Ray Epps, in the red Trump hat, center, gestures to others as individuals collect on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.,Jan 6, 2021.
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Fox News was demanded character assassination Wednesday by self-described Donald Trump fan Ray Epps for “spreading falsehoods” that Epps was an undercover FBI representative who was accountable for motivating a mob of Trump backers that got into the U.S. Capitol onJan 6, 2021.
The match by the Arizona local Epps was submitted almost 3 months after Fox News’ business moms and dad accepted pay Dominion Voting Systems $7875 million to settle that business’s character assassination suit implicating FoxCorp of making incorrect claims about the result of the 2020 governmental election.
The match by Epps, a previous U.S. Marine, stated that as Fox just recently found out in the Dominion case, “its lies have consequences.”
The match implicates previous Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who was fired on the heels of the Dominion settlement, of being the main promoter of the incorrect conspiracy theory aboutEpps He was amongst the crowd of fans of then-President Trump who collected outside the Capitol onJan 6.
Epps and other Trump backers thought incorrect claims by Trump and his allies that the 2020 governmental election had actually been rigged in favor of President JoeBiden A joint session of Congress was set to verify Biden’s success that day.
“In the aftermath of the events of January 6th, Fox News searched for a scapegoat to blame other than Donald Trump or the Republican Party,” stated Epps’ problem, submitted in the exact same Delaware Superior Court where Dominion took legal action against.
“Eventually, they turned on one of their own, telling a fantastical story in which Ray Epps — who was a Trump supporter that participated in the protests on January 6th — was an undercover FBI agent and was responsible for the mob that violently broke into the Capitol and interfered with the peaceful transition of power for the first time in this country’s history,” the match stated.
Epps in his problem stated Fox News’ “lies have destroyed” his and his other half Robyn’s lives.
The match likewise stated that in May, the U.S. Department of Justice informed Epps “that it would seek to charge him criminally for events on January 6, 2021— two-and-a-half years later.”
“The relentless attacks by Fox and Mr. Carlson and the resulting political pressure likely resulted in the criminal charges,” the problem stated.
“Although it is difficult to believe that the Department of Justice would have pursued this matter if Fox had not focused its lies on Epps, ultimately the criminal charges conclusively demonstrate the falsehood of the story that Mr. Carlson and Fox told about Epps,” it continued.
“Epps was not a federal agent. He was a loyal Fox viewer and Trump supporter,” the match stated.
Fox News on Wednesday looked for to have Epps’ suit moved to U.S. District Court in Delaware.
A Fox spokesperson did not right away react to an ask for remark from CNBC.
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