Ray Epps, a man who was seen goading Trump supporters to storm the Capitol on January 6, 2021, will be criminally charged, according to Epps’ attorney.
The impending charges were revealed in a Wednesday lawsuit filed by Epps against Fox News, which accuses former host Tucker Carlson of defaming him.
“…in May 2023, the Department of Justice notified Epps that it would seek to charge him criminally for events on January 6, 2021—two-and-a-half years later,” reads the filing. “The relentless attacks by Fox and Mr. Carlson and the resulting political pressure likely resulted in the criminal charges.”
In March, Epps hired attorney Michael Teter – formerly of Perkins Coie, the firm notorious for helping the Clinton campaign hatch the Steele dossier and collaborating with the FBI to push the Trump-Russia hoax. Teter immediately sent a letter to Carlson demanding that the former Fox News host retract “false and defamatory statements” that Epps was a J6 government plant.
Epps, 62, was identified as a key instigator of the riot who has long been suspected of being a fed (or a fed asset), told his nephew in a text message: “I was in the front with a few others. I also orchestrated it.”
Last year he told Congressional investigators: “At that point, I didn’t know that they were breaking into the Capitol,” adding “I didn’t know anybody was in the Capitol. … I was on my way back to the hotel room.”
In two interviews with the FBI in 2021, Epps explained his actions on Jan. 5 and Jan. 6. He admitted he was guilty of trespassing on restricted Capitol grounds and confessed to urging protesters to go to—and into—the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Epps also told members of the Committee that he found himself playing peacekeeper between Trump supporter “Baked Alaska” and the police – who called Epps a Fed.
“I was trying to find some common ground,” said Epps. “This guy was trying to turn people against me…he was calling me ‘boomer,’ and it’s his generation’s fault that we’re in the position we’re in.”
Despite the admissions, the FBI never arrested Epps and he was not charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with any Jan. 6 crimes. The non-action has fueled a crop of theories that he might have been working for the FBI or another agency.
Epps has repeatedly denied those suggestions through his attorney.
Speculation that Epps was a ‘fed’ intensified after a Revolver News reported with the headline: “Meet Ray Epps: The Fed-Protected Provocateur Who Appears To Have Led The Very First 1/6 Attack On The U.S. Capitol”
Revolver also determined, and will prove below, that the the FBI stealthily removed Ray Epps from its Capitol Violence Most Wanted List on July 1, just one day after Revolver exposed the inexplicable and puzzlesome FBI protection of known Epps associate and Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes. July 1 was also just one day after separate New York Times report amplified a glaring, falsifiable lie about Epps’s role in the events of January 6.
Lastly, Ray Epps appears to have worked alongside several individuals — many of them suspiciously unindicted — to carry out a breach of the police barricades that induced a subsequent flood of unsuspecting MAGA protesters to unwittingly trespass on Capitol restricted grounds and place themselves in legal jeopardy. -Revolver News
And so, according to Epps’ legal team, Tucker Carlson is the reason the Biden DOJ is about to charge him.
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Of course Epps was an insider; agent provocateur.
There is too much heat on him now and he’ll have to do 1 year (at max) in a minimum security prison. Of course, they might just transfer him a couple of times within a month and release him on the QT.
He’ll resume his life with a hefty payout for being a team player.
I saw film footage of him on Jan 7. He was 100% FBI.
Where is the 1/7 footage, if available?
Or just give him the “Hunter Biden Sweetheart plea bargain deal”. Attend an
anti-sedition – anti-insurection class and all Epps past and current crimes will be forgotten and expunged from his record.
He won’t spend one second in jail, much less handcuffs.
He’s their golden boy.
If they fuck with him in any way, he’ll sing. Or they will have to kill him
in an expensive “accident”.
Let this sink in…
He was momentarily on American STASI’s most wanted list.
(Quickly removed)
3 years later he is finally “a suspect” as grandmothers taking selfies rot in gulag.
Our government is the most corrupt in history.
Or they’ll dispose of him for making them look bad. It’s not like they have any loyalty.
If Epps looks like he is going to talk,he will have an Ooopsie. Beat the rush. Go ahead and order the “Epps didn’t kill himself T-shirt.
100% a fed. This is damage control. Since when do prosecutors give someone advanced notice that they’re going to be charged with a crime? He’ll plead guilty to some lesser charge and get a slap on the wrist, and the corrupt DOJ can say, “See? No one is above the law!” just like they’re doing with Hunter.
This is a complete bullshit story, as is the lawsuit against Fox, which will be settled out of court, like the Dominion bullshit defamation lawsuit. The truth is an absolute defense to a defamation suit, but they can’t have any truth coming out in a trial.
When do prosecutors give someone advanced notice that they’re going to be charged with a crime?
They stole a page from the Republicuck’s playbook. Pg. 9, first paragraph specifically states “Give the Democrats a heads up of our next hearing regarding _______. Have Lindsey Graham notify them.”
They “seek” to charge him. Lol. This Fed will never be convicted of anything- especially in DC. Just narrative control, trying to pretend they’re even handed.
Think about SBF, already out and about.
Ray Epps didn’t kill himself.
It would not surprise me if they off him. He could spill the beans. Can’t risk that.
(for the pool, shanked by a MAGA hat wearing, white, Republican inmate)
…….or Long Covid.
I read the Revolvers full article way back.
Take Epps down for being the ultra POS he is.
His suicide, before he can cut a deal and testify about who his handlers were/are, is going to be a real shame.
Exactly!
He’ll be Epstein’d
Or more correctly Eppstein’d
Dead man walking
I’ll certainly shed a tear if that happens….NOT.
Let him whistle blow first
Wonder if Raytard ever heard Flo Rida’s song “Whistle”
If true justice happens, Epsie might get cornered in the laundry room of a Fed Pen by a large brutha looking for a diff kind of whistle blow.
Doubtful it will happen.
Protected.
Just us.
Works for me.
If charges are being filed its only because he was on NUMEROUS RECORDINGS that EVERYONE SAW, encouraging everyone to go to and into the Capital building. He should just be thrown into a woodchipper. And if Tucker is to “blame” for the DOJ finally doing something, then great for Tucker. But prosecution for being part of the peaceful protest should not be the charge. TREASON or SEDITION should be the charge for conspiring with the democrats to overthrow the duly elected government.
I at least want to see a perp walk.
Tucker is like Gandalf…more powerful now that he has been cancelled.
More like Wormtongue.
he is an agent provocoteur for the feds.
now that he is in the spotlight, he will be charged. those charges will be quietly dismissed with no fanfare. must continue to fool the mouth breathers, you know.
Here is what I bet happens.
He will get arrested and charged. After a “thorough investigation” by the F bee eye, it will be determined that he is innocent of all charges. He will then be encouraged to pursue his lawsuit of Tucker Carlson.
Everything is upside down. Let’s not stop now, eh?
Who writes these government soap opera scripts? They’re running out of plots.
AOC and a penguin. (Jerry Nadler)
It couldn’t happen to a nicer guy …
Mr. Epps … that bus you see yonder is the one you’re about to be thrown under … enjoy the orange jumpsuit …
He will get the Hunter Biden deal.
Just watch. (light slap on the pinky finger)
Leviathan needs to sweep their little agent provocateur dust bunny under the rug.
I think it is good thing that Epps is feeling the heat. Many innocent people are in the DC gulag and Epps was never prosecuted. He was clearly a provocateur. We need to know the truth.