Saturday, January 15, 2022

Independent investigator: Arrest of Oath Keepers founder 'doesn't add up'

Why would the Justice Department arrest Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes now in its investigation of Jan. 6, giving him a full year to destroy evidence?

That's a question posed by investigative reporter Darren Beattie, who has presented considerable evidence that a former president of Oath Keeper's Arizona chapter tied to Rhodes, Ray Epps, played a crucial role in inciting the breach of the Capitol.

Critics of reporting by Beattie and others who share his belief that the violence on Jan. 6 was orchestrated by FBI informants, argue the arrest of Rhodes and 10 colleagues shows the Oath Keepers chief was not a government asset.

In an interview with Steve Bannon's "War Room," Beattie said the arrest - coming on the heels of exposure of the evidence against Epps in Congress and the release of a book on Jan. 6 - actually "Only intensifies" the questions raised in reporting by Revolver News.

Cruz showed images of the video evidence as he recounted that a crowd surrounding Epps on the night of Jan. 5 chanted "Fed, fed, fed" as Epps urged people to go inside the Capitol the next day.

"The Committee has interviewed Epps. Epps informed us that he was not employed by, working with, or acting at the direction of any law enforcement agency on Jan 5th or 6th or at any other time, & that he has never been an informant for the FBI or any other law enforcement agency."

Revolver News probed Epps role in Jan. 6 in an October report then a follow-up in December with visual and other evidence that others worked in tandem with Epps.

https://www.wnd.com/2022/01/independent-investigator-arrest-oath-keepers-founder-doesnt-add/ 

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