Media seethes as J6 defendant appointed to DOJ role

Legacy media outlets are up in arms after a January 6th defendant, once targeted by a weaponized Justice Department, was appointed to help investigate the DOJ’s weaponization under Joe Biden.
Jared Wise is a former FBI agent who was at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. He committed no violence or vandalism during the protest, but at one point shouted at Metropolitan Police officers, “You guys are disgusting. I’m former—I’m former law enforcement. You’re disgusting. You are the Nazi. You are the Gestapo. You can’t see it. . . . Shame on you! Shame on you! Shame on you!” The Biden FBI claimed Wise also cheered violence against police officers.
The FBI charged Wise with trespassing, as they did to all other January 6th defendants who entered the Capitol that day. He was pardoned by President Trump in January, along with roughly 1,600 other J6 defendants who were targeted by the Justice Department.
On Tuesday, the New York Times reported that Wise has been appointed to the Weaponization Working Group, a DOJ task force. The group’s purpose is to investigate the department’s weaponization against conservative Americans by the Biden administration, which includes the persecution of J6 political prisoners. Wise will serve as adviser to the task force’s chief, Ed Martin, who launched an official investigation into the J6 persecutions when he was acting US Attorney in Washington, DC. Although Trump had nominated Martin to be DC US Attorney, the appointment was torpedoed in May by Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (NC), who cited Martin’s support for J6 defendants as his reason for tanking the nomination.
Media: ‘This is ridiculous’
New York Times activists were unable to contain their fury in their reportage.
“His selection meant that a man who had urged violence against police officers was now responsible for the department’s official effort to exact revenge against those who had tried to hold the rioters accountable,” fumed Alan Feuer and Adam Goldman.
The Guardian seethed that Wise’s appointment is “a sign of the elevated role rioters are playing since they were granted clemency by the president” and shows how the DOJ is “tailoring itself to [Trump’s] retribution agenda.”
Steven Benen, a political contributor to MSNBC, complained: “I realize that Trump has already found a variety of ways to reward Jan. 6 rioters — with pardons and praise — but this is ridiculous. The next time a Republican tries to pretend that the president is an ally of law enforcement, keep this development in mind.”