The 'Mystery Man' Ray Epps Indeed Has a Proven Link to the FBI — It's Just Not What Everybody Thought

"This is quite the fascinating nugget. Why would an FBI-connected lawyer be representing Ray Epps, who is one of the pivotal provocateurs of the January 6 riots?"

Ray Epps, the "mystery man" who is implicated in the very launch of the Capitol riots, has denied being an FBI informant or agent before the partisan House committee on January 6.

As far as the mainstream media is concerned, they would just as soon wash their hands of the matter. "Case closed," they say. "Time to move on. Nothing to see here!"

But for unknown reasons, Ray Epps is a free man. He is not only walking free while MAGA grandmas sit languishing in jail, awaiting trial on relatively minor charges, but he has inexplicably found  defenders in the leftist press.

These are rabid Democrats who never met a Trump supporter they didn't despise and wish evil upon simply for committing the thought crime of disagreeing with them.

But Ray Epps? No, one must not question his bizarre behavior on the night before and on the day of January 6 — behavior that got him called out in public for being a suspected "Fed." Indeed, Trump supporters, of the kind that attended over 480 peaceful rallies with the former president, repeatedly called out Epps for his odd uninvited solicitations to storm the capitol building. Their reaction? It was to shun him.

But it turns out that Epps has his defenders, even among those with long track records in the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Indeed, none other than his own attorney.

Darren J. Beattie 🌐 @DarrenJBeattie

[Ray Epps' lawyer] has seen it all, his biggest asset is his relation with prosecutors and law enforcement in ways other lawyers cannot because of his background...

"After graduating from law school in in 1975, [Ray Epps' lawyer] embarked on a rewarding nine-year career as an FBI Agent with the U.S. Department of Justice commencing in Cleveland and thereafter transferring to Phoenix," Darren J. Beattie of Revolver News reported. "[Ray Epps' lawyer] has seen it all, his biggest asset is his relation with prosecutors and law enforcement in ways other lawyers cannot because of his background..."

This is quite the fascinating nugget. Why would an FBI-connected lawyer be representing Ray Epps, who is one of the pivotal provocateurs of the January 6 riots?

Far from this case being settled and it now being relegated to the media's "forgotten box" conspicuously labeled, "right-wing conspiracy theories go here," the Department of Justice refuses to comment on the simple question of whether or not FBI informants or agents were working the crowd at the capitol that day.

On January 11, Senator Ted Cruz ignited five-alarm fire bells in the establishment press with his questioning of FBI officials over the identity of Ray Epps.

The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 @ColumbiaBugle

Senator @tedcruz: "Ms. Sanborn, who is Ray Epps?" Jill Sanborn: "I am aware of the individual, sir."

Senator Cruz didn't let up. Jill Sanborn, executive assistant director of the National Security Branch, would not confirm or deny it. "Sir, I cannot answer that question," she said.

The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 @ColumbiaBugle

Senator @tedcruz Asks Why Ray Epps Was Removed From The FBI's January 6th Wanted List

Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie at a House hearing in October had grilled Attorney General Merrick Garland to his face about suspected fed involvement.

Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie

I questioned Attorney General Garland about whether there were Federal Agents present on 1/6 and whether they agitated to go into the Capitol. Attorney General Garland refused to answer.

Attorney General Garland also declined to resolve the matter.

But Ray Epps has denied working with the feds to the partisan January 6 committee, we are told. No more questions! Wrong.

It is a blatant affront to the American public that a man who played a key role in igniting a riot that has been characterized by rabid Democrats as an attack on "democracy" tantamount to 9/11 and Pearl Harbor, escapes not only justice, but even escapes criticism in the establishment press.

Yet Epps, and several of his unidentified associates on January 6, were right in the midst of the action in the capitol riots, and provably acted as provocateurs. Simultaneously, Epps took special care to ensure that Capitol police officers didn't get in harm's way. How very thoughtful of a man who would otherwise be described by left-wing journalists as a "traitor" and a "seditionist."

There is much to recount in a limited span about why the Epps case matters, but nonetheless, the following fact pattern is sufficient to sustain that there are serious questions that remain unresolved.