An inspector general report revealed on Thursday that no FBI sources who were at the Jan. 6 Capitol riot ever faced charges, further debunking a widespread conspiracy theory about Ray Epps, who was prosecuted for his actions that day.
Epps, 63, was part of the crowd of thousands who breached restricted areas of the Capitol building, but he became the face of an unproven narrative, spread by a faction of President-elect Donald Trump’s supporters, that undercover FBI agents instigated the riot.
People on the Right with loud microphones, including Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY), former Rep. Matt Gaetz, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, independent reporter Julie Kelly, and many others, elevated allegations that Epps was a “fed” or part of a “fedsurrection.”
Epps’s suspicious behavior before and during the riot had prompted immediate…
