Jan. 6 and Federal Law Enforcement

House Judiciary Committee Democrats have sent a three‑page letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi demanding records on whether Immigration and Customs Enforcement or other DHS components have hired any individuals charged or investigated for the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack. Ranking member Rep. Jamie Raskin asks for all documents about soliciting or hiring such applicants, warning that ICE’s rapid expansion under a $75 billion funding boost and agents’ routine use of masks and removed name tags could enable pardoned rioters to serve in immigration enforcement without public accountability. The letter notes that at least one pardoned Jan. 6 defendant, former FBI employee Jared Wise, now holds an advisory post at the Justice Department and accuses him of helping push out career staff who prosecuted the riot cases. Democrats frame the inquiry as part of a broader concern that Trump’s mass pardons of more than 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants, and the appointment of some into his administration, are rewarding lawlessness and undermining the rule of law just as masked DHS agents are clashing with protesters in U.S. cities. DOJ and DHS declined immediate comment, and the request could presage formal subpoenas or hearings over the administration’s vetting and hiring of former riot participants into federal law‑enforcement roles.