The Story Behind the "Ray Epps" Conspiracy Theory Now Burning Through Congress and Far-Right Social Media

There's a very clear reason that insurrectionists are falsely scapegoating Ray Epps as part of their QAnonist delusion that the FBI masterminded the worst domestic terror attack since the Civil War.

Above (l): Ray Epps. Above (r): Ray Epps (r) with Tim Gionet (l) on January 5.

Introduction

It’s little secret that the far right of American politics—for all its obsession with “law-and-order”—is, as a class, more poorly informed about criminal law, criminal justice, criminal investigations, and criminal prosecutions than any similarly preoccupied subset…