Notorious January 6 instigator Ray Epps was listed as #16 on the FBI Most Wished Checklist for just a few days after the January 6, 2021 protests till he was faraway from the record.
Epps led the cost on the US Capitol and was up entrance when protesters broke by way of two bike rack limitations. And it was Ray Epps who pushed a large MAGA signal at police, against the law that despatched not less than eight protesters to jail for a number of years.
But, Ray Epps was shortly faraway from the FBI Most Wished Checklist for some cause. We nonetheless do not know why the FBI did this.
Present FBI Director Kash Patel spoke about this oddity on Timcast again in 2023.
Kash Patel: I feel as a former federal prosecutor and a public defender who defended loads of some of these instances, what it’s worthwhile to present is whether or not or not the FBI and authorities brokers had been utilizing undercover operatives and informants on the day of January sixth, as a result of in case you can present that, you realize they’ve been at… Hold on.
However the paperwork reveals having run informants, that’s a six-month buildup. Minimal. It’s not like they simply dropped them into the Proud Boys and stated, Hey, don’t disrupt, please. When you show that, then you definitely defeat the rebel narrative with the FBI’s personal documentation, neglect what the videotape reveals…
…I’m not saying I do know definitively. What I’m saying is an inexpensive suspicion is that there have been brokers, there’s a video exhibiting a man with an earpiece pulling individuals into the constructing. All You mix that with the proof of Ray Epps, and it appears to be like like you will have a preponderance of proof suggesting there could have been federal regulation enforcement concerned in making that factor occur…
…I’ll get you past an inexpensive doubt. Two items of data. Ray Epps was on FBI’s most wished record in the future, and the following day, he was off of the FBI’s most wished record.
There are solely two ways in which occurs. You die otherwise you’re an informant. Put that apart. Underneath Congressional testimony, Jill Sanborn, who I used to work with, the top of the FBI counterintelligence division answerable for all these investigations, testified beneath oath when Senator Cruz requested her flat out, had been there federal brokers concerned with January sixth?
She stated, Senator, I can’t reply that presently. If the reply was definitive no, having been a DOJ FBI man myself, she would have gone there and stated, No, completely not. The rationale she stated, I can’t reply that’s due to the identical stonewalling they gave us throughout Russiagate with Christopher Steele, Halper and everyone else. It’s the identical narrative, and I’m telling you they had been there.
Kash Patel: “Ray Epps was on FBI’s most wished record in the future, and the following day he was off. There are solely two ways in which occurs: you die, or you’re an informant.”
— Alex Bruesewitz (@alexbruesewitz) March 9, 2023
We nonetheless don’t know why Ray Epps was faraway from the FBI’s Most Wished Checklist.
Final Wednesday, investigative journalist Yehuda Miller, on behalf of The Gateway Pundit, made a FOIA request from the Division of Justice for any and all data relating to Ray Epps and January 6, together with all communications and directives referring to the elimination of Ray Epps from the wished record.
We additionally requested all communications between the FBI and Ray Epps from Jan 1, 2020, by way of Jan 1, 2025, and all recordsdata, information, and communications referring to Ray Epps from Jan 1, 2020, by way of Jan 1, 2025.
On Thursday, we acquired a response to our FOIA request on Ray Epps.
The FBI rejected the FOIA request, saying, “Whereas the existence of FBI information is acknowledged, the information are exempt from disclosure as processing these third-party information would represent an unwarranted invasion of non-public privateness.”
What’s that speculated to imply? They’ve the information, however releasing them could also be “an invasion of Ray Epps’ private privateness?”
“The FBI has accomplished its seek for information topic to the FOIA which are aware of your request. The information on third occasion people) you requested are categorically denied pursuant to FOIA exemptions (b)(6) and (b)(7)(C), 5 U.S.C. §§ 552 (b)(6) and (b)(7)(C). Please be suggested that you haven’t sufficiently demonstrated that the general public’s curiosity in disclosure (referring to the operations and actions of the federal government) outweigh the non-public privateness pursuits of those particular person(s). Whereas the existence of FBI information is acknowledged, the information are exempt from disclosure as processing these third-party information would represent an unwarranted invasion of non-public privateness. In consequence, your request is closed.”
As we appeared additional into this FOIA response, on web page 4, the FBI explains that the paperwork had been denied as a result of, based on (b)(6), “personnel and medical recordsdata and related recordsdata the disclosure of which might represent a clearly unwarranted invasion of privateness.”
This can be a ridiculous excuse to disclaim these paperwork to the general public. After all, the general public has a proper to know who Ray Epps was working with and what the FBI knew about his position on January 6. They only don’t wish to disclose this.
We are going to proceed to pursue these paperwork, as People should see this data. Apparently, the FBI is fearful that somebody will probably be harm if the paperwork are launched. They’re possible speaking in regards to the FBI.
Right here is the complete response from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
