Jared Wheat, owner of Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals, was found not guilty in the court of law on 10 counts including federal fraud, drug misbranding and money laundering charges.
The verdict is vindication for Wheat, who has been locked in a decades-long battle with the federal government regarding his supplements. He was targeted in an FDA crackdown meant to put supplement companies out of business that were competing with Big Pharma.
“I’m thankful to the judge and the jury for paying attention and giving me a fair trial,” Wheat told the Populist Sentinel.
Shamefully, a Trump-appointed attorney was leading the charge to claim Wheat’s scalp. Theodore S. Hertzberg, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, was overseeing the witch hunt against Wheat and refused to drop the charges even after Biden left office and the days of federal lawfare were supposed to come to an end.
Despite the attempts of overzealous federal prosecutors like U.S. Attorney Hertzberg to demonize Wheat, the jury rejected their allegations that Wheat cheated his customers by presenting them with fake quality certificates.
Wheat was convicted on one count of wire fraud, which he is confident will be overturned by the judge during an appeal process due to the fact there were no victims, no loss of money and comes down to a technicality.
This verdict will hopefully be the end of Wheat’s saga as he has fought for decades against the FDA as they have put his business in their crosshairs. Hi-Tech has sued the FDA, accusing the entity of a “campaign of intimidation” designed to force their popular products off the shelves.
The standoff comes from the FDA’s war on DMAA and reached a boiling point as the Biden regime ramped up the federal war on supplements.
As reported in the Gateway Pundit:
“The FDA has claimed 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.
Hi-Tech has also 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.
Amidst the lengthy and multi-pronged legal battle between Hi-Tech and the FDA, federal authorities began looking into avenues in which they could fabricate charges against Wheat.
They have attempted 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.“
Wheat’s victory will embolden others to stand up for their freedoms when under the gun from government tyrants such as U.S. Attorney Hertzberg.
