Former Jan. 6 defendant who called cops 'Nazis' is now working as a senior adviser for the Department of Justice

essentialsaltes · Friday at 3:49 PM

Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops

Less than five years after urging rioters to "kill" police at the Capitol, a former Jan. 6 defendant is working as a senior adviser for the Department of Justice, which has been dramatically remade under the second Trump administration.

According to email records from multiple sources viewed by NPR, Wise holds the title of senior adviser in the office of the deputy attorney general and has been working on internal reviews of alleged "weaponization" of law enforcement.

NPR also obtained the transcript of Wise's testimony, in which he acknowledged that he repeatedly yelled "kill 'em" as officers were being attacked and tried to explain his actions. Wise was not convicted of any crimes related to Jan. 6, due to President Trump's order to end all Capitol riot prosecutions.

"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."

In 2023, prosecutors obtained an indictment against Wise for civil disorder, disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, as well as aiding and abetting an assault on law enforcement officers.

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perplexed · Friday at 7:14 PM

The police were being Nazis, they were stopping patriots from entering the capitol and making sure the actual winner of the 2020 election became the president.

NxNW · Friday at 7:25 PM

perplexed said:
The police were being Nazis, they were stopping patriots from entering the capitol and making sure the actual winner of the 2020 election became the president.

The actual winner of the 2020 election was Joe Biden.

perplexed · Friday at 7:39 PM

NxNW said:
The actual winner of the 2020 election was Joe Biden.

you just outnazied Hitler with that crazy comment, I should be disgusted but I cannot deny I am impressed

NxNW · Friday at 8:49 PM

perplexed said:
you just outnazied Hitler with that crazy comment, I should be disgusted but I cannot deny I am impressed

What nonsense are you saying?

perplexed · Friday at 8:56 PM

NxNW said:
What nonsense are you saying?

Post #2 is unfortunately what Jared Wise thinks
Post #4 was sarcasm

essentialsaltes · Friday at 11:31 PM

*whew*

ozso · 2025-08-09T00:01:50-0500

So a former law enforcement officer who thought the law enforcement of the former administration was corrupt, is now working for the revamped law enforcement of the new administration he thinks is uncorrupt.

perplexed · 2025-08-09T02:22:21-0500

ozso said:
So a former law enforcement officer who thought the law enforcement of the former administration was corrupt, is now working for the revamped law enforcement of the new administration he thinks is uncorrupt.

So you think the police were corrupt when they denied him entry into the capitol on Jan 6

ozso · 2025-08-09T03:08:58-0500

perplexed said:
So you think the police were corrupt when they denied him entry into the capitol on Jan 6

I'm talking about Jared Wise's apparent point of view. Which seems to be the view held by some on the left who are using words like "nazi gestapo" to describe law enforcement officers.

perplexed · 2025-08-09T03:43:24-0500

ozso said:
I'm talking about Jared Wise's apparent point of view.

And your own point of view.

ozso · 2025-08-09T03:53:18-0500

perplexed said:
And your own point of view.

Regarding police being called nazi gestapo then, or police being called nazi gestapo now?

Personally I think in both cases the police were/are doing their job.

perplexed · 2025-08-09T04:48:40-0500

I think the ideal candidates for the justice department
would acknowledge
SOME jan 6 protesters were treated too harshly by the Government,
It was wrong from Trump to be prosecuted for inflating real estate values and suspect campaign finances when others are not.
But thinking protesters should have been let into the capitol is disqualifying

essentialsaltes · 2025-08-09T09:07:56-0500

ozso said:
So a former law enforcement officer who thought the law enforcement of the former administration was corrupt, is now working for the revamped law enforcement of the new administration he thinks is uncorrupt.

No, both of these things happened during the Trump Administration.

ozso · 2025-08-09T09:32:05-0500

essentialsaltes said:
No, both of these things happened during the Trump Administration.

What does that have to do with what I said regarding what I figure his point of view is?

Akita Suggagaki · 2025-08-09T09:38:16-0500

ozso said:
Personally I think in both cases the police were/are doing their job

HEY, brother, I am happy to report that I agree with you.

We may not always like the way they do it and perhaps some abuse their power but the vast majority are doing their job with honor and courage.
I applaud them, then and now

wing2000 · 2025-08-09T09:44:14-0500

essentialsaltes said:
..the transcript of Wise's testimony, in which he acknowledged that he repeatedly yelled "kill 'em" as officers were being attacked and tried to explain his actions. Wise was not convicted of any crimes related to Jan. 6, due to President Trump's order to end all Capitol riot prosecutions.

"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."

Why is this individual employed by the Justice Department today?

durangodawood · 2025-08-09T09:44:32-0500

"Kill them!"

If he helps Trump its ok. Thats the standard for the administration and supporters typically. What you can get away with is the new morality.

essentialsaltes · 2025-08-09T09:50:42-0500

wing2000 said:
Why is this individual employed by the Justice Department today?

Probably because Trump put Ed Martin in charge of the 'weaponization' task force that this guy appears to be on. Wise probably has some intimate knowledge of how the DOJ was 'weaponized' to charge him with his crimes.

Meanwhile, Trump appointed conservative activist Ed Martin as U.S. pardon attorney and director of the administration's new "Weaponization Working Group." Attorney General Pam Bondi tasked the group with reviewing "improper investigative tactics and unethical prosecutions" related to the Capitol attack.

Before joining the administration, Martin served on the board of a nonprofit group that financially supported Jan. 6 defendants and their families. In interviews, he has suggested that violence against police on Jan. 6 may have been justified because the events were "staged" — a conspiracy theory not backed by credible evidence.

Postvieww · 2025-08-09T12:33:38-0500

perplexed said:
It was wrong from Trump to be prosecuted for inflating real estate values and suspect campaign finances when others are not.

That truly is an understatement but the truth is now coming out.

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