{"id":1937077,"date":"2023-05-24T13:28:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T17:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-the-ray-epps-questions-wont-go-away-despite-the-medias-best-efforts\/"},"modified":"2023-05-24T13:31:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T17:31:43","slug":"why-the-ray-epps-questions-wont-go-away-despite-the-medias-best-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-the-ray-epps-questions-wont-go-away-despite-the-medias-best-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Media can&#8217;t make Ray Epps questions disappear."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhy-the-ray-epps-questions-wont-go-away-despite-the-medias-best-efforts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1937077&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Unanswered Questions About Ray Epps<\/h2>\n<p>For years, the legacy media has dismissed questions about Ray Epps as mere conspiracy theories. But despite their efforts to present him as a victim, the infamous January 6 provocateur remains at the center of controversy.<\/p>\n<p>Epps, a 62-year-old Marine veteran from Arizona, was a central figure in the Capitol riot from the beginning. He can be seen in multiple video clips from January 6 and the day before, trying to whip up other Trump supporters to \u201cgo into the Capitol\u201d the next day.<\/p>\n<p>At least four times on video, Epps repeats his call to action. He even texted his nephew that he \u201corchestrated\u201d the riot. Yet, he was initially on the FBI\u2019s wanted list for January 6, but he was suddenly dropped. Thousands of others who behaved much less provocatively remained on the list, including at least two grandmas who were sentenced.<\/p>\n<p>The main question that has stuck to Epps is whether he was working undercover for the federal government, the FBI in particular. In January 2022, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) asked the FBI deputy director point blank if the FBI had worked with Epps during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. She refused to answer.<\/p>\n<h3>Was Ray Epps a Fed?<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cSir, I can\u2019t answer that question,\u201d Sanborn replied.<\/p>\n<p>Epps was interviewed by the January 6 select committee in November and again in January. On January 11, the same day as Cruz\u2019s questioning, the committee released a statement saying it is aware of \u201cunsupported claims\u201d that Epps was an FBI informant. The statement said Epps told them \u201che was not employed by, working with, or acting at the direction of any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-president-trump-spring-a-trap-on-treasonous-democrats-on-election-night\/\" title=\"Did President Trump Spring a Trap on Treasonous Democrats on Election Night?\">law enforcement agency<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recently, a woman who claims to be Epps\u2019 adopted daughter publicly accused him of sexually abusing her when she was a child. She shared family pictures and what she said are her adoption papers on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Despite assurances from the FBI that \u201cRay Epps has never been an FBI source or an FBI employee,\u201d questions surrounding Epps persist. The media\u2019s attempts to present him as a victim of circumstance have fallen short, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-the-ray-epps-questions-wont-go-away-despite-the-medias-best-efforts\/\" title=\"Media can't make Ray Epps questions disappear.\">public remains skeptical<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is the only Jan 6 participant Adam Kinzinger will defend! <\/p>\n<p>Still not arrested\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v7nOggQUID\">pic.twitter.com\/v7nOggQUID<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Darren J. Beattie \ud83c\udf10 (@DarrenJBeattie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DarrenJBeattie\/status\/1534967914423537676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Last month, 60 Minutes did a fawning interview with Epps, and The New York Times did a glowing profile of him in July. But even 60 Minutes admitted Epps \u201calmost immediately stepped into trouble\u201d once he arrived in the nation\u2019s capital. It\u2019s hard to see our Capitol under attack,\u201d Epps lamented to the interviewer as they watched the footage together.<\/p>\n<p>Epps also lashed out at former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-dems-trickle-back-quorum-reached-to-vote-on-gop-voting-bills\/\" title=\"Texas Dems Trickle Back, Quorum Reached To Vote On GOP Voting Bills\">brought national attention<\/a> to the questions surrounding Epps, saying Carlson is \u201cobsessed with me\u201d and trying to \u201cdestroy my life.\u201d It doesn\u2019t help the questions surrounding Epps that Carlson was fired from Fox News just before he planned to deliver a monologue on air that delved into those questions.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the media\u2019s best efforts to present Epps as a victim, the public remains unconvinced. The legacy media may continue to dismiss questions about Epps as conspiracy theories, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/robert-kennedy-jr-says-overwhelming-evidence-suggests-cia-was-involved-in-jfk-assassination\/\" title=\"RFK Jr. claims CIA involved in JFK's death.\">truth remains elusive<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>about Epps remain, despite legacy media&#8217;s attempts to dismiss them. Recent interviews by 60 Minutes and The New York Times have portrayed Epps in a positive light, but doubts persist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":1937078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[3680,12115,12469,4188,4245,8812],"class_list":["post-1937077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-cant","tag-disappear","tag-epps","tag-media","tag-questions","tag-ray"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1937077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1937078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1937077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1937077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1937077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}