Oath Keepers Chapter President Ray Epps is charged by the DoJ with disorderly conduct during the January 6 riots
- Epps has finally been charged for his involvement in the 2021 Capitol riots
- The delay in the case led to conspiracy theories that he was an FBI factory
- His indictment comes just two months after he filed a lawsuit against Fox News
Ray Epps has been charged with disorderly or disruptive conduct in connection with the January 6 riots.
The former chairman of the Other Keepers chapter was charged yesterday by the Justice Department for his involvement in the fighting at the US Capitol.
He has been charged with one misdemeanor count of disorderly or disruptive conduct on limited grounds.
Epps, 61, previously told Fox News in his lawsuit that he expected to be charged in the attack.
The July filing alleged that he became the subject of several conspiracy theories after comments made by the network’s former host Tucker Carlson.
Epps went to the January 6 riot to support former President Donald Trump in his false claims that the results of the 2020 election were fraudulent
Carlson, who was fired in April, accused Epps of being a “federal agent who helped orchestrate the insurrection.”
He made the comments on his late night show, Tucker Carlson Tonight, after a video showed Epps urging others to enter the Capitol with him.
Epps was recorded on video telling people to go to the Capitol and has only just been charged — months after others were implicated.
The delay in charges gave rise to the theory that he was an FBI plant sent to incite the riot.
His complaint was filed in Superior Court in Delaware, where Fox agreed to a $787.5 million settlement in a separate defamation case with Dominion Voting Systems.
The group claims the company helped rig the 2020 election against Trump, which was ultimately settled out of court.
This is a development story.