Posted on 01/11/2022 9:27:54 PM PST by yesthatjallen
The House committee examining the Jan. 6 attack disclosed on Tuesday that it had interviewed the man at the center of a right-wing conspiracy theory about who provoked the violence, noting that he had denied reports he urged protesters into the Capitol at the behest of federal law enforcement agencies.
The committee said its investigators spoke in November with the man, Ray Epps, who was seen on video urging people to march into the Capitol. Some Republican members of Congress and other supporters of former President Donald J. Trump have promoted a theory that Mr. Epps was working for the F.B.I. and encouraging the attack at its direction.
As evidence, they have cited the fact that Mr. Epps was at one point listed on the bureau’s wanted list but was then removed from it without being arrested or charged with any wrongdoing.
In a statement, the House committee said Mr. Epps told the panel he is not an F.B.I. informant and was not working at the direction of law enforcement agencies when he encouraged protesters to enter the building.
“The Select Committee is aware of unsupported claims that Ray Epps was an F.B.I. informant based on the fact that he was on the F.B.I. wanted list and then was removed from that list without being charged,” Tim Mulvey, a spokesman for the House committee, said in the statement. “The Select Committee has interviewed Mr. Epps. Mr. Epps informed us that he was not employed by, working with or acting at the direction of any law enforcement agency on Jan. 5 or 6 or at any other time, and that he has never been an informant for the F.B.I. or any other law enforcement agency.”
SNIP
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They plan to release all the information about the government’s involvment in the January 6th insurection simultaneously with the release of the full story on the Kennedy assassination, flight 8oo, and the collapse of the 3rd World trade center tower.
Did they ask him under oath about how he became a de facto “encouraged” of starting a riot? Any bets on a NO!
Epps never wirked for the FBI, was never an informer for the FBI, or has never worked in kaw enforcement; this is all possibly true.
Especially if Mr.Epps is an intelligence wonk that makes everything plausibly deniable.
Everyone should take nore hoe the estimable J6 committee defty moves from prosecuting the innocent to proving the demonstrably culpable innocent? I’m simply dazzled and amazed at thier deft maneuvering.
Meanwhile, not one member of eithe house will stand up and call out this miscreant bunch of charlatans what they are are; traitors to the American people. Enjoy your run. Yours names are on record.
Sounds to me that he was working with the FBI, but not getting paid.
Instead of trying to prove a certain narrative why not let facts come out?
Hell , for all we know Pelosi could have hired him with her own money.
He didn’t trespass in the Capitol?
Numerous I can’t discuss that means yes to all the FBI related questions.
They need to ‘debunk’ it because the FBI “can’t answer that question.”
I hope someone with skills puts together a video showing some of the arrested from January 6, and then video of Ray Epps inciting. Compare and contrast the actions. Ask why she was arrested, but he wasn’t. Show a bunch of peaceful people, then Ray Epps and the other unarrested suspected Feds.
Whatever defense Epps is using to avoid prosecution should be available to all other political prisoners since he was most active in inciting the crowd.
Pelousi and bowser refused to sign off on trumps 20,000 national guard ahead of protest, they wanted this to happen, and the deep state planted FBI antagonists to fire up those who would be violent aka ray epps and others
It’s “UNFOUNDED” because we have a TOTALLY CORRUPT FBI and DEMOCRAT PARTY!
It’s “UNFOUNDED” because we have a TOTALLY CORRUPT FBI and DEMOCRAT PARTY!
What about the unfounded theory that Donald Trump colluded with Russia to win the election?
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“In a statement, the House committee said Mr. Epps told the panel he is not an F.B.I. informant and was not working at the direction of law enforcement agencies when he encouraged protesters to enter the building.”
Well, then it’s DEBUNKED - just read the statement. Why does the GOP keep making these baseless claims?
(this is how the media ‘debunks’ our claims)
“We know from the Whitmer kidnap plot, and others before, that the FBI plays this incitement and entrapment game quite a bit, so it is not crazy to think they played a role on January 6th.”
...and the FBI person behind Whitmer was then re-assigned to the DC office, and in plenty of time for Jan 6th. (yes, he has been identified)
“Doesn’t the old grey lady ever get tired of being wrong?”
Did they (or any other media outlet) APOLOGIZE to Trump for supporting the Russian ‘collusion’ narrative?
That’s why it’s time to end the protection that the media has against lawsuits...the media we have today needs to sued out of business and then maybe a less political media could then emerge.
“LOL, so they found an insurrectionist they feel the need to rush to the defense of.”
No LOL here - what he was saying was about as close to the level of insurrection as I’ve seen, and FAR BEYOND what the people rotting in jail were doing.
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