Ted Cruz Questions FBI Agent About January 6 FBI Involvement
Ted Cruz: How many FBI agents or confidential informants actively participated in the events of January 6?
FBI Agent: Sir, I’m sure you can appreciate that I can’t go into the specifics of sources and methods.
Ted Cruz: Did any FBI agents or confidential informants actively participate in the events of January 6? Yes or no?
FBI Agent: Sir, I can’t answer that.
Ted Cruz: Did any FBI agents or confidential informants commit crimes of violence on January 6?
FBI Agent: I can’t answer that, sir.
Ted Cruz: Did any FBI agents or FBI informants actively encourage and incite crimes of violence on January 6?
FBI Agent: Sir, I can’t answer that.
Ted Cruz Questions FBI Agent About Ray Epps on January 6
Ted Cruz: Ms. Sadburn, who is Ray Epps?
FBI Agent: I’m aware of the individual, sir. I don’t have the specific background to him.
Ted Cruz: Well, there are a lot of people who are understandably very concerned about Mr. Epps on January 6. On the night of January 5th, 2021, Epps wandered around the crowd that had gathered. There’s video out there of him chanting, Tomorrow, January 6, we need to get into the Capitol, into the Capitol. This was strange behavior, so strange that the crowd began chanting, Fed. Ms. Sadburn, was Ray Epps a Fed?
FBI Agent: Sir, I cannot answer that question.
Ted Cruz: The next day, the next day, on January 6, Mr. Epps is seen whispering to a person. Five seconds later, five seconds after he’s whispering to a person, that same person begins to forcibly tear down the barricades. Did Mr. Epps urge them to tear down the barricades?
FBI Agent: Sir, similar to the other answers, I cannot answer that. I cannot answer that.
