All articles tagged with #government informant
Ray Epps, a Jan. 6 protester, is at the center of a far-right conspiracy theory that he was a government agent who incited the Capitol riot. Epps, a passionate supporter of President Trump, went to Washington to protest the 2020 election. His often contradictory behavior that day spawned the conspiracy theory. Epps is now in hiding after death threats forced him to sell his home. He relives January 6th every day of his life.
A witness expected to testify for the defense at the seditious conspiracy trial of former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four associates was secretly acting as a government informant for nearly two years after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, a defense lawyer said in a court filing. Defense lawyers have asked the judge to declare a mistrial over a variety of issues they say have been unfair to their clients. The trial in Washington's federal court is one of the most serious cases to emerge from the Jan. 6 attack.