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

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Edward Kelley was the fourth rioter to breach the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 .

He was convicted of assaulting law enforcement and other charges after a trial in D.C. last year .

Kelley was separately convicted by a federal jury in Tennessee of conspiracy to murder employees of the United States .

Kelley 's attorney had argued that President Donald Trump 's mass pardon should apply to Kelley ’s murder plot.

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72

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formal

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English

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66

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