• Boddhisatva@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    He’ll fit right in with the administration, honestly. He probably already has a friend over in the Justice Department. Former FBI agent, Jared Wise, who was pardoned mid-trial for his crimes on Jan-6 is now a senior advisor over there. I bet there’s a bunch of Jan-6ers working all over this administration.

    “You guys are disgusting,” Wise told the officers, as captured in the bodycam footage. “I’m former law enforcement. You’re disgusting. You are the Nazi. You are the Gestapo.”

    Wise had served at the FBI from 2004 to 2017, where he worked on international counterterrorism and eventually became a supervisory special agent. By Jan. 6, 2021, according to later testimony, he was working as a consultant in Bend, Ore., and he traveled to Washington, D.C., to support Trump.

    As he stood in front of the police line, he continued to berate the officers.

    “Shame on you,” he yelled. “Shame on you. Shame on you.”

    Violence erupted again, as rioters pushed against officers, knocking one to the ground, according to prosecutors.

    “Kill 'em! Kill 'em!” Wise yelled, as he watched the skirmish. “Get 'em! Get 'em!”