Conservative commentator Ann Coulter criticized other right-wingers for falling for the Ray Epps January 6 conspiracy theory during a recent interview with the New York Times Jeremy Peters, specifically calling out former Fox News personality Tucker Carlson for his role in propagating it.

A number of Coulters peers, including Carlson, have speculated that Epps who attended the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot was an undercover federal law enforcement agent tasked with goading other Trump supporters into committing illegal acts.

I wanted to specifically talk about the Ray Epps case because, I mean, even people I like and I think are usually pretty sensible right-wingers. They are all down with the Ray Epps conspiracy theory, began Coulter. And look, Democrats do a lot of really bad things, Ive spent my life covering them. I hate bureaucrats, I hate Christopher Wray, the head of the FBI. But the New York Times sorry, I often hate the New York Times too had a full and complete description of why Ray Epps was there, how

The clip that Tucker kept playing of him saying And then were going to go into the Capitol or something like that, that was the night before! The day of, he and the person he was whispering to both told the FBI separately No, he was telling us dont go in, dont go in, dont go in.' continued Coulter.

He [Epps] literally had to sell this going business he had in Arizona with his wife, it was a wedding venue. Now theyre in hiding. I mean, theres a lot of- the way the New York Times lies is by omission. They dont tell you things that are really sort of a relevant part of the story. Sorry, Jeremy, cover your ears at this part. But they dont just say things that are outright false, or at least very rarely and then they make a correction, she concluded.

In July, Epps who was eventually charged with a misdemeanor by the Department of Justice announced that he was suing Fox News for alleged instances of defamation on Carlsons old show.

Now weve asked Ray Epps on this show repeatedly to explain why he thinks hes escaped prosecution, and we

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Ann Coulter Blasts Tucker Carlson for Promoting Whack-Job Ray Epps Conspiracy Theory - Mediaite