Superior Court in Delaware
The man accused of being an undercover government agent responsible for inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol riot—a conspiracy championed by ex-Fox News personality Tucker Carlson—sued the network and its former primetime host on Wednesday alleging they defamed him with their “fantastical story.”
Filed in the Superior Court of Delaware, the 49-page complaint claims Fox News “searched for a scapegoat to blame other than Donald Trump or the Republican Party,” settling on two-time Trump voter and Capitol riot attendee Ray Epps after its false Antifa narrative fell through.
Epps was “an avid and loyal Fox viewer and a fan of Mr. Carlson’s” and flew to Washington, D.C. to attend the Stop the Steal Rally because he believed the network when it cried that the 2020 election had been stolen, according to the lawsuit. The day before the riot, Epps was videotaped by a far-right troll known as Baked Alaska, who chanted “Fed, fed, fed” at him for wanting to prevent violence against the police.