Ex-FBI supervisory agent arrested on Capitol riot charges

FILE – Violent insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump storm the Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. A Connecticut man who used a stolen riot shield to crush a police officer in a doorframe during the U.S. Capitol insurrection has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for his role in one of the most violent episodes of the Jan. 6 attack. The sentence that a U.S. District Court judge imposed on 25-year-old Patrick McCaughey III on Friday, April 14, 2023, was approximately half the length of the prison term that prosecutors had recommended. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

A former FBI supervisory agent has been charged with joining the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol more than two years ago. Court records show the former agent, Jared Wise, was arrested Monday in Oregon on charges including entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds. The FBI says Wise worked as a special agent or supervisory special agent for the bureau from 2004 through 2017. An FBI agent’s affidavit says Wise entered the Capitol and later berated police officers outside the building, cheering on rioters who attacked police.


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