Overview

• The former FBI supervisory agent’s Capitol riot case was dismissed after President Trump pardoned him along with nearly 1,600 other defendants.
• The Weaponization Working Group, established by AG Pam Bondi in February, aims to investigate claims of anti-conservative bias in federal prosecutions.
• Wise’s advisory role places a pardoned Jan. 6 participant alongside Ed Martin Jr., who directs the task force after his D.C. U.S. Attorney nomination was withdrawn.
• FBI affidavits show Wise encouraged rioters by shouting “Kill ’em!” and berated officers as “the Nazi” and “the Gestapo” during the January 6 attack.
• Critics warn that installing a pardoned rioter on a panel scrutinizing Justice Department decisions blurs lines between partisan grievance and law enforcement review.