Newly surfaced J6 video shows Ray Epps whisper to right-wing influencer: 'We're here to storm the Capitol'



Newly surfaced footage allegedly shows Ray Epps rallying people to go into the Capitol building the night before the riot in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021.

Truth in Media released previously unseen video clips of Epps reportedly urging supporters of former President Donald Trump to go "into the Capitol."

Footage shows Epps purportedly instructing the crowd, "I'm gonna put it out there – I'm probably going to go to jail for it, okay – tomorrow, we need to into the Capitol! Into the Capitol!"

Video shows some people at the impromptu "Stop the Steal" rally reacting by saying, "No!" Others booed the idea of storming the Capitol, and some are heard chanting: "Fed! Fed! Fed! Fed!"

Epps appears to respond by ordering the crowd to infiltrate the Capitol building "peacefully."

The eye-opening footage was taken by Anthime "Tim" Gionet – best known as right-wing influencer Baked Alaska.

Last January, the Trump-supporting livestreamer was sentenced to 60 days in prison after pleading guilty to a single misdemeanor count of parading, demonstrating, or picketing inside a Capitol building.

Epps is apparently seen on video telling Gionet, "In fact tomorrow – I don't even like to say it because I'll be arrested – we need to go in to the Capitol."

Baked Alaska reacts by telling other Trump supporters, "I didn't see that coming."

Gionet walks away from Epps.

However, Epps interacts with Gionet 10 minutes later.

The night before the Capitol riot, Baked Alaska's livestream video appears to show Epps leaning in to whisper to Gionet, "We're not here to fight man. We're here to storm the Capitol."

Baked Alaska laughs off the idea.

Epps allegedly replies, "I'm not kidding."

Gionet then dismisses Epps, "Alright, have a good night, be safe. Be safe brother.

Speaking of Epps' orders to go into the Capitol, Gionet told journalist Lara Logan, "This is scripted because he said the same exact line word for word three times and that’s not natural."

In September, Epps pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor charge of disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted area.

Epps has consistently denied that he is an informant or a federal agent – including during testimony before the Jan. 6 House select committee and in a "60 Minutes" interview.

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Trump-supporting social media figure convicted of election interference, conspiracy over 2016 tweets



Douglass Mackey was convicted of election interference in a New York federal court Friday in a case involving 2016 social media posts inaccurately claiming people could cast votes via texting.

"Mackey has been found guilty by a jury of his peers of attempting to deprive individuals from exercising their sacred right to vote for the candidate of their choice in the 2016 Presidential Election," stated Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.

"Today’s verdict proves that the defendant’s fraudulent actions crossed a line into criminality and flatly rejects his cynical attempt to use the constitutional right of free speech as a shield for his scheme to subvert the ballot box and suppress the vote," Peace also said.

Mackey, age 33, is also known as "Ricky Vaughn." He faces up to 10 years in prison after a federal jury agreed Mackey's rights to freedom of speech did not extend to attempts to deprive others of their right to vote.

"We are optimistic about our chances on appeal," Mackey's attorney, Andrew Frisch said in an email to Politico.

Mackey, who testified in his own defense, called the posts hyperbole, according to the Wall Street Journal. Prosecutors confronted him about the "racist and misogynist posts," saying they showed he "intended to target black and women voters."

In September and November prior to the 2016 election, Mackey and other "influential Twitter users ... use[d] social media platforms, including Twitter, to disseminate fraudulent messages that encouraged supporters of candidate Hillary Clinton to 'vote' via text message or social media which, in reality, was legally invalid."

One post featured an image of a black woman standing in front of an "African Americas for Hillary" sign. The post also contained text stating "Avoid the line. Vote from Home," "Text 'Hillary' to 59925," and "Vote for Hillary and be a part of history."

The inaccurate posts' text also included "#ImWithHer," a hashtag associated with the Clinton campaign. An additional tweet in Spanish featured an image of a person typing into her cellphone. That image used a font similar to that used by the Clinton campaign and included the campaign's logo.

At least 4,900 unique telephone numbers texted "Hillary" or something similar to the number in Mackey's post, the Washington Post reported.

At the time, Mackey's Twitter profile, had about 58,000 followers. The MIT Media Lab ranked the account as the 107th most important influencer of the then-upcoming presidential race between former President Donald Trump and then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

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