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(22,690 posts)underpants
(197,167 posts)WASHINGTON An Arizona man who became the target of online conspiracy theories after he joined protesters outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, told a House committee that he wasn't secretly working for the government during the attack and that the campaign against him has torn his life apart.
Epps told the Jan. 6 committee that the wasn't working for the CIA or the National Security Agency or the Washington Metropolitan Police Department.
The theory that Epps was working for the FBI never made much sense, given that his image landed on an FBI poster immediately after the attack.
Epps, who was a supporter of former President Donald Trump, said in the interview released Thursday that his grandchildren were being "picked on at school" because of his actions. He has gotten death threats. His business dropped. People have shown up at his house.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/-trump-protester-ray-epps-told-jan-6-committee-crazy-conspiracy-theori-rcna63615
Midnight Writer
(25,733 posts)Twitter has to be careful not to offend anyone by showing them these publicly available facts.
But they can show content urging the dissolution of our Union, harassment of minorities, unfounded accusations against the Biden and Obama families, and wacky ramblings about Jewish space lasers causing forest fires.
central scrutinizer
(12,655 posts)Who wouldnt click on that hoping to see something salacious or NSFW?
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)It says 6:35 pm. Its not even 6:35 yet est.
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)It says 6:35 pm. Its not even 6:35 yet est.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(137,354 posts)Look at the date of the Tweet
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)Initech
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