Ray Epps sues Fox News, claims he faces DOJ indictment over Jan. 6 | Just The News
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"[I]n May 2023, the Department of Justice notified Epps that it would seek to charge him criminally for events on January 6, 2021, two-and-a-half years later. The relentless attacks by Fox and Mr. Carlson and the resulting political pressure likely resulted in the criminal charges," the suit claims. The DOJ has not publicly announced charges against Epps.
Epps vehemently denies allegations that he was an undercover FBI agent. The complaint asserts that he and his wife both voted for former President Donald Trump and mutually agreed that he should attend the Jan. 6, 2021, demonstration to protest what they believed at the time to have been a stolen election.
He contends that Fox News made him a scapegoat "that would help absolve itself and would appeal to its viewers. It settled on Ray Epps and began promoting the lie that Epps was a federal agent who incited the attack on the Capitol."
Epps further singled out former Fox host Tucker Carlson, whom he said, along with the entire network, "commenced a years-long campaign spreading falsehoods" about him.