The trial for Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals CEO Jared Wheat began this week as 14 jurors were picked for the case that has massive implications for personal freedom and the right to choose.
Wheat, along with his company, has been charged with alleged wire fraud, money laundering, the introduction of misbranded drugs into interstate commerce, along with related conspiracy charges. These charges came after a multi-year legal battle that made Wheat into a marked man by federal regulators who are used to steamrolling their victims on behalf of the corporate interests they serve.
This jury trial is the culmination of a fight that has been brewing for over 20 years, as Wheat has fought the corrupt Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tooth and nail, refusing to accept the arbitrary decisions of the captured bureaucracy, and has been forced to deal with unethical lawfare meant to throw him behind bars and put his supplement company out of business.
The dispute stems from the FDA’s claim that DMAA, a popular workout supplement used by millions, is inorganic and its usage can result in health complications and deaths, but Wheat disputes their claim that his products cause any health problems.
Wheat points to the fact that DMAA is naturally occurring within geraniums and is a dietary ingredient grandfathered as legal under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994. The science also backs up Wheat’s claims.
Hi-Tech has pointed to a dozen peer-reviewed studies on the effects of DMAA, and none of these studies have demonstrated any safety concerns. Wheat states that no adverse reactions have been reported from any of the DMAA products offered by Hi-Tech after selling 100 million doses of their DMAA supplements.
Laura Brophy, spokesperson for leading nutrient resale outlet GNC, confirmed that Hi-Tech products “are safe when used as directed,” and that GNC would never have carried them if they were dangerous.
“There is…no scientific/medical evidence that demonstrates any causal link between DMAA and any adverse medical condition, let alone a death,” GNC stated.
Under the Biden administration, the FDA upped its crackdown on the supplement industry, taking popular products off the market and attempting to strong-arm the sellers out of those products out of existence. Most companies bowed to the FDA, but Hi-Tech opted to fight the good fight and refuse to let their rights be tread upon by Washington D.C.
Wheat’s battle with the FDA predated the Biden administration, but it was during the Biden regime when federal officials began conjuring new ways to punish Wheat for refusing to roll over to FDA overreach. A criminal case was fabricated against Wheat similar to what happened to President Trump and many of his associates and supporters.
Amidst the lengthy and multi-pronged legal battle between Hi-Tech and the FDA, federal authorities began to claim that DHEA, a steroid hormone precursor sold without controversy at retailers nationwide, produced by Hi-Tech contained illegal Schedule III anabolic steroids.
The amount of Schedule III anabolic steroids detected by the FDA in DHEA provided by Hi-Tech was in the parts per million, an infinitesimal amount. This is an inevitable byproduct of the synthesis of DHEA, and every similar DHEA product provided on the market tests similarly.
However, none of those other DHEA providers have been investigated, much less charged while Wheat received a criminal indictment for dealing anabolic steroids.
“They could not get us to stop selling DMAA in the civil arena, so they go in and file…an indictment…for red yeast rice and DHEA,” Wheat said.
“Nobody has ever been indicted for DHEA or red yeast rice in America until me. If they are going to charge me with friggin’ red yeast rice, then you’re going to see Walmart and Walgreens, CVS, GNC and everybody else,” he added.
As a result of the lawfare initiated by the FDA against Hi-Tech, over $19 million of their products and raw materials have expired and are unsellable in the marketplace. This, combined with the ongoing legal action against Wheat, shows why individuals would rather just capitulate rather than fight back against the FDA or other federal bureaucracies.
At the same time the FDA wages war against Wheat and Hi-Tech, the food supply across America is littered with thousands of toxic chemicals, with much of the food being sold in the retail marketplace being banned in other countries. The FDA allows poison to be marketed as food while abusing their authority to devastate a supplement industry centered around free people choosing to live healthier lives.
This system may be changing with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as head of HHS but not quickly enough, and opponents of the Big Ag/Big Pharma monopoly are still in the crosshairs. If exonerated, Jared Wheat can be an example that one man can stand against the federal colossus and emerge victorious, giving hope to millions of Americans to stand for health freedom as well.
