Ray Epps, the former avid Donald Trump supporter, has sparked a new wave of conservative conspiracy theories after being charged on Tuesday with a misdemeanor for his role on January 6, 2021.
Epps was charged with one count of disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds. It is believed that the nature of the charges will result in a plea deal between Epps and the federal government.
The criminal information charges that Epps “did knowingly, and with intent to impede and disrupt the orderly conduct of Government business and official functions, engage in disorderly and disruptive conduct in and within such proximity to, a restricted building and grounds…and so that such conduct did in fact impede and disrupt the orderly conduct of Government business and official functions, and attempted and conspired to do so.”
Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told Newsweek via phone that the charge is odd due to the time that has passed between January 6 and the present. It’s also unusual because it’s a misdemeanor, saying that federal prosecutors typically want to charge defendants with felonies.
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