BREAKING: Ray Epps Receives His Sentence For Involvement On January 6th

On Tuesday, Ray Epps, the infamous rioter that many have claimed lays at the center of motivating others to storm the Capitol, was sentenced to a year of probation. He must also pay $500 in restitution and serve 100 hours of community service. Prosecutors with the Department of Justice charged Epps with disruptive or disorderly conduct for his involvement during the January 6th Capitol Riot.

The 62-year-old Epps had pled guilty to a misdemeanor in September, and he was sentenced on the same day that 45th President Trump appeared in a Washington D.C. courthouse to determine if he would be able to utilize presidential immunity in the case brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith.

During the sentencing, lawyer Ed Ungvarsky said in a memo, per The Hill, that "This 62-year-old man has displayed remorse, accepted responsibility, and taken on the brand of a convicted criminal that shames and embarrasses him and his family and will stain him for the rest of his life."

Epps told Chief Judge James Boasberg, "January 6th violence was not generated by the FBI; it was generated by people like me who supported President Trump and listened to his lies." Epps went on to explain that President Biden won the 2020 election and that he had turned his back on President Trump. "In hindsight, I realize that's not what a constitution-loving American should have done," he said about the Capitol riot.

As reported by The Daily Wire, Epps became the center of attention for many conservative commentators who questioned his involvement in the lead-up to the Capitol riot, given that there is footage showing him telling protesters to "go into the Capitol" on the eve of January 6th. Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson notably made Epps a centerpiece in his investigation into the events of that day, with the host insinuating that Epps was a federal asset of some kind.

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