Overview
- Jared Wise said he left the Justice Department because he believes he can only pursue his claims of FBI and DOJ abuses against Jan. 6 defendants from outside government.
- Wise, a former FBI supervisory agent who was prosecuted over the Capitol attack, was pardoned by President Trump while his case was still underway.
- Prosecutors said he urged violence by shouting “yeah, kill ’em,” and NPR reported video and a court transcript showing he berated officers and acknowledged yelling “kill ’em.”
- Inside DOJ he worked as a counselor to pardon chief Ed Martin and contributed to a Weaponization Working Group review that sought signs of political bias, including a draft report on Jan. 6 prosecutions that has not been released.
- His announcement coincided with a leadership shakeup that replaced Attorney General Pam Bondi with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, drew renewed criticism from Democrats, and left open whether the Jan. 6 review will ever be made public.