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Bulwark Takes

From "Kill the Cops" to DOJ Paycheck (w/ Mike Fanone)

Bulwark Takes

The Bulwark

News, News Commentary, Politics, Society & Culture

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Tim Miller is joined by Michael Fanone to discuss the appointment of Jared Wise, a January 6th insurrectionist who shouted “Kill them!” at police officers, to a role at the Department of Justice's new "Weaponization Working Group." 

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0:00.0

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0:22.4

We had one of these fucking disgusting news items of one of these insurrectionists who was

0:27.9

shouting about killing the cops, having a role now at the Department of Justice, the weaponization

0:35.1

working group, which we'll get into, whatever that is.

0:37.9

It's a guy named Jared Wise. And I want to talk about this with somebody. And so I called my man, Michael Phanone. I thought he might have a few choice words. How you doing, man? I'm good, man. Thanks for having you on. So this fucking asshole, Jared Wise, was from Bend, Oregon. I guess he was a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 04 till 2017.

1:01.6

I guess at 2017, he just thought Donald Trump was so great. He was so inspired by him that he needed to leave the bureau and become like a Trump

1:13.8

vigilante. And fast forward a couple of years. There he is on January 6th. And well, I guess before we

1:20.0

play the video, like what do you make of it? I mean, what do you make of this? Like the idea

1:24.9

that these guys are now like roaming around the DOJ?

1:29.3

I mean, it makes perfect sense to me because this is what this administration has always been all about.

1:36.7

Ever since Donald Trump announced his candidacy from Waco, Texas, the scene of, you know, a bloody battle between American law enforcement

1:48.2

officers and members of the far right militant group like what we saw there. And so, yeah,

1:58.7

I, and then, you know, assigning him to the weaponization working group,

2:04.2

I guess if you're talking about weaponizing the government against the American people, then,

2:09.3

yeah, there's a perfect place for him. So, you know, is it outrageous? If you're a normal person,

2:21.0

yes, if you're somebody that believes that the Constitution is a good thing, then yes. But if you're a maggot, then, you know, this is

2:29.1

great news. Well, let's take a look at this guy's behavior on January 6th.

2:36.1

Obviously, I know you have to kind of suffer through these videos all the time, so I apologize for that.

2:40.5

But I think it's important to see for people to see that we're not exaggerating here.

2:44.2

Here is new Department of Justice official Jared Wise on January 6th.

2:49.0

You guys are disgusting. I'm from a law enforcement. You're disgusting. You are the Nazi. You are going to stop them. You can't see it because you're chasing your pension, right? Pension. You're retired. Right? That's what runs your life. You're a tired of it. The sad thing is they're not even going to get their pension because it's going to be So there will see them. So there it is, kill him, kill him. You guys are disgusting. So there it is, bro.

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