Thread by @45LVNancy

A thread on #January6th transcript dated 1/21/2022🧵
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#RayEpps repeatedly says he believes the violent agitators were Antifa.

So instead of trying to find those individuals,
the un-select committee focused on Trump and his supporters

Ray Epps describes Antifa & BLM member, John Sullivan: “the guy with the hat on backwards”

And said “These guys knew what they were doing. This wasn’t the first time they’ve done this.”

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John Sullivan, the Antifa and BLM activist who stormed the Capitol on January 6 while disguised in Trump gear

-sold his video, which captured the Capitol Police shooting of Ashli Babbitt - for $90,000 and acknowledged Antifa and BLM were there.

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nationalfile.com/antifa-activis…

On page 47 of his testimony, Ray Epps said:

“I noticed a group, there may have been 20 or 30, and they looked like they were in uniform, kind of a khaki-looking uniform with an orange hat.”

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https://twitter.com/TheGeneral_0/status/1609162079268929536

On January 6, 2022, Ray Epps texted his nephew:

“I was in the front with a
few others. I also orchestrated it.”

Then, on his testimony, he told the #January6thCommittee:

“What I meant by "orchestrate," | helped get people there.”

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Ray Epps claimed to have decided to attend out of safety concerns for his son, Jim.

But he and Jim were never together at these events.

#RayEpps was intent on being in front of the scene, claiming as a matter of safety.

Does that seem like a “safe” place vs the back?

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On January 6, #RayEpps left just as Trump started his speech
to join those headed for the Capital (pg. 43)

“If we were going to get in the Capitol, I wanted to be inside.”(pg.46)

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Q. “And you said that you had concerns. I understand vou received multiple ballots, so you had concerns about the election”

A. “Exactly what I said, to do a peaceful demonstration. When somebody hijacks it, and that’s what they did- all credibility was lost.” (P66)

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Isn’t that what democrats and the un-select committee wanted to accomplish?

To turn a credible question of elections irregularity
into an act of violence, thereby discrediting & imprisoning those who question it.

Ray Epps transcript is attached
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january6th.house.gov/sites/democrat…