“Fed!Fed!Fed!Fed!Fed!” the chant grew as Ray Epps exhorted a crowd of protestors on January 5th, 2021 that “I don’t even like to say it because I’ll be arrested. I’ll say it. We need to go into the Capitol.” The name Ray Epps has been the proverbial third rail for the partisan January 6th witch-hunt pretty much since the word go.
And the pointed NON-DENIALS by the FBI and feints of ignorance by the Department of Justice were already incredibly suspicious. However, the two most damning events that would support Mr. Epps being an agent provocateur for the Federal Government, were the FBI’s refusal to deny it under oath during Senate hearings, coupled with a full-throated denial from the supposed Jan. 6th commission, a body which cannot be held accountable and can realistically claim whatever they want as long as Speaker Nancy Pelosi controls the House of Representatives. Simply put, if an FBI agent lies to the Senate they go to jail, if a Congressman lies to the American people, they can still get re-elected.
All the way back in July, Revolver.com in their bombshell report about the FBI protection of Oathkeeper Stewart Rhodes, started reporting about the Arizona man who found himself at the center of the firestorm, seeming perhaps to have inserted himself there deliberately.
Who Is Ray Epps, And Why Are The FBI, DoJ And House Dems Desperate To Protect Him?
The outlet published their in depth report on Mr. Epps in October, at which point prominent Republicans began asking very uncomfortable questions of AG Merrick Garland, as well as Assistant Director Jill Sanborn of the FBI leaving her struggling to say “I can’t answer that.” over and over again, not a denial, not an official affirmation. And when it came down to Ray Epps identity, Sanborn grew even more cryptic responding to Sen. Cruz’s question about him with the odd statement: “I don’t have the specific background to him”, Cruz explained the video evidence of Epps and when pressed to answer “Was Ray Epps a Fed?”, a simple and straightforward enough question that could be easily denied were it not true… right? Sanborn replied again: “Sir, I cannot answer that question.”
Check it out:
This was followed almost immediately by a statement from the Jan. 6th Committee “debunking” the narrative on absolutely no evidence or basis other than their ‘say-so’. The equivalent of ‘Nah, we checked…he’s good…’
The Committee has interviewed Epps. Epps informed us that he was not employed by, working with, or acting at the direction of any law enforcement agency on Jan 5th or 6th or at any other time, & that he has never been an informant for the FBI or any other law enforcement agency.
— January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) January 11, 2022
The case against Ray Epps as a major instigator seems open and shut none the less though, in October 2021 Revolver explained,
Watch:
It would be one thing if Epps’s repeated calls on January 5 to “go into the Capitol” had simply amounted to bluster. But Epps followed through on his stated mission to shepherd others inside. In clips 4-6 of the above compilation, we see Epps actively orchestrate elements of the very first breach of the Capitol barricades at 12:50 p.m, while Trump still had 20 minutes left in his rally speech.”
The reporting by Revolver is so incredibly detailed that it reached the mainstream of the Republican party is now being acted upon in the halls of Congress, so kudos to our colleagues for a job well done.
While Epps has thus far denied and stonewalled the heavily compromised mainstream press like The Arizona Republic telling them “The only thing that meant is we would go in the doors like everyone else. It was totally, totally wrong the way they went in.” adding “I didn’t do anything wrong.” and that he was advised by attorneys not to discuss January 6th, perhaps he will open up to more trustworthy outlets. After all, if he’s been exonerated by Congress and the FBI isn’t interested in him any longer, then why would his attorneys advise his continued silence?
For our part, he has an open invitation for an interview on no preconditions with Patriot United News.