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Jan. 6 Panel Seeks to Debunk Unfounded Theory About F.B.I. Role in Riot (Ray Epps)
NYT ^ | 01 11 2022 | Luke Broadwater and Alan Feuer

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.”

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To: yesthatjallen

I’m thinking if we keep pressing Epps, they’ll have to either ‘arrest’ him or have him terminated - it is VERY RISKY for them to keep him around and free. He may finally tire of covering for them.


61 posted on 01/12/2022 6:13:05 AM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Warren Commission deja vu...


63 posted on 01/12/2022 6:42:08 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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noting that he had denied reports he urged protesters into the Capitol

Except there is video, so don't believe your lyin eyes.

64 posted on 01/12/2022 6:44:25 AM PST by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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it still doesn’t explain why Epps hasn’t been charged with incitement. They’ve sent SWAT teams to raid homes in the middle of the night and drag grandma’s out of their beds. There is plenty of video of Epps on January 5th and 6th. My suspicion is that the “January 6th Committee” is lying, this would be natural since it is headed by Adam Schitt, a natural born liar, who lied for 4 years about having evidence of “Russian collusion”.


66 posted on 01/12/2022 7:50:37 AM PST by euram
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To: yesthatjallen

The House committee was formed for one reason only NOT HAVING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS about Jan. 6 involvement.

Pelosi and others XXX will not answer why she alone refused troops to be there.


67 posted on 01/12/2022 9:22:34 AM PST by Vaduz ( )
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To: 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.

what difference does THAT make???

he is on camera inciting a riot!!!


68 posted on 01/12/2022 9:37:44 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: AnthonySoprano

Epps is probably some type of DOD or other agency “contractor” like Halper was/is.


69 posted on 01/12/2022 12:48:15 PM PST by lodi90
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