If he doesn’t have ties to the FBI or other federal agency, he needs to be sent to jail with the others involved with J6.
He committed acts far worse than most on J6.
Considering Epps says he was not an agent, and he’s on tape during Jan 6, the democrats and Jan 6 committee had no logical reason to be sympathetic to him.
He told his nephew that he organized the protest in the Capitol (which he did) and they accepted his explanation that it was a “joke”.