With the possible exception of Jacob Chansley, the most famous face of the January 6th protests in Washington DC has got to be Ray Epps. On the streets the night before, as onlookers chanted “FED! FED!”, Epps told people to go INTO the Capitol — even though he believed he “would probably go to jail” for suggesting it. I don’t think it’s a stretch to call Epps one of the “ringleaders” of the Capitol riot:
(Later, Epps told the January 6th Committee he believed the Capitol would be open. But why would he be arrested for telling people to go in, then?) Footage from January 6th shows Epps herding people to the Capitol while Trump was still speaking, then shows Epps on Capitol grounds and involved in struggles with police. (Original excuses for not charging him included that he never went onto Capitol grounds. This was later disproven by video footage.)
Despite this evidence that Epps lied to the January 6th Committee — and a brief presence on the FBI’s Most Wanted list — for years he remained uncharged as non-violent protestors racked up lengthy sentences. As the Biden administration declared January 6th to be a dangerous attack on democracy itself and the FBI rounded up the information of anybody in the area, Epps’ velvet-glove treatment has always been a “mystery.” (A “mystery” like why people are dying after the massive jab rollout — only a mystery to the media that isn’t allowed to actually cover the story.)
Why is Epps the ONE person involved in January 6th who deserves his own “60 Minutes” special? Why is he the ONE person involved in January 6th who gets fawning stories in the New York Times? Why is he the ONE person involved in January 6th who gets an apology from the January 6th Committee, even though he admits to “orchestrating it”. (Epps and his defenders still cannot explain what “it” is if not the storming of the Capitol……)
These questions don’t exactly require the detective skills of Columbo, yet the media can’t seem to ask them — instead mainstream sites spend time posting “fact checks” with such ironclad proof as “Epps said he’s innocent.”
Recently, however, Proud Boys and other January 6th protestors — and some people who weren’t even in town — have gotten over-decade-long sentences while Epps remained happily free. Ultimately, the heat around these unasked questions got to be too much, and today the Justice Department finally charged Epps — with a single misdemeanor. Curiously, there were no early morning SWAT raids or years of pretrial detention for Epps………just a bare-bones charge of disorderly conduct:
No terrorist enhancements. No seditious conspiracy charges. Nothing about ‘incitement’ for the guy telling people going into the Capitol — those charges are only for Trump and OTHER January 6th protestors.
And continuing its streak of being the worst industry in the world, the media is here to remind you the REAL story is that Epps was the target of “right-wing conspiracy theories” — and now that he’s been charged, those misinformation-peddling idiots have been proven wrong:
I fail to see how this turn of events deals a “major blow” to the idea that Epps was working in concert with government officials in the days leading up to January 6th. In fact, this single misdemeanor charge is such a transparent attempt to declare the issue litigated that I’m actually offended by it. (This is also known as the Hunter Biden gambit.)
I’m also (still) offended by NBC’s complete lack of actual reporting here:
This reminds me (in reverse) of how they covered Jacob Chansey — always as part of a “pro-Trump mob”. Every time Epps is mentioned, an accompanying note ensures you know that the notion Epps was working with government is TOTALLY UNSUPPORTED. (Just ignore all those questions I asked about Epps earlier……….)
The media can’t wait to tear apart everything and everybody involved in January 6th….except for Ray Epps, Nancy Pelosi, or Steven Sund. Once again, this is because they aren’t trying to FIND the truth, they’re trying to CREATE the truth — and then using that “truth” to justify bending the rules to keep ahold of power. This new Epps stunt is no different.
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