Do you have examples? Yes, he at first encouraged violence, and later discouraged violence. But he did what he did and took a criminal hit. He clearly was acting 100% on his own volition; there is quite literally zero evidence to the contrary.
What I don't understand is, other than propagandist talking points, what makes this dumb ass two bit insurrectionist any different from hundreds of others? When this guy said they should ease off after first encouraging violence, his actions matched hundreds of other two-bit insurrectionists.
So what makes this guy different? It seems that propagandists needed a poster child and they chose this poor slob.
"James “Ray” Epps, a former Marine who ran a wedding venue in Arizona, traveled to Washington for the Jan. 6, 2021, certification of the Electoral College results. On Jan. 5, he told rowdy Trump supporters that they needed to “go to the Capitol” the next day. An attendee videotaped his comments and captured people in the crowd chanting “Fed! Fed! Fed!” at him.
During the Trump rally that preceded the electoral count, Epps told attendees they should march to the Capitol. And right before another defendant, Ryan Samsel, engaged in one of the day’s first acts of violence, Epps whispered in his ear.
Epps traveled with the mob as it turned violent — sometimes trying to quell violence, sometimes not. Prosecutors did not accuse him of having any physical contact with police officers or of entering the Capitol building itself. But, they wrote in a sentencing memo, “[e]ven if Epps did not physically touch law enforcement officers or go inside of the building, he undoubtedly engaged in collective aggressive conduct.”
The government recommended jail time for him and the CHIEF JUDGE overruled, stating that a jail sentence was not in line with similar defendants. So now the Chief Judge now has to also be in on your conspiracy theory, because the judge sees all informant docs (when they exist). So it seems that all you have are propagandist conspiracy theories. He's the "DC pizza parlor pedophile ring" of J6 insurrectionists.
I don't call you a cult member like others here, but for you to actually believe this conspiracy theory? Yeesh; seems like pretty cult-ish behavior.