Tapes Show Ray Epps Lied To Congress About Whereabouts During Jan. 6 Protests

The raw footage taken from surveillance tapes released after the Jan. 6th, 2021 Capitol Riot contradicts testimony Ray Epps Federal prosecutors were asked to investigate the chaos.

Fox News’ Tucker Carlson broadcast footage Monday showing Epps in the crowd at the Capitol Complex about 30 minutes later than the time that he was shown. told investigators On Jan. 6, he was arrested by the Select Committee and then fled the site. Epps is suspected of being an undercover federal agent. He urged protestors to take over the Capitol on both the eve- and day before the riot. FBI refused to answer Questions about his connection to federal law enforcement have been raised by the Democrats’ Select Committee. clear his name.

“Epps told the committee that he never entered the Capitol, and therefore never committed a crime,” Carlson said. “Text messages show that at 2:12 p.m., he boasted to his nephew that he had ‘orchestrated the protests at the Capitol.'”

Epps informed the House panel that he was already leaving the Capitol to go to his hotel room when he sent his text messages.

“That is not true,” Carlson said. “The surveillance footage we found shows that in fact, Ray Epps remained at the Capitol for at least another half an hour.”

“What was Epps doing there? We can’t say,” Carlson also added. “But we do know that he lied to investigators. The January 6th Committee likely knew this too. Democrats had access to the same tape, yet they defended Ray Epps.”

The Select Committee was dishonest throughout the two-year investigation. It featured performances. produced Television executives.

Carlson also highlighted another conspiracy that was conceived by the committee. It is alleged that Barry Loudermilk, a Georgia Republican Rep., gave reconnaissance tours to the Capitol in the period leading up Jan. 6.

Carlson stated that Democrats are the best. “claimed their Republican colleagues had helped to plan the breach of the Capitol building.”

“There was never any evidence this was true, not at all, yet it was widely repeated,” Carlson.

Surveillance tapes reveal that Democrats were lying to Loudermilk about giving tours. “insurrectionists” Around the Capitol building before the riot. “and the Democrats knew it was a lie when they told it,” Carlson.

“The so-called reconnaissance mission Democrats alleged was nothing more than Congressman Loudermilk giving a guided tour to his constituents from Georgia, none of whom were ‘insurrectionists,'” Carlson explained.

“The FBI totally cleared them,” Loudermilk spoke to Carlson. “The committee knew this before they actually made their accusations against me.”

Carlson ended Monday night’s initial release of Jan.6 tapes with an expose on how Democrats deceptively edited video to portray Missouri Republican Senate candidate Josh Hawley (a coward) as running away from Capitol Rioters. You can see full footage of Hawley being joined by other lawmakers, who were forced out of the building.

[READ: Jan. 6 Committee’s Footage Of Sen. Josh Hawley Is Exceedingly Dishonest]

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