Representative Paul Gosar introduced a Resolution of Inquiry (RoI) this month directing Attorney General Merrick Garland to turn over all materials related to Ray Epps to the House of Representatives.
Hate @TedCruz all you want but these questions about FBI’s role in 1/6 are vital: because it’s what FBI did in the 1st War on Terror and with the Whitmer case, but also because there’s ample evidence they did it here. The media’s indifference is shameful:pic.twitter.com/68114jle6A
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 11, 2022
Gosar is demanding that the Department of Justice turn over “copies of all documents, memoranda, advisory legal opinions, notes from meetings, audio recordings, records, correspondences, other communications, or any portion of such communications that refers or relates to Mr. Ray Epps.”
“Multiple videos show Ray Epps repeatedly urging crowds of people in Washington, D.C. on January 5 and January 6, 2021 to go to the United States Capitol and breach the building. Epps is the one person seen on video directing people towards the Capitol seconds before violence broke out, yet he has never been arrested or charged with any crime while more than 800 others have and countless more remained jailed.
“If the Department of Justice has nothing to hide and is genuinely interested in what happened on January 6, they should release every piece of information relating to Ray Epps’ involvement on that day. Then and only then will the American people know what really happened,” concluded Gosar.
Under clause 7 of House Rule XIII the resolution will be given a special parliamentary status. The committee must debate the merits of the resolution within 14 legislative days or else it will become available for consideration on the House floor.
Journalist Darren Beattie, who was the first person to begin asking questions about Epps, tweeted:
Full Damage Control Mode https://t.co/LzZ0EubBRc
— Darren J. Beattie 🌐 (@DarrenJBeattie) January 11, 2022
Journalist Glenn Greenwald also replied to the committee’s statement about Epps:
Also, why doesn't the @January6thCmte tell us whether FBI had informants and other agents participating in the organizing of 1/6 and in 1/6 itself — as the NYT already confirmed it did — and how many of them there were and what roles they played? Why can't those be answered? pic.twitter.com/90ued5ONX5
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 11, 2022