{"id":2144976,"date":"2024-01-09T21:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T02:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ray-epps-receives-1-year-probation-in-connection-to-jan-6\/"},"modified":"2024-01-09T21:24:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T02:24:41","slug":"ray-epps-receives-1-year-probation-in-connection-to-jan-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ray-epps-receives-1-year-probation-in-connection-to-jan-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Ray Epps gets 1-year probation for Jan. 6 involvement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fray-epps-receives-1-year-probation-in-connection-to-jan-6%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=2144976&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This image from video provided by the Justice Department and contained in the government\u2019s sentencing memorandum, shows Ray \u2063Epps, left, at the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington. (Justice Department via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abril\u2063 Elfi<\/a><br \/>6:17 PM \u2013 Sunday, January 7, \u200c2024<\/p>\n<h2>Man Sentenced to Probation for Involvement in U.S. Capitol Protest<\/h2>\n<p>Ryan Epps, a\u2063 man from Arizona who attended and\u200d allegedly facilitated the January 6<sup>th<\/sup>,\u200c 2021 protest at the U.S. Capitol, has been sentenced \u2064to a year of probation. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the 62-year-old was sentenced after he pleaded guilty back \u2063in September of 2023\u200b as part of a \u200ddeal with Justice Department prosecutors.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Ray Epps, the only January 6 protester who actually \u2063told people \u2064to go into \u2062the Capitol, has been officially sentenced to one year probation, $500 restitution, \u200cand 100 hours community service.<\/p>\n<p>While many J6 protesters are rotting in \u2062jail for non-violent crimes, Epps\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qPWwktAPbu\">pic.twitter.com\/qPWwktAPbu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1744763567088230572?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Epps admitted to \u201cengaging in disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He\u200c was not present in the courtroom for sentencing and appeared by video conference instead. <\/p>\n<p><em>Fox News <\/em>and other media outlets have previously expressed\u2063 speculations regarding\u200d how Epps could be an undercover government agent who helped facilitate the Capitol protest in \u200corder to entrap Trump \u2062supporters. However, last year, \u2062Epps sued <em>Fox News<\/em> for defamation, claiming\u2064 that the network was at fault for disseminating unfounded rumors about him. <\/p>\n<p>Epps claims to have had a\u200b \u201clife-changing reality shift\u201d when the \u201cTrump cult,\u201d in his own \u200dwords, turned against him and his wife, \u2063and he \u201cnow knows that President Biden\u200c won the election.\u201d Epps expressed\u200d regret for his actions on January 6<sup>th<\/sup> and said that he hoped to help others \u201clearn \u2064the truth\u201d about the 2020 election results.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the \u200cprobation sentence, Epps \u2062was ordered to pay $500 in restitution and \u2062serve 100 hours of community service.<\/p>\n<p>Over 1,230 people\u2062 have been charged with federal offenses related to that day, such as seditious conspiracy and \u201cattacking police \u200dofficers\u201d \u2063in connection to the protest. <\/p>\n<p>Around\u200b 170 people were found guilty of at least\u2064 one \u2063charge, while \u2063around 730 \u2062others entered \u200dguilty pleas to charges. <\/p>\n<p>Authorities claim \u2064that they\u200c have still been investigating who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-arrests-3-people-linked-to-j6-on-third-anniversary\/\" title=\"FBI arrests 3 tied to J6 on 3rd anniversary\">planted\u2064 pipe bombs<\/a> outside of\u2062 the\u2063 offices of the Republican and Democrat \u200dnational\u2063 committees \u200bthe day before the event, as\u200b well\u2062 as the identities \u200cof up to 80\u2063 others who are\u2063 wanted for their involvement\u2062 at the \u200dprotest. <\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. \u2064Subscribe \u2063here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The\u2064 SEC gets \u201chacked\u201d into approving BTC ETF, part five of the Epstein files gets dropped and Ecuador \u200berupts into chaos.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>In the second part of an exclusive interview, Arizona Congressman Andy Biggs tells One \u200bAmerica News that he believes\u200d by\u200c the end of\u2062 the week we could see a successful vote on the House floor to hold Hunter Biden in contempt.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>As the United States gets deeper involved into both the conflicts in Ukraine and now Israel, it\u2019s worth pointing out that the US government is currently operating in no\u2062 less than 15 so-called \u201cshadow wars\u201d around the \u2062world.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Arizona Congressman Andy Biggs tells One America News he is disappointed with the new budget\u2062 bill house speaker \u2064Mike Johnson unveiled this week. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Google is set to go before a federal jury in Boston on\u200d Tuesday over \u2064accusations that its processors infringe a computer scientist\u2019s \u200dpatents.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>OpenAI and its financial backer\u200b Microsoft were sued \u200cin Manhattan \u200cfederal court by\u2063 a pair of nonfiction authors \u200cwho say the companies misused their\u200b work to train the AI models behind AI-based services.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>SpaceX \u2063sued a U.S. labor board to block \u2063its case accusing the company of illegally firing employees calling CEO Elon Musk \u201ca distraction and embarrassment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>ChatGPT was well on its\u200b way to becoming a \u2063household name even before 2023 kicked off.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What was the final sentencing decision \u2064for Ryan Epps&#8217; involvement in the \u200dU.S. Capitol protest?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Man Sentenced to Probation for Involvement in U.S. Capitol Protest<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Epps, \u200da man from Arizona who attended and allegedly facilitated the January 6th, 2021 protest at the U.S. Capitol, has been sentenced to a year of probation. On Tuesday, the 62-year-old \u200cwas sentenced after he pleaded guilty back in September of 2023 as part of a deal with Justice \u2064Department prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>Epps admitted to &#8220;engaging in disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds.&#8221; Despite this, \u2064he was not present in the courtroom for sentencing and appeared by video conference \u200cinstead.<\/p>\n<p>Speculations\u200b have been raised by\u200d media outlets, including Fox News, regarding Epps possibly being an \u2064undercover\u2064 government agent who helped \u200bfacilitate the Capitol protest in order to\u2062 entrap Trump\u2063 supporters. However, Epps sued Fox News for defamation last year, claiming that the network\u200b was at fault for disseminating unfounded rumors \u200dabout him.<\/p>\n<p>Epps claims to have had a &#8220;life-changing reality \u200cshift&#8221; when the &#8220;Trump cult&#8221; turned against him and his wife. He \u2063now acknowledges that President Biden won the election. Epps expressed regret for his\u200c actions \u2062on January 6th and said that he hoped to help others &#8220;learn the truth&#8221; about the 2020 election results.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the probation sentence, Epps was ordered to pay $500 in restitution and serve 100 hours of community service.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that \u200dover 1,230 people\u2063 have been charged with federal offenses related to the \u2064January 6th protest, including seditious \u2063conspiracy and \u200c&#8221;attacking police officers.&#8221;\u200d Approximately 170 people were found\u200d guilty of at \u200dleast one charge, while around 730 \u2063others entered guilty pleas \u2062to charges. \u200dAuthorities are still investigating \u2062the individuals responsible for\u200b planting pipe bombs outside the offices of the\u200c Republican and Democrat national \u2064committees the day before the event, as\u2062 well as the identities of up to 80 others wanted for their\u200c involvement in the protest.<\/p>\n<p>As \u2064the investigations continue, it remains important to\u2062 stay informed about the developments \u2062surrounding this case. To <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defense-secy-austin-u-s-has-people-on-the-ground-to-help-israel-with-efforts-to-free-hostages\/\" title=\"US Defense Secretary Austin: We have personnel aiding Israel in hostage liberation.\">receive breaking news updates<\/a>, you can subscribe to our free newsletter by visiting this link: [insert link].<\/p>\n<p>This case serves as a reminder of the impact and consequences of one&#8217;s actions, particularly when it comes\u200b to participating in protests and engaging in illegal \u200bactivities. It reinforces the importance of respecting\u200b the law and promoting peaceful means of expressing opinions and grievances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6, 2021 Capitol riot, is seen in a video image released by the Justice Department. Epps, featured in the government&#8217;s sentencing memo, is shown at the U.S. Capitol. 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