Posted on 12/30/2022 9:10:27 PM PST by SeekAndFind
I wrote previously that there was one big thing reportedly missing from the final report of the Jan. 6 Committee — any mention of Ray Epps. Epps is the man who has come under such scrutiny by the public because of video of him urging people to go in to the Capitol on Jan. 5–and video from him outside the Capitol–on January 6, 2021. That raised questions about his role, and why he was not pursued by law enforcement when law enforcement seemed to go after anyone else who breathed in the direction of the Capitol on Jan. 6.
But now, the testimony of Ray Epps has been released–and it’s raising more questions.
The Committee asked him about texts he sent to his nephew on Jan. 6 saying, “I was in the front with a few others. I also orchestrated it.” Yikes. You would think that would have raised the eyebrows of the Committee and made them go after him. How is it that we were not told about this before, while the Committee was trying to spin all kinds of other things?
Yet, instead of going after him on what would seem to be concerning texts, the Committee members’ questioning not only lobbed up softballs, but they asked him leading questions to help explain what he was saying. They suggested that he meant he had “turned away” from the Capitol because of things he didn’t agree with, and was moving back toward his hotel. Click on it to enlarge it.
1/3 One of the most outlandish exchanges involve Epps being asked about a text HE SENT HIMSELF on J6: "I was in the front with a few others. I also orchestrated it."
Cmte staffers then basically FEED to Epps how he should answer the question.
(Epps in green, Qs in yellow)
pic.twitter.com/6jnivyvT8v— Jeff Clark (@JeffClarkUS) December 30, 2022
Epps said that he meant he “helped to get people there.” He said, after the help, that he didn’t know what he was “taking credit for.”
Epps also claimed he was trying to de-escalate things on Jan. 5, despite a video of him saying that people needed “to go into the Capitol.”
“I’m going to put it out there. I’m probably going to go to jail for it, okay,” Epps said. “Tomorrow, we need to go into the Capitol. Into the Capitol.”
Check out this fascinating exchange between Epps and Kinzinger, where Kinzinger isn’t pressing Epps about urging people to go into the Capitol, but suggesting it’s the people who were saying “no, no” to his suggestion to go into the Capitol who were the people escalating things, not Epps.
interesting softball questions
pic.twitter.com/UfRCRbdj9F— Crab Man (@crabcrawler1) December 29, 2022
Listen for yourself and determine who was calling for what, and who was “deescalating” here.
I think it’s safe to say that you would never have such leading questions from a prosecutor pursuing a case. But of course, this was a Democratic-controlled committee; nothing was normal or unbiased.
Epps was also asked about any connection to the FBI on Jan. 5.
“At any point on January 5th — so we’ve asked you this question about December 27th through January 4th, but now let’s just focus in on January 5th,” Epps was asked behind closed doors by the committee, according to the transcripts released on Thursday. “Did you coordinate or speak with any law enforcement officials from the FBI?”
“No, sir,” replied Epps, clarifying that he also did not speak or coordinate with police, the CIA, or the National Security Agency.
“Any other law enforcement officials, other than the other folks you mentioned earlier, you might have interacted with at the plaza as you were deescalating?” Epps was also asked, to which he said, “No, sir.”
The Committee had previously claimed that he’d told them that he wasn’t employed by or worked for any law enforcement agency on Jan. 5, 6, or any other time–and that he wasn’t an informant for the FBI or any other law enforcement agency.
Then there was also an infamous video of him whispering into the ear of a man, and the man immediately after that trying to pull one of the barriers in front of the Capitol grounds down. Epps was asked about that as well, and said he was de-escalating there as well.
I don’t know too much about Epps but in this part it sounds like he tried to address a viral clip (the one with the fences).
Ray Epps claims BEFORE that video was taken, ANOTHER guy was shaking them, and Epps simply told the guy to back off?
pic.twitter.com/8JzCTWiec8— Crab Man (@crabcrawler1) December 29, 2022
So, all this is likely to add more fuel to the fire of why there seems to have been a different approach to Epps.
With that statement, and his actions on video, there is only EXACTLY one reason he wasn’t arrested... ONLY one.
Fed asset.
Ray Epps is a blivot. For those unfamiliar, that would be an amount of twenty pounds of fecal matter in a ten pound bag. BLIVOT.
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Epps said to another accomplise: before we go in, leave that here, we dont want to get shot
Yuppers
With all the arrests of people who simply attended the protest but did not even go on the Capitol steps, there’s only one reason this guy hasn’t been arrested and thrown in solitary awaiting his political trial: he’s a fed.
It’s nice that outside of the conservative media there are journalists asking questions about Ray Epps not being charged or rotting in a cell.
Bombshell...hmmm....overhype is pandemic these days.
The whole thing smells, but the kangaroo court along with the FBI and DOJ have their political story they want cement with false convictions, so not much will change.
I hate the word bombshell
I’m surprised that Epps is still breathing. I fully expected that he would have already joined the JFK shooters reposing in S. Texas.
Of course there is still time ...
RAY EPPS DID NOT COMMIT SUICIDE. ;-)
If not the FBI then who? DNC,Pelosi, ?
Questions for Epps!
It would be good to get these answers on record just in case Mr Epps can’t answer them in the future!
1) are you now or were you ever an FBI asset?
2) prior to J6 where were the Trump rallies that you attended?
3) how many Trump rallies did you attend after J6?
4) where did you get the TRUMP hat that you were wearing on J6?
5) where is that hat now?
6) did you have any coordination meetings to prepare for J6? With who?
7) did you receive anything of value for attending the J6 protest? From who?
8) who do you report to?
9) can you define the word ‘incitement?’
10) who is your favorite democrat?
Let’s not all hate on Epps so much that we miss the opening here: If Epps is not credible, then we’ve certainly gotten laid out for us exactly how he did the government’s bidding. But if they say he’s credible, look what he’s saying: He’s affirming that some outside forces twisted what was intended to be a peaceful protest against what was sincerely believed to be stealing an election; he’s ONLY saying that he was not that outside force.
“Has Epps done an interview that’s available for us to see? It is mysterious why he wasn’t arrested.
Kinzinger seems to be flailing.
The Jan. 6th committee has got to be the most corrupt one ever in Congress. Time that they be punished by the GOP controlled House, thru hearings.
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