@TheWiseJared - Jared Wise
To support Julie's point, watch this video and media concern about a single "Stinger Ball Grenade" used against 2020 Lafayette Square protestors compared to their lack of interest in police use of the same weapon against protestors at the US Capitol on #J6. Police on J6 used more than 40 "Stinger Ball Grenades" on protestors on the West Plaza in less than an hour, throwing most of them deep into the crowd where people were just standing peacefully, and used many more throughout the day. Where were @brian_castner and @amnesty when J6 occurred just a few months later? https://wusa9.com/article/news/investigations/tear-gas-grenades-washington-dc-protests-st-johns-church-lafayette-square/65-126bad2b-7aa3-4fe7-aae6-890fbe0383ed
@TheWiseJared - Jared Wise
Another example here: https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/investigations/tear-gas-grenades-washington-dc-protests-st-johns-church-lafayette-square/65-126bad2b-7aa3-4fe7-aae6-890fbe0383ed
@TheWiseJared - Jared Wise
Having spent 13 years as an @FBI agent myself, and then nearly two years as a #J6 defendant, it is surreal to read this article describing FBI agents' sudden fear they will be held accountable for their work on J6 investigations. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/01/30/politics/senior-fbi-leaders-demoted-wray How quickly things change. Just days ago they were working diligently without complaint to put 1600 of their fellow American citizens in prison, a vast majority of whom were non-violent protestors. If President Trump had not won the election, those efforts would be continuing now. The J6 investigations as a whole were the most extensive and abusive ever conducted by the FBI, with peaceful protestors subjected to greater invasions of every aspect of their life than most of the worst criminals in US history. At the same time FBI agents are beginning to reflect on their own actions and to worry about any possible consequences, J6 defendants are trying to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives and determine what is next. Many lost homes, families, businesses, jobs, careers, friends, reputations, professional licenses, bank accounts, social media accounts, volunteer roles, and on and on and on... How do we move on from this? I really have no idea at this point.
@TheWiseJared - Jared Wise
The Anti-Defamation League and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum have a powerful joint program that is mandatory for all new @FBI Special Agents as part of their academy training. https://www.ushmm.org/outreach-programs/law-enforcement The experience includes a tour of the holocaust museum and is designed to remind new agents that they are responsible for their own actions, that they should constantly question whether they are being given immoral orders, and that preventing future injustices by "intelligence" or "law-enforcement" agencies rests ultimately with them as individuals. In other words, the "Nuremberg defense" of "just following orders", isn't good enough. In the words of the FBI about the program: "all new agents are escorted through the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. to see in horrific detail what can happen when law enforcement loses sight of what is right" I participated in this program as a trainee and consider it to be the single most impactful and important part of my FBI Academy experience. I thought about it often during my FBI career. I also thought about it often during my experience as a J6 defendant, and wondered how the J6 case agents couldn't see they were doing exactly what they had been trained to prevent. Maybe some of them are now beginning to remember...
@TheWiseJared - Jared Wise
True. I wish the entire country could have witnessed my #J6 trial and seen the judge's statements, defense evidence that was not allowed, and behavior of the prosecutors. I never fully appreciated the value of a "public trial" but now I do and realize that we don't really have them.
@TheWiseJared - Jared Wise
I also wish the public could have witnessed the statements of potential jurors during the process of selecting a jury. The judge asked all of them if they had any biases that would impact their decision and prevent the defendant (me) from receiving a fair trial. Maybe 20 of the approximately 70 potential juror candidates answered “yes” to this question. While the majority of the jury selection process was discussed out loud in the courtroom, when a potential juror answered “yes” to this question, the judge, my attorneys, the prosecutors, and the potential juror would discuss the issue on private phones where nobody else could hear. “White noise” would play so others in the courtroom could not hear the conversation. I think it was to prevent the public from every learning how biased the jury pool was. This is where the most shocking statements were given - “I don’t like him, he’s guilty”, “if he was there he’s guilty, and if he’s a former federal agent he is double guilty”, and so on. One potential juror stared me down the entire time he was speaking to the judge, which was pretty creepy. It was a very sobering moment to realize that the people who would determine my trial fate and impact my entire future life were to be chosen from a pool which included people like this. And these were just the ones honest enough, or dumb enough, to say it out loud. Not a single #J6 trial should have taken place in DC with a jury pool that voted 94% for Biden and Harris. For that reason alone, every J6 defendant should have been pardoned and J6 judges should be impeached.
@TheWiseJared - Jared Wise
This is one of the most important videos from #J6, taken at 2:18 pm after police had been throwing "Stinger Ball Grenades" deep into a peaceful crowd for nearly an hour. I witnessed approximately 40 grenades hit people who were just standing on the West Plaza. We tried to use this video in my trial and the judge wouldn't allow it, claiming that it was too "prejudicial", when actually the video simply proved that police knew they were using improper force on innocent people. Why wouldn't my judge want the jury to see that?
@TheWiseJared - Jared Wise
The judge also prohibited us from using the manufacturer spec sheet for their "Stinger Grenade" in my trial. Maybe because it includes the warning: IMPROPER USE OF THE DISTRACTION DEVICE® UNIT CAN RESULT IN DEATH OR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY. I testified in my own defense in my trial and referred to the police throwing "grenades" into the peaceful crowd. The judge stopped me and told me that they are not grenades, but that's exactly what the manufacturer calls them. https://www.defense-technology.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Stinger-Grenade-w_Safety-Clip.pdf
@TheWiseJared - Jared Wise
Thanks to President Trump, my #J6 charges were dismissed by the @TheJusticeDept in a court hearing this morning. As a former @FBI agent, I’ve been shocked and disgusted by the actions of the FBI and DOJ personnel involved in my investigation and prosecution. They must all be exposed and held accountable to ensure this never happens again. So now it’s my turn to reveal their corruption to the country. Stay tuned.