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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Rachel Leingang

Former January 6 defendant now advising justice department’s ‘weaponization working group’

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Trump supporters riot at the US Capitol in Washington DC on 6 January 2021. Photograph: Alex Edelman/AFP/Getty Images

A former FBI agent who allegedly shouted “kill ’em!” at law enforcement officers during the January 6 insurrection is now advising a “weaponization working group” in the Trump justice department, a sign of the elevated role rioters are playing since they were granted clemency by the president.

Jared L Wise has been named an adviser or counselor to Ed Martin, the advocate for January 6ers who was previously acting as US attorney for Washington DC and is now leading the weaponization working group, the New York Times and ABC News reported on Tuesday. The contours of Wise’s role are not clear.

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