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General Category => Trump Legal Investigations => January 6th => Topic started by: mystery-ak on September 19, 2023, 04:30:49 pm
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Ray Epps, subject of Tucker Carlson's Jan. 6 conspiracy theories, charged by DOJ
Epps entered Capitol grounds on Jan. 6 as a supporter of former President Donald Trump. He told the Jan. 6 committee that the conspiracy theories about him ruined his life.
Sept. 19, 2023, 10:05 AM CDT / Updated Sept. 19, 2023, 10:34 AM CDT
By Ryan J. Reilly
WASHINGTON — Ray Epps, a Jan. 6 participant whose removal from the FBI's Capitol Violence webpage sparked conspiracy theories that he was a federal informant, was charged in connection with the Capitol attack on Tuesday.
Epps is charged with one misdemeanor count, disorderly or disruptive conduct on restricted grounds. He was charged by information, which suggests that he plans to enter a plea deal.
Epps is not charged with entering the Capitol; he is only known to have been on the grounds on Jan. 6. NBC News reached out to lawyers representing Epps, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/ray-epps-subject-tucker-carlsons-jan-6-conspiracy-theories-charged-doj-rcna99836
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Well, this could work in Epps's favor, if he gets more than a slap on the wrist, it would/could remove the target off his back by Carlson and others. ****slapping
More likely, it will just fuel more conjecture.
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Darren J. Beattie 🌐
@DarrenJBeattie
Charging Ray Epps now for "disorderly conduct" is not going to make the Feds' credibility problem go away
It's too late for them. This is just making them look desperate
11:27 AM · Sep 19, 2023
Mike Benz
@MikeBenzCyber
this is absolutely bleep insane
he’s dead to rights on conspiracy w/ “When We Go In”
There was agreement (“When We Go In”) + act in furtherance (they went in)
That’s 10 years on a felony in a heartbeat if DOJ wanted it
instead lightest misdemeanor possible w/ a Day 1 deal
1:48 PM · Sep 19, 2023
People who just milled around the Capitol building that day are being sent away for a decade or two in prison. This jagoff actually incited a riot and ... bupkes.
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https://twitter.com/KariLake/status/1704169176980681111
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https://twitter.com/amuse/status/1704155111289672064
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The FBI would have better off to just ignore it and let it fade away. Giving EPPS a stupid silly little misdemeanor when HE was the person managing the whole thing, is just more confirmation that he was acting with the FBI.
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Okay, DOJ, now that you're prosecuting (ha ha ha) Epps, now do John Sullivan.
https://twitter.com/jj_talking/status/1704280285490348261
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Oilfield Rando
@Oilfield_Rando
Welp. If there was any doubt he was a fed. That settles it.
6:25 PM · Sep 20, 2023
Monica Crowley
@MonicaCrowley
People who weren't even present at the Capitol on J6: YEARS in prison for SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY
Ray Epps, on camera telling people to storm the Capitol and inciting the riot: a MISDEMEANOR SLAP ON THE WRIST for DISORDERLY CONDUCT
We cannot go on like this.
1:13 PM · Sep 19, 2023
CBS News
@CBSNews
Under federal sentencing guidelines, Ray Epps will face between zero and six months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of disorderly conduct.
Ray Epps, man at center of right-wing Jan. 6 conspiracy, pleads guilty (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ray-epps-guilty-plea-january-6-disorderly-conduct/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=236470889)
5:15 PM · Sep 20, 2023
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The FBI would have better off to just ignore it and let it fade away. Giving EPPS a stupid silly little misdemeanor when HE was the person managing the whole thing, is just more confirmation that he was acting with the FBI.
WORD!