Reaction & Commentary
Order Mr chairman gentlemen may say this point of order uh whose time is the chairman uh consuming with uh I thought for the committee it’s not a point of order the chair now recognizes the gentleman for Texas for five minutes uh thank you sir uh
I will say this Mr Ray I I’m one of those sheriffs that will will be very blunt with you today that’s all right here I I’ve had an opportunity to look at your testimony lots of stuff and hear about numerous task forces crimes being committed against children including
Even infants and toddlers MS-13 gang members coming across the open Southern border the poisoning and killing of the American people with fentanyl the the sex trafficking the human trafficking it’s quite clear it is clear that you guys are dealing with some of the sickest bastards in our society
I have an article here from CNN in January 2022 calling the January 6th investigation the biggest investigation in FBI history and what shocks me about this quite honestly is that you don’t mention January 6th again the biggest investigation not one time in your 14-page testimony you don’t mention it
One time and that makes me ask myself the question what the hell are you hiding sir you mentioned 38 000 agents and support Personnel in your agency how many FBI agents and support Personnel have you assigned to the January 6 investigation I don’t know that I know the number I
Know we have a lot of people working on it tomorrow knowing that you are dealing with some of the sickest people in our society with investigations related to child sex trafficking have you reassigned any of these agents or Personnel to investigate January 6th yes or no I I don’t believe we have reassigned
People away from uh child exploitation let me just say this director I I find that I know disturbing because last month Steve friend he testified before the weaponization committee Mr friend was a domestic Terror of investigator for you and he was told by one of his
Superiors that January 6th was I quote a higher priority than pursuing child pornography cases end quote And for those of you watching in America understand today’s FBI is more concerned about searching for and arresting Grandma and Grandpa for entering the Capitol building that day then pursuing the sick individuals in our society who
Prey on our children and Mr Ray your priorities are flawed but let’s rehash what we know so far all right it’s the largest investigation in FBI history and you don’t mention it in your testimony agents have been reassigned from Child exploitation cases and so on so now
Let’s get into the money Mr Ray how much taxpayer money has been spent on January 6th I don’t know that I have the figure you don’t have enough head but Mr Ray I got an article here uh December 22 uh 2022 two years after the events of January 6
And it says the justice department has requested another 34 million dollars from Congress and uh number one you shouldn’t get another dime the FBI shouldn’t get another dime for this political Witch Hunt against the greatest president in my lifetime Donald J Trump I want to turn my attention now
To this fella this character Mr Ray Epps we’ve all heard of him we’ve heard of Mr Ray Epps he was number 16 on your FBI Most Wanted list he was encouraging people the night prior and the day of to go into the Capitol and Mr rayups can be
Seen at the first breach of Capitol grounds at approximately 12 50 p.m play the clip please go into the capitol All right no David one more thing can we go up there no when we go in are we going to get a recipe we don’t need to get shot there he is breaching the line going in at the first breach into the capitol into the capitol grounds a restricted
Area Mr Ray you have arrested hundreds of people related to January 6th and there have been people arrested for breaching Capitol grounds kui Griffin is an example Rachel Genco is an example and then we go to Mr Brandon strecker Brandon was arrested for disorderly and disruptive conduct which included
Yelling I quote go go go as rioters try to empty the capital these three never went into the capital they never assaulted anyone so let’s be honest with each other there is very little difference between the actions of Ray apps and Brandon stricka that day but yet strika was arrested and Epps wasn’t
Epps also testified to the January 6 committee he was back at his hotel when video Evans showed that he wasn’t he lied he was on the capitol grounds just as Brandon strecker was Epps even texted his nephew at 2 12 p.m and said I quote
I was in the front with a few others it was on the video I also orchestrated it now look into the camera sir when you answer my next question are you going to arrest Mr apps yes or no I’m not going to engage here in a discussion about individual people who
Are or not I get a commitment you just watch the video I’m an old law dog I understand a little bit about probable cause he did very little there was very little difference what he did to Mr strecker you can see him he’s encouraging I almost think he’s inciting
A riot he’s encouraging people the night prior to go into the capital the day of go into the capital and he was at the first breach and he breached the restricted area everybody a lot of people getting arrested for not going into the capitol but they’re in the
Restricted area but yet raps who many people feel bad fed fed right and there’s a lot of clout over this so my point is this you arrested a lot of folks for unlawful activity you just saw the video and I will tell you if you don’t arrest Mr there’s a reason behind
It I believe you know what it is and it appears to me you are protecting this guy I strongly recommend you get your house back in order with that of you back Mr chairman if I might briefly gentlemen respond and we got a couple point of
Orders uh it is consent excuse me go ahead it has never been appropriate for an FBI director in Congressional testimony to be weighing in on who is or isn’t going to be arrested and what who is or isn’t going to get charged with as a prosecutor’s decision if you are suggesting that the
Violence that a cap at the Capitol on January 6 was part of some operation orchestrated by FBI sources or FBI agents the answer is no it was not and to suggest otherwise is a disservice to our hard-working dedicated law enforcement profession did I respond to that now that uh
Point is he was number 16 on your list he was 16 on your list you never arrested a gentleman hundreds of Americans were arrested shame on you the chair recognizes the
