Ray Epps, known as perhaps the most controversial figure who participated in the January 6, 2021 riots at the Capitol, was finally charged Tuesday with a single count of disorderly and disruptive conduct in an official building related to his actions that day.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Washington D.C. Matthew Graves filed the charge in the district’s court, alleging that Epps “did knowingly, and with the intent to impede and disrupt the orderly conduct of Government business and official functions, engage in disorderly and disruptive conduct” in a restricted building “where the Vice President was and would be temporarily visiting.”
JUST IN: Ray EPPS charged with single count for Jan. 6 conduct. https://t.co/jGdWGI0NMi
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) September 19, 2023
Since J6, Epps has emerged as a controversial figure in conservative circles for seemingly evading charges while hundreds of participants were sentenced or jailed in deplorable conditions awaiting trial. Commentators circulated rumors that Epps was somehow tied to the government and instigated the riots and cited video evidence of him encouraging participants to enter the Capitol at a time when it was closed to the public and Congress was certifying the results of the 2020 election.
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