On Monday, Fox News’ Tucker Carlson aired footage that showed Epps in the crowd outside the Capitol complex about 30 minutes after the time he told investigators with the Select Committee on Jan. 6 that he left the premises. Epps has been suspected to be an undercover federal agent after he urged rallygoers to storm the Capitol both on the eve and day of the riot. The FBI has refused to answer questions about his alleged connection with federal law enforcement, and the Democrats’ Select Committee has sought to 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 told lawmakers on the House panel that when he sent the text messages to his nephew, he had already left the Capitol for his hotel room.
"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."
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