Ray Epps, who became a touchstone for conservative claims that the government helped spark the Jan. 6 riot, has been charged with trespassing.
stormed the Capitol, Epps, 62, was captured on video, in camouflage and a red Trump baseball hat, at the front lines of rioters near the Peace Circle on Jan. 6. The initial lack of a criminal charge against him led conspiracy theorists to repeatedly argue that he was encouraging rioters to attack police and overrun the Capitol.Epps owned a ranch in Arizona where he hosted weddings, which he has since said he was forced to sell.
Fox News repeatedly singled out Epps as a possible government agent in stoking the anger of the crowd, leading public officials such as Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Matt Gaetz to publicly cite him. In July, Epps sued Fox News and one of its former hosts, Tucker Carlson, for defamation.Both the FBI and the House select committee investigating the riot examined Epps’s role.
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