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Tearex, So now i see Epps is your latest rt-wing attachment. What's the big deal with him. An
Arizona businessman, ex?-Oathkeeper, who some conspiracy pushers are labeling a Fed.

I can't see yet any evidence he ever has worked with the Feds. Have you got any link suggesting he has??

The fact Garland won't answer questions re that means nothing. That's common practice.

Anyway here are two links you could have included when you first mentioned him.

The far-right thinks they’ve finally found the ‘fed’ who instigated the Capitol riot

An Arizona man named Ray Epps has become the focus of politicians and commentators on the right.

Mikael Thalen Tech
Published Oct 26, 2021 Updated Oct 26, 2021, 12:03 pm CDT

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Epps first became known in the days following Jan. 6 after he was seen in footage not only on the day of the riot but in video captured the evening prior. In the numerous videos, the former Marine Sergeant and former Oath Keepers militia member can be heard repeatedly calling for his fellow protesters to enter the Capitol “peacefully.”

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/revolver-news-ray-epps-fbi/

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Arizona man who was at U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 featured in video during House hearing with AG Merrick Garland

Anne Ryman Arizona Republic Oct 22 2021

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In a video from January, Epps tells the interviewer he is from Queen Creek and is "with the Knotty Barn."

Webpages for the Knotty Barn, a Western-themed wedding venue, and Rocking R Farms in Queen Creek describe Ray Epps as the owner. The site previously included photos of him, though those photos have been removed since Jan. 6.

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In a video from January, Epps tells the interviewer he is from Queen Creek and is "with the Knotty Barn."

Webpages for the Knotty Barn, a Western-themed wedding venue, and Rocking R Farms in Queen Creek describe Ray Epps as the owner. The site previously included photos of him, though those photos have been removed since Jan. 6.

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Epps may have longtime ties to the Oath Keepers, which experts say started during the Obama administration as a group to fight what it saw as federal government overreach and has since become more of an extremist group.

Some Oath Keepers members have been charged in the Jan. 6 riot.

The whistleblower group Distributed Denial of Secrets released a database hacked from the Oath Keepers website, which includes a file that purportedly provides names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of almost 40,000 members. Those fields appear to be based on a sign-up form. USA TODAY reporters have independently verified the accuracy of dozens of members whose names appear on the list.

That database lists Epps as a member, and includes a home address for him, which matches the address of a home in Mesa that Epps owned until 2010. The database lists a membership number for each person, numbering to more than 38,000. Epps' number is in the 400s, suggesting he may have been added to the list early on.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2021/10/22/arizona-man-capitol-riot-house-hearings-thomas-massie-merrick-garland/6135771001/