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Target of false flag Jan. 6 conspiracy theory wants no jail

Left: Ray Epps is seen talking with accused Jan. 6 rioter and Proud Boys member Ryan Samsel near the Peace Circle monument (via FBI court filing). Right: Epps is seen talking to another person in the crowd outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 (via police body camera footage/YouTube CBS News screengrab).

The Arizona man who pleaded guilty to participating in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol before finding himself at the center of a right-wing conspiracy theory says that he shouldn’t spend any time in jail.

James Ray Epps, Sr., 62, was seen in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5 and Jan. 6 participating in various activities in support of then-President Donald Trump, including attending the so-called “Stop the Steal” rally that proceeded the march on the Capitol building. At one point, he was seen talking with accused Proud Boys members who were part of the charge at the area known as the Peace Circle that resulted in at least one police officer suffering a head injury.

Hundreds of Trump supporters ultimately breached the Capitol as Congress had begun to certify Joe Biden’s win in the 2024 presidential election, bringing the certification to a temporary standstill and forcing lawmakers and staffers to either flee or shelter in place for hours.

The fact that Epps wasn’t arrested shortly after the riot — and that he was removed from the FBI’s Most Wanted list after reaching out to federal investigators himself — gave rise to the theory that Epps was a federal plant, sent to rile up the pro-Trump crowd and lead them into a “false flag” operation.

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