He was also spotted in the footage at the first barrier to fall to rioters as it was breached at 12:50 pm.
He was also named Suspect 16 when the FBI published images in its Capitol Violence Most Wanted list of people to identify two days after the insurrection, which claimed five lives.
However, a dramatic twist has now seen him accused of an altogether different, unproven allegiance - that of an FBI plant.
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Suspicion has fallen upon him from some Right-wing quarters speculating a fringe theory that he was sent out to help incite the riot on behalf of the federal government.
Some on the far Right hypothesize that the motive was to frame Trump supporters as domestic terrorists.
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There is no evidence that Epps, who was a sergeant in the military, actually entered the building himself on that fateful day. He was never arrested in connection with the storming.
DailyMail.com located the veteran at his Rocking R Farms wedding and hospitality business, which he runs alongside wife Robyn, 63.
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When reporters arrived at the property in Queen Creek, 30 miles southeast of downtown Phoenix, to offer him an opportunity to confront the extreme speculation, he bluntly refused to discuss it.
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He told reporters: "Get off my property." As we endeavored to explain further, he repeated: "Get off my property."
Epps spends part of his days tending his animals and driving around on an eight-seater golf cart, as pictures reveal.
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He had swapped out the red Trump cap he donned in Washington for a beige Marines one. Wrapped against the desert winter chill, he appeared wary and on his guard beside the driveway entrance posts proudly bearing the name 'EPPS.'
The pastoral scene was a far cry from the howling mobs who stormed the Capitol Building and fought police shortly after then-President Trump delivered a speech to thousands of MAGA supporters at a nearby "Stop the Steal" rally.
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Epps – who was quickly identified from the January wanted list - was spotlighted again in October's House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing of the Department of Justice when the FBI theory became mainstream.
U.S. Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) showed video clips of Epps repeatedly encouraging protestors on the streets of DC to "go into" the Capitol.
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