Posted on 10/06/2023 6:10:21 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
Ray Epps, a onetime Donald Trump supporter who was the target of a conspiracy theory about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge for his role in the riot
FILE - Insurrections loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Ray Epps, an Arizona man who became the center of a conspiracy theory about Jan. 6, 2021, has been charged with a misdemeanor offense in connection with the U.S. Capitol riot, according to court papers filed Tuesday. Epps is charged with a single count of a disorderly or disruptive conduct on restricted grounds.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ray Epps, a onetime Donald Trump supporter who was the target of a right-wing conspiracy theory about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack that forced him into hiding, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot.
Epps, appearing remotely for a hearing in Washington's federal courthouse, entered his plea on a charge of disorderly conduct on restricted grounds a day after the case was filed in the Justice Department's massive Jan. 6 prosecution.
Epps’ attorney said after the hearing that it was a step toward putting his client’s “life back together.”
“Defamatory lies have ruined his and his family’s life,” defense attorney Edward Ungvarsky said in an email.
After the riot, Epps became the focus of a conspiracy theory — echoed by right-wing news outlets — that he was a secret government agent who incited the Capitol attack.
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Inciting an insurrection is only a misdemeanor charge for Mr. Epps. Mr. Epps leads a charmed life.
Limited hangout. Meanwhile, there’s a 22 year and a 17 year sentence to explain. My beloved country is becoming Cuba.
He is a lot of things, but he is definitely NOT a Trump supporter.
I didn’t have to click on the propaganda to see they really like the phrase ‘conspiracy theory’....
Pelosi must be protecting Epps. Vids feature him directly encouraging others to storm the Capitol Bldg. and he only gets a misdemeanor charge? Something is very wrong with our Justice system.
How many years did the guy not even there get while this guy bragged in texts how he “set the whole thing off”
It certainly helps to be a friend of the Biden Family Syndicate and its consigliere Merrick Garland.
Merely DOJ trying to clean up loose ends. Anything they do to him in public view is not what the real result is. Just theater and then witness relocation.
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Sweetheart deal three years later
This case was the Unicorn with DoJ Fairy Dust
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Confirmation of his asshole-ness, more than anything.
One wonders how he’s enjoying the celebrity life.
Ah! Limited Hangout.
Well the others were getting long felony sentences, and he gets off with a misdemeanor? Looking like the conspiracy theorists were right.
Media sure defends this pro Trump guy.
Epps is an FBI counter espionage asset.
A false flag pearl wholost his cover.
Wray knows exactly whay Epps role was but he is not saying.
Double Jeopardy. Plead guilty to a misdemeanor and now he can’t be prosecuted further.
As I read the headline I could feel My dinner starting to journey upwards from My stomach.
When I started to read this Bull$}{!T I felt dinner going back down due to the excessive weight of the large piles of the Bull$}{!T being shoved into My mouth that left a nasty aftertaste.
Did they collect a bunch of MAGA gear, shirts, mugs, beer coozies and other items for him show as “proof” of his MAGAISM ? We already know that he has a Hat.
Do they really think that We are going to believe this BS ?!?!?!
We all seen it. We know. (real bad cuss words that would get me banned.)
He got the Hunter treatment.
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