Ray Epps, January 6th Domestic Terrorism Hearing
Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matthew Olsen faced questioning regarding the presence of plainclothes officers at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. The hearing focused on the domestic terrorism threat and the removal of Ray Epps from the FBI's Most Wanted list. Olsen claimed he lacked specific information regarding Epps despite the individual's prominent role in video footage from the event.
ray epps· fbi· department of justice· january 6· domestic terrorism
00:00 And as much as we have a right with this illegitimate government of the Declaration of Independence to throw off these forms of government, we don't have the organization and the statesmen, the leadership like they had back then in 1776. And they were still fighting an uphill battle. And they were fighting a system that wasn't one-tenth as evil, not even 100. Hell, King George was pretty good compared to these people. He was just dominating them and making them go through him to be able to do business. And they didn't like it. I understand that. They were slaves. Everybody was basically. These globalists that we have in control today want to end the human system as we know it and want to turn us all into corporate commodities. And so we must resist it. But until the public understands the great reset and transhumanism of the new world order and the big goal, going out and attacking people, going out and having a war, going out and taking over the TV stations in DC and taking over key federal buildings, that's what you'd really do if you wanted to, quote, have a coup, is illegitimate. And it would cause a bigger division in the country
01:03 And the globalists are all set up for that and want that to happen. From the front lines of the information war, it's Alex Jones. InfoWars, tomorrow's news today. Mr. Olson, on July 28, 2020, you signed a public letter
01:41 attacking the Trump administration for using Department of Homeland Security officers to help protect the federal courthouse in Portland from violent rioters. That letter stated, quote, Crowd control is not among those circumstances. Mr. Olson, on January 6, 2021, did the Department of Justice or FBI have any plainclothes officers among the crowd at the Capitol? Senator, I'm not aware of whether or not there were plainclothes officers among the crowd at the Capitol on January 6. Did any plainclothes officers enter the Capitol on January 6?
02:36 I don't know the answer to that, Senator. Mr. Olson, I got to say your answers to many questions today are disappointing because they boil down to essentially, I don't know. Did you prepare for this hearing? Did you know this hearing was happening before this morning? The direct answer, yes, I prepared extensively, Senator. Many of the questions are about specific facts that I don't have. I do think one of the most important points that I would emphasize is
03:16 Again, as a general matter, it's not appropriate to comment on ongoing investigations. Well, I didn't ask you about an ongoing investigation, but I just flipped to the cover of my binder here. It says the title of this hearing is the domestic terrorism threat one year after January 6th. The attorney general has repeatedly said this is one of the department's highest priority. You're testifying at a hearing about the domestic terrorism threat one year after January 6th, and you can't answer questions about how many people have been charged for events arising out of January 6th. Would you go into a briefing with the Attorney General, your boss, and not be able to answer such basic questions? On the last question you asked, Senator, over 700 people have been charged in connection with January 6th. About 325 have been charged with serious felonies in connection with attacks on the Capitol. 10 minutes ago, Senator Cruz asked you this series of questions, and you didn't have the answer. You didn't have the answer for how many people have been charged with violent offenses or nonviolent offenses and so on and so forth.
