Another MAGA conspiracy theory implodes: Arizona man was not an FBI plant to stage Jan. 6 attack after all

MSN ^ | May 5, 2022 | Matthew Chapman

[The_Media_never_lie]

On Thursday, The New York Times revealed new evidence debunking a longtime conspiracy theory among Trump supporters about the January 6 Capitol insurrection: that an Arizona man named Ray Epps was deputized as an FBI informant to instigate the attack.

"The claims, made in congressional hearing rooms, on Fox News and at Mr. Trump’s political rallies, have largely been based on a video taken just before violence erupted at the Capitol, showing Mr. Epps at the barricades outside the building whispering into the ear of a man named Ryan Samsel," reported Alan Feuer.

[The_Media_never_lie]

You only thought you heard Ray Epps imploring people to enter the Capitol Building. Actually, he was trying to calm people down.

[cranked]

I can’t even begin to count how many times the Leftist media has repeatedly claimed something only to be proven wrong or to the contrary months later..........

[Guenevere]

They never stop, do they.

[joshua c]

debunked

when the corrupt media claims something is debunked

you are over the target

[The_Media_never_lie]

The leftist media never retracts nor apologizes for being wrong.

[mewzilla]

Fortunately they don’t get any better at it.

[Leep]

And Hillary’s lawyer isn’t guilty of lying to the FBI and more.

[David Moser]

My Gawd how I hate the lying MSM .

[Travis McGee]

Basically, “We asked Mr. Epps and the FBI, and they denied any connection. Case closed.”

And Sussman was innocent too. Case closed.

[Sirius Lee]

when the corrupt media claims something is debunked

I remember when the mockingbirds "debunked" cankle's email server. And then they "debunked" Trump being wiretapped. Then they "debunked" the bio lab origins of the WuFlu.

So much de-debunkery, so little time.

[eeriegeno]

Would the accused remember better if he were interrogated via the hatchet method. Trust me, the truth would come out one finger at a time.....

[HighSierra5]

Debunked. That’s the Lefts favorite buzzword. Like election fraud was debunked. Yeah right.

[Deaf Smith]

Go to the front gate of Epps’ rural AZ property and one will get a home visit by the fbi.

This has been reported by several FR threads.

[healy61]

I would guess this hinges on the use of the word, Deputized. Sheriffs deputize. The FBI not so much. “Worked an informant” is the proper term.

[Lisbon1940]

Debunction is one of their favorite methods.

[glimmerman70]

As long as MSM is on there side this won’t stop. If Trump gets back in office he and we will have to see another 4 years of the reporters being rude and having no respect for our President. I hope he does what biden does. Have a a few reporters and pre approved questions. At least a few times as a joke.

[TwelveOfTwenty]

I don’t care who instigated what, we should have known better than to walk into that trap.

[rlmorel]

Ah. Well, the New York Times says it isn't so.

They say Ray Epps wasn't a provocateur, and we have completely misinterpreted this man who went from place to place, actually on video, a good amount of it, enticing people in different settings to break into the Capitol building.

And then, we see people, arrested, thrown into moldy, pestilent jails, mistreated, robbed of their rights, livelihoods and liberty, for the crime of "parading", "wearing viking horns" or whatever, yet...this man, in full view of the FBI, was never arrested, or, if we believe accounts, never even questioned. His face appeared on a "Most Wanted" poster initially but was immediately removed.

Okay. I feel better that this filthy communist mouthpiece called the New York Times tells us that we made all this up.

[Ann Archy]

Who ya gonna believe.....this guy or your LYING EYES???

[jmaroneps37]

It must be the truth since the New York Times says so. Nothing to see here folks move along you’re blocking the sidewalk.