Comments by "" (@HUNDREDACREWOOD.) on "Forbes Breaking News"
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Wrong.
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The Arizona man that some right-wing figures baselessly claim was part of secret FBI plot to orchestrate the January 6 insurrection told the House panel investigating the attack that he has no ties to the FBI or law enforcement, a committee aide told CNN.
The aide provided details about the man, Ray Epps, and his cooperation with the panel, after his name came up at a Senate hearing on Tuesday. Two GOP senators referred to Epps while questioning a top FBI official about whether FBI agents infiltrated or incited the pro-Trump mob.
"The Select Committee has interviewed Mr. Epps," a spokesperson for the committee told CNN in a statement on Tuesday after the hearing. "Mr. Epps informed us that he was not employed by, working with, or acting at the direction of any law enforcement agency on January 5th or 6th or at any other time, and that he has never been an informant for the FBI or any other law enforcement agency."
The theory about Epps is based on circumstantial speculation and little -- if any -- concrete evidence. That hasn't stopped Fox personalities and GOP lawmakers from pushing the idea that Epps was a central player in the FBI's supposed false-flag operation.
Promoters of the claim focused on several videos of Epps encouraging people to attack the Capitol. They also point out that his photo was on an early FBI "most wanted" list, but was later removed. Because he hasn't been arrested, the theory goes, he must be working for the FBI.
In one of the videos, which was filmed in Washington on January 5, Epps told a group of Trump supporters that "tomorrow, we need to go into the Capitol." This drew some positive responses from the crowd, but also some jeers, and some people starting to accuse Epps of being a "fed."
While authorities haven't commented, there is a plausible explanation for why Epps hasn't been charged with a crime. Nearly all of the 700-plus defendants charged in connection with January 6 either stepped inside the Capitol building or are accused of assaulting police on Capitol grounds. To date, no evidence has emerged showing that Epps entered the Capitol on January 6 or that he tussled with police...
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