Ex-FBI supervisor arrested and subpoenaed for participation in Capitol riots

(John Minchillo/Associated Press)

Ex-FBI supervisor arrested and subpoenaed for participation in Capitol riots

MICHAEL KUNZELMAN

May 3, 2023

A former FBI supervisor has been arrested

on charges that he joined and sued for participation

a mob stormed the US Capitol, where it cheered rioters who attacked police officers, federal authorities said.

The former agent, Jared Wise, repeatedly yelled, “Kill them!” while watching rioters attack officers outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, according to an FBI agent’s affidavit.

Wise was arrested in Oregon on Monday

on and charged

crime

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including entering or staying in a restricted building or site, according to court records.

Wise, 50, worked as a special agent or supervisory special agent for the FBI from 2004 to 2017, according to the affidavit. The FBI did not respond to a request for more information about Wise’s work for the agency.

We refer you to the public court documents and have no further comment, an FBI statement said.

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The FBI says security camera video captured Wise inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, when a mob of Donald Trump supporters disrupted the joint session of Congress to certify the president

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Biden’s 2020 election victory.

Wise clapped his hands and raised his arms in triumph “after entering the building through the Senate gull-wing door, the affidavit says. He left the building about nine minutes after entering.

Nearly two hours later, police CCTV footage showed Wise consulting with police officers outside the Capitol, shouting repeatedly, “Shame on you!”

You are disgusting,” he told them. I am a former law enforcement officer. You are disgusting. You are the Nazi. You are the Gestapo. You can’t see it.

The FBI says it received a tip in January 2022 that Wise had entered the Capitol on January 6.

A federal magistrate judge ordered Wise’s release after his first trial in Eugene, Oregon, on Monday.

Wise lived in New Braunfels, Texas, until June 2022, before moving to Bend, Oregon, the affidavit says.

A Wise attorney in Oregon did not immediately respond to emails requesting comment.

More than 100 officers were injured in the January 6 riots. More than 1,000 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the Capitol siege.

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