds like pure horse shit. The whole stinking thing, a Marine too…
The ‘Bidenista’ KGB/FBI really got to this guy…