Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger tried to calm down all the “crazies” who believed Ray Epps was somehow involved with the FBI by saying that he’d interviewed Epps and found “Ray” to be “just another misled man.” Sure, throw grandma in jail for taking a selfie in the Capitol Rotunda, but dismiss Epps as a victim of Donald Trump’s mind control. We’ve all seen the video of Epps inciting people to enter the Capitol, but in his second interview transcript, he claimed he thought the Capitol would be open to the public on January 6.
Here’s a handy thread with some highlights from the interview, which you should check out yourself:
A thread on #January6th transcript dated 1/21/2022🧵
〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️#RayEpps repeatedly says he believes the violent agitators were Antifa.So instead of trying to find those individuals,
the un-select committee focused on Trump and his supporters pic.twitter.com/rjJfYIhuAn— 🇺🇸 𝕄𝔸𝔾𝔸 𝑵𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒚 ن 🔨 (@45LVNancy) January 2, 2023
Ray Epps describes Antifa & BLM member, John Sullivan: “the guy with the hat on backwards”
And said “These guys knew what they were doing. This wasn’t the first time they’ve done this.”
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— 🇺🇸 𝕄𝔸𝔾𝔸 𝑵𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒚 ن 🔨 (@45LVNancy) January 2, 2023
John Sullivan, the Antifa and BLM activist who stormed the Capitol on January 6 while disguised in Trump gear
-sold his video, which captured the Capitol Police shooting of Ashli Babbitt – for $90,000 and acknowledged Antifa and BLM were there.
— 🇺🇸 𝕄𝔸𝔾𝔸 𝑵𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒚 ن 🔨 (@45LVNancy) January 2, 2023
Yes, John Sullivan appeared on CNN as a guest of Anderson Cooper the night of the riot to give his impressions of what happened.
On page 47 of his testimony, Ray Epps said:
“I noticed a group, there may have been 20 or 30, and they looked like they were in uniform, kind of a khaki-looking uniform with an orange hat.”
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— 🇺🇸 𝕄𝔸𝔾𝔸 𝑵𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒚 ن 🔨 (@45LVNancy) January 2, 2023
On January 6, 2022, Ray Epps texted his nephew:
“I was in the front with a
few others. I also orchestrated it.”Then, on his testimony, he told the #January6thCommittee:
“What I meant by "orchestrate," | helped get people there.”
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— 🇺🇸 𝕄𝔸𝔾𝔸 𝑵𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒚 ن 🔨 (@45LVNancy) January 2, 2023
Ray Epps claimed to have decided to attend out of safety concerns for his son, Jim.
But he and Jim were never together at these events. #RayEpps was intent on being in front of the scene, claiming as a matter of safety.
Does that seem like a “safe” place vs the back?
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— 🇺🇸 𝕄𝔸𝔾𝔸 𝑵𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒚 ن 🔨 (@45LVNancy) January 2, 2023
On January 6, #RayEpps left just as Trump started his speech
to join those headed for the Capital (pg. 43)“If we were going to get in the Capitol, I wanted to be inside.”(pg.46)
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— 🇺🇸 𝕄𝔸𝔾𝔸 𝑵𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒚 ن 🔨 (@45LVNancy) January 2, 2023
Q. “And you said that you had concerns. I understand vou received multiple ballots, so you had concerns about the election”
A. “Exactly what I said, to do a peaceful demonstration. When somebody hijacks it, and that’s what they did- all credibility was lost.” (P66)
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— 🇺🇸 𝕄𝔸𝔾𝔸 𝑵𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒚 ن 🔨 (@45LVNancy) January 2, 2023
Epps says he received several ballots addressed to people who never lived on his property.
Isn’t that what democrats and the un-select committee wanted to accomplish?
To turn a credible question of elections irregularity
into an act of violence, thereby discrediting & imprisoning those who question it.Ray Epps transcript is attached
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Rep. Adam Schiff asks Epps about the video: “What made you think that you might get arrested for urging people to go into the Capitol if you believed the Capitol was open?” “I don’t know,” Epps replied. “It was a heat of the moment thing.”
“I never intended to break the law. It’s not in my DNA,” he added. And apparently, he didn’t break the law, and that’s why he was removed from the FBI’s suspect database.
We can buy that Epps wasn’t working with the FBI. But we can’t explain the special treatment, still.”
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Related:
Adam Kinzinger DEFENSIVE over Ray Epps and House GOP investigating his role in J6 … gosh, wonder whyhttps://t.co/RAf2dZ7a2z
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 1, 2023
