Ray Epps a man who many Trump supporters called a Federal agent on the night before January 6th because he encouraged Trump supporters to go inside the Capitol, sat down with CBS News.
In the interview, Epps claimed Tucker Carlson is obsessed with him and wants to destroy his life.
Tucker Carlson previously aired footage of Epps cutting down fences, pushing signs and other shady acts which has led many people to believe Epps is a fed.
Epps would then blame Rep. Matt Gaetz, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for telling Americans the election was stolen.
Here are some clips of the interview:
“He’s obsessed with me,” Ray Epps says of Fox News host Tucker Carlson. “He’s … [trying] to destroy my life.”
Carlson has focused on Epps more than 20 times on his show, which Epps says is to shift blame from those who really instigated rioters on Jan. 6. pic.twitter.com/pBRS6tMji3
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) April 23, 2023
In conservative media, Ray Epps is a notorious villain, responsible for turning the protests on January 6 into a riot. It is a convoluted conspiracy theory he denies. He’s now in hiding, facing death threats.
This Sunday, Epps sits down with 60 Minutes. https://t.co/mEN4CWeXMW pic.twitter.com/DnooNqQWck— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) April 21, 2023
In response to be called out by Epps, MTG issued this tweet:
There are people rotting in jail and still being arrested daily, but Ray Epps is not in jail.
I would also like to know who videoed Ray Epps all day on J6?
Why is there so much video of him specifically? https://t.co/RpenAKnodp
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) April 23, 2023
Here’s what Newsweek reported:
January 6, 2021, protestor Ray Epps hit back against Fox News host Tucker Carlson, calling him “obsessed” and that he wants to “destroy” his life in the aftermath of the Capital protest of the 2020 presidential election.
Conservatives and conspiracy theorists have fixated on Epps, who they say held the answer to why hundreds of then-President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol to overturn Joe Biden’s victory.
Epps, they said, was a government plant that sowed the seeds of insurrection well before a crowd rushed the perimeter around the Capitol steps. Video taken by protesters the night before the riot showed Epps on the streets of Washington, D.C. encouraging physical intervention to stop the electoral count, as a crowd blaring chants of “Fed! Fed! Fed!” rang out as he spoke.
While speaking with CBS’s 60 Minutes in an interview that aired on Sunday, Epps said, “He’s [Tucker Carlson] obsessed with me. He’s going to any means possible to destroy my life.” When asked by 60 Minutes correspondent Bill Whitaker why Carlson would do that Epps said to “shift blame on somebody else.”
CBS's @60Minutes says Ray Epps is in hiding, facing death threats.
The reality is he's in U.S. Government Funded Witness Protection for his official govt. role in Pelosi's & Pence's J6 Reichstag Operation. pic.twitter.com/ZD1zPNx6OO
— Stew Peters (@realstewpeters) April 21, 2023
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