A U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General (JAG) Officer has been accused of allegedly threatening January 6 and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in a Saturday post on social media.
According to The Daily Caller, U.S. Navy JAG Officer Benjamin France allegedly tweeted, “And we will hunt down every J6 and ICE agent again,” on Saturday.
In a Tuesday post on X, formerly Twitter, Sam Shoemate, a retired U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 and a current intelligence officer, shared a screenshot of France’s tweet.
“Meet Benjamin France, aka ‘Benny.’ Benny made a comment threatening to ‘hunt down every J6 and ICE agent’ three days ago on X,” Shoemate wrote. “Why should we care that Benny is threatening federal agents? Because Benny is an active duty Navy JAG Officer.”
In addition to sharing the screenshot of France’s threat against January 6 and ICE agents, the intelligence officer also shared pictures of France’s profile on LinkedIn, which feature a professional headshot of the JAG officer and a photo of France being sworn into the U.S. Navy JAG Corps.
Shoemate explained that after France was “identified and called out” on social media, he “nuked” his social media account.
Sharing screenshots of France’s X account, Shoemate tweeted, “Normally I wouldn’t care about comments like this, but since Benny decided to threaten federal agents, I’ll post his comments directed @SecDef as an added bonus.”
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One of the screenshots shared by Shoemate includes a set of posts directed against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Defense Department Press Secretary Kingsley Cortes.
In one post, France allegedly claimed that both Hegseth and Cortes “are a joke at the DOD.” “An 0-4 guardsman should never be in charge of all American forces,” France added. “An embarrassment to the military and the nation.”
In another post, France wrote, “Can’t wait for your ass to eventually be fired when Hegseth eventually drinks himself into a coma. You worthless piece of sh-t.”
Shoemate explained that the JAG officer’s chain of command was notified regarding the threats France allegedly posted on social media.
“This kind of threatening behavior towards agents, who are already under fire, simply cannot be allowed, especially from an officer whose job is to provide legal advice to his command and holds sway over policy that affects potentially thousands of sailors,” Shoemate tweeted.
A U.S. Navy spokesperson confirmed to The Daily Caller that the Navy is aware of the JAG officer’s alleged social media posts and that the Navy is currently looking into the situation.
