Ray Epps, an Arizona man who Tucker Carlson and other figures have held up as a possible undercover FBI agent or informant, said he has no ties to the FBI in an interview with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riots.
after the one-year anniversary of the attack, Runner said McBride pushed "bogus claims" about him and "leaked a false story which Fox and Tucker knowingly reported."on Epps, the House committee investigating the Capitol attack said it was aware of "unsupported claims that Ray Epps was an FBI informant based on the fact that he was on the FBI Wanted list and then was removed from that list without being charged.
"I’m pretty sure the FBI wouldn’t be dumb enough to put their own agent on a wanted list," Kinzinger added. "Nor will every single potential suspect ultimately be charged," Griffin said. "The nature and timing of charges could have something to do with cooperation from suspects, but could also arise from issues with the evidence or related ongoing investigations."Despite the lack of evidence supporting it, and the mountain of evidence against it, the FBI conspiracy theory has hardened into gospel in some right-wing circles.
against publicly commenting on active investigations under questioning by lawmakers. Their lack of comment on the claims appear to have been a factor in the conspiracy theory’s allure and spread.
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