Politico reports:
Ray Epps, the former Arizona Oath Keeper at the center of pro-Trump conspiracy theories related to Jan. 6., intends to sit for a transcribed interview Friday with the select committee investigating the attack on the Capitol, his attorney said in a phone interview.
Epps, who has become the centerpiece of an unsupported GOP claim that the FBI incited the mob that ransacked the Capitol last year, met with the Jan. 6 select committee in November and told them he had no relationship to the FBI or any other federal law enforcement agency.
Epps has kept a low profile since Trump’s allies began promoting a theory that Epps was a federal agent. Their claims stem from videos taken on Jan. 5 showing Epps urging Trump allies to “go into the Capitol” — an exhortation that some in the crowd quickly booed and responded to with chants accusing Epps of being a “fed.”
Read the full article. Last week Ted Cruz went on a podium-pounding rant about Epps and Trump named Epps at his Arizona rally on Saturday.
NEW: Ray EPPS — the figure at the center of Jan. 6 conspiracy theories pushed by Trump — is slated to sit for a transcribed interview with the Jan. 6 committee on Friday, his lawyer says.https://t.co/MU8t0lpwYL
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 18, 2022
Epps’ attorney says Epps called the FBI on Jan. 8. 2021 after a relative told him he had appeared in news reports related to the riot.
That’s the reason, the lawyer says, the FBI later removed him from its suspect database.https://t.co/MU8t0lpwYL
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 18, 2022
Who is Ray Epps?
What was the FBI’s involvement in January 6th?
Why is the FBI stonewalling inquiries?
My full discussion with @michaeljknowles and @Liz_Wheeler on episode 104 of #Verdict addresses it all. It’s out now on YouTube:https://t.co/OCdMu4COBu pic.twitter.com/cqxgVd20Px
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) January 14, 2022