Man Convicted of Plotting to Kill Agents Who Investigated His Role in Jan. 6

A Tennessee man who was among the first wave of rioters to storm the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on Wednesday of separate charges of plotting to kill the F.B.I. agents who investigated his role in the attack.

At the end of a three-day trial in Knoxville, Tenn., the man, Edward Kelley, 35, was found guilty of charges that included conspiracy to murder federal employees and threatening federal agents. Two weeks ago, Mr. Kelley was convicted of assault, civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding by a federal judge at a bench trial in Washington for his role in the Capitol attack.

The twin convictions were a reminder that the prosecutions of those who attacked the Capitol on behalf of President-elect Donald J. Trump are continuing even though Mr. Trump has vowed to pardon many, if not all, of them when he re-enters the White House in January. Mr. Trump could also end any further investigations related to the attack, which is the largest single criminal inquiry the Justice Department has ever undertaken.

Court papers say that in 2022, while Mr. Kelley was at home awaiting trial in his Jan. 6 case, he formed a group “that was preparing for armed conflict against the United States government and its personnel, specifically including F.B.I. agents.”

Prosecutors say he drew up a list of 37 people who were involved in his arrest or who helped to search his home as part of the investigation, targeting them for assassination. Mr. Kelley shared the list with two co-conspirators, prosecutors say, one of whom — Christopher Roddy — ultimately gave it to the authorities.

Accompanying the list of names that Mr. Roddy turned over, court papers say, was a computer thumb drive that contained video footage from Mr. Kelley’s home security camera showing a law enforcement officer approaching his home on the day of the arrest.

During an interview with federal investigators, Mr. Roddy, who testified at the trial, said Mr. Kelley had informed him about putting the list together in early December 2022 and asked him to reach out to his “cop buddies” about collecting information on the targets.

Mr. Roddy secretly recorded Mr. Kelley asking him at one point to attack the F.B.I.’s office in Knoxville, court papers say.

“You don’t have time to train or coordinate,” Mr. Kelley said, according to papers, “but every hit has to hurt.”

Prosecutors say Mr. Kelley was wearing a gas mask and a green tactical helmet when he showed up at the Capitol on Jan. 6. He scuffled with a Capitol Police officer on the west side of the building, throwing the officer to the ground.

He then used a long piece of wood to shatter a window near the Senate wing door, breaching the Capitol, prosecutors say. After he got in, they said, he helped kick open a nearby door, allowing more members of the mob to enter the building.