{"id":51659,"date":"2022-12-16T21:55:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T05:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=51659"},"modified":"2022-12-16T22:05:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T06:05:56","slug":"two-tennessee-men-arrested-for-allegedly-planning-attacks-on-law-enforcement-investigating-jan-6th-insurrection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=51659","title":{"rendered":"Two Tennessee Men Arrested for Allegedly Planning Attacks on Law Enforcement Investigating Jan. 6th Insurrection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"node-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6759 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A criminal complaint was unsealed Friday, charging Edward Kelley, 33, of Maryville, Tennessee, and Austin Carter, 26, of Knoxville, Tennessee, with conspiracy, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">They allegedly retaliated against a federal official, interstate communication of a threat, and solicitation to commit a crime of violence against law enforcement. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Both defendants were detained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dm9hqVBdq50\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">According to court documents, Kelley, who is <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 24px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-dc\/pr\/tennessee-man-arrested-assaulting-law-enforcement-officer-during-jan-6-capitol-breach\">facing charges<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"> in U.S. District Court related to his assault on a law enforcement officer during the breach of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, obtained a list of law enforcement personnel who participated in that criminal investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-pr-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">In conversations with a cooperating witness, Kelley and Carter discussed collecting information and plans to kill the individual law enforcement personnel on the list, including an attack on the FBI\u2019s Knoxville, Tennessee Field Office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">The FBI is investigating the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Assistant U.S. Attorneys Casey Arrowood and Kyle Wilson for the Eastern District of Tennessee, and Trial Attorneys David Smith and Jacob Warren of the National Security Division\u2019s Counterterrorism Section are prosecuting the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A criminal complaint was unsealed Friday, charging Edward Kelley, 33, of Maryville, Tennessee, and Austin Carter, 26, of Knoxville, Tennessee, with conspiracy, according to officials. 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