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Marine veteran Ray Epps, who pleaded guilty in September to a misdemeanor charge, was sentenced on Tuesday to a year of probation for his part in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Federal prosecutors have backed up Epps’ vehement denials that he was a government plant or FBI operative.
The onetime Trump supporter was driven into hiding after Fox News and prominent Republicans spread a false narrative that he was a government agent who helped instigate the attack on the Capitol.
Ray Epps received no jail time, and there were no restrictions placed on his travel during his probation, but he will have to serve 100 hours of community service.
The sentence is more lenient than the six months of prison time requested by prosecutors.
A judge sentenced Ray Epps, a man caught on tape encouraging protestors to storm the Capitol on Jan. 6th, to 12 months probation.