(07-19-2023, 02:38 PM)jagibelieve Wrote:

(07-19-2023, 10:39 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: Not a loaded question or anything. Just legit curious. 

What is it that makes you so certain that Epps is/was a federal agent?
They only evidence I find is merely a bunch of speculation from biased sources. I don't even see any moderately convincing speculation. 
Why is it so unfathomable to you that he's just another MAGA protestor/rioter?

Regarding the part in bold, I won't speculate as to whether or not Epps is/was a federal agent, but there certainly is something odd...

From what I have seen, he is on video actually inciting violence and illegal actions.  People were arrested and their lives ruined just for entering the Capitol peacefully (invited and escorted by Capitol police).  Yet he has never been arrested or charged like the other "MAGA protestors".  Why is that?

I watched the events that unfolded that day on live television while flipping through all of the "mainstream media" "news" broadcasts.  For the most part, all that I saw were people hanging around in patriotic clothing and carrying flags.  Most were Trump supporters.  I didn't see a whole lot of violence until days later when the mainstream media "got exclusive footage".

Again, since there is footage out clearly showing Epps inciting violence, why has he never been arrested?  Why does one man not get the same treatment that so many others got who may or may not have been violent that day?

As of March there had been 1,033 individuals charged with crimes for their actions on Jan 6th in a and around the Capitol building. 

To my knowledge the only ones arrested for "saying something" were those who were members of domestic terror groups whose communications reveled plots to enact heinous crimes. 

Could charges be brought against Epps for saying things to other rioters that day?
I'm no expert on what the charges would be or how prosecutable that is, but it is conceivable. 
However, if they are indeed going down that road, they'll have to also charge Trump's son, 2 of his advisors , half a dozen DC Republican lawmakers, and hundreds more Jan 6 rioters who also said things that day directing protestors to act violently. Remember - hundred of rioters were chanting "hang Mike Pence"  as they marched on, and in, the Capitol. I'd include Trump himself in that list, but he wisely contradicted himself after encouraging less than peaceful action in his speech that day. 

Another thing you definitely should consider is that if Epps were a Fed meant to incite criminal behavior - they'd have had him continue to do so inside the Capitol where he could be even more effective. Furthermore, the standard procedure with such UC agents is to arrest them alongside the real criminals to further conceal their identity. 

I'm open to being convinced of operatives inciting violence if you can find proof, but I've seen no one produce anything remotely convincing as of yet. 

Epps appears to merely be another MAGA insurrectionist - who simply just didn't have enough sack to cary out the deeds he verbalized with his own two hands.

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