James Ray Epps News Today

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN

The sentence is more lenient than the six months of prison time requested by prosecutors.

The man who became an unwitting figurehead of false conspiracy theories around the January 6 US Capitol attack has been sentenced for his actions that day to one year of probation.

The man who became an unwitting figurehead of false conspiracy theories around the January 6 US Capitol attack has been sentenced for his actions that day to one year of probation.

A Marine veteran who participated in the attack on the U.S. Capitol three years ago could get several months in prison when he is sentenced next week, federal prosecutors wrote in a court document.

Federal prosecutors are seeking six months of jail time for Ray Epps, a man who appeared to encourage demonstrators to enter the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. 

Ray Epps, a man who was filmed encouraging protesters to storm the Capitol building ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, is being charged with a misdemeanor for his alleged role in the riot....

James Ray Epps, the man at the center of right-wing conspiracy theories that federal agents were involved in orchestrating the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge for his actions that day.

By Holmes Lybrand

James Ray Epps, the man at the center of right-wing conspiracy theories that federal agents were involved in orchestrating the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge for his actions that day.