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Ray Epps, a supporter of former President Donald Trump who conspiracists accused of being an undercover federal agent, has been hit with a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct with the intent to disrupt a government proceeding. Conservative media figures such as former Fox News host Tucker Carlson have claimed, without providing evidence, that Epps was a federal agent acting as …

Ray Epps, in a red Trump hat, center, at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The company said Fox News aired false statements about Dominion when covering former President Trump’s charges of fraud in the 2020 election. Carlson left Fox News on April 24, a day after a report on Ray Epps aired on “60 Minutes.” Epps was at …

Chewing on a slice of pizza, Tucker Carlson appeared to have no idea he was careening towards the abrupt end of his Fox News career. Tucker Carlson was close to Trump, but embarrassing disclosures in Dominion's suit against Fox News revealed his frustrations with the former president. As part of the pre-trial process, a trove of internal Fox communications was …

NEW YORK — The lawyer for a one-time supporter of former President Donald Trump who has been caught up in a Jan. 6 conspiracy theory demanded Thursday that Fox News and host Tucker Carlson retract and apologize for repeated “falsehoods” about the man’s supposed intentions. The action taken on behalf of Raymond Epps specifically mentions a voting machine company’s pending …

Former President Donald Trump’s calls for protests ahead of his anticipated indictment in New York have generated mostly muted reactions from supporters, with even some of his most ardent loyalists dismissing the idea as a waste of time or a law enforcement trap. Ali Alexander, who as an organizer of the “Stop the Steal” movement staged rallies to promote Trump’s …

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The man at the center of a conspiracy theory popular among supporters of former President Donald Trump told the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riots that his life was turned upside-down after he was falsely accused of being an FBI plant. As reported by NBC News, January 6 demonstrator Ray Epps described the turmoil in his life …

Republican lawmakers and former president Donald Trump are spreading conspiracy theories about a "Stop the Steal" protester to blame the FBI for the Jan. 6 insurrection. At a rally last month in Arizona, the twice-impeached one-term president identified Ray Epps, one of his supporters from the Phoenix area, as an FBI informant and agent provocateur during the Capitol riot, and …

Former president Donald Trump on Saturday complained that the "fake news" media never reports on the size of the crowd at his Jan. 6 "Stop the Steal" rally prior to the Capitol insurrection. "Exactly how many of those present at the Capitol complex on Jan. 6 were FBI confidential informants, agents, or otherwise working directly or indirectly with an agency …