Feds seek life sentence for J6 rioter pardoned by Trump

Federal prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for Edward Kelly, a Tennessee man who was pardoned by President Donald Trump for his role in the January 6 Capitol riot – but later convicted of plotting to assassinate FBI agents and other law enforcement officials.

According to the Daily Beast, the Justice Department filed a sentencing memo Tuesday asking a judge to send Kelly, 35, to prison for the rest of his life. In November, Kelly was convicted of conspiring to murder agents from the...