One unidentified man wore an earpiece during the riot and was filmed carrying what appeared to be a concealed handgun on his left hip. The man was on the FBI's most-wanted list for over five months until he was removed without explanation on the same day the New York Times reported an FBI informant was at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
A second unidentified man was filmed beating police officers with a baton during the riot. The FBI reported the man was wanted for assaulting a federal law enforcement officer, yet the agency removed the man from its list without explanation in late February, just weeks after his debut.
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The third man, Ray Epps of Arizona, a former President of the Arizona Oath Keepers militia group, was filmed in the hours leading up to the riot urging Trump supporters to enter the Capitol to stop the certification of President Joe Biden's election victory. Epps has not been arrested or charged for his actions.
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His unexplained subtraction from the FBI's list on July 1 has fueled speculation from a member of the House Judiciary Committee that Epps may have encouraged people to storm the Capitol at the behest of the FBI. Video footage shows Epps urging a crowd of Trump supporters on the evening of Jan. 5, 2021, to "go into the Capitol" the next day, provoking allegations from the crowd that he was working for the federal authorities.
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On Jan. 6, 2021, as former President Trump spoke to supporters outside the White House, Epps went to work corralling people toward the Capitol. Consequently, he was part of the first group of rioters to break through a police barrier on Capitol grounds.
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However, there is no evidence Epps entered the Capitol building during the riot, nor is there any footage of him directly participating in acts of violence. Epps told the Arizona Republic he did nothing wrong and that rioters who engaged in violence to gain entry into the Capitol building were "totally, totally wrong."
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"The only thing that meant is we would go in the doors like everything else," Epps told the outlet when presented with a transcript of his comments before the riot urging Trump supporters to go to the Capitol.
Only 13 suspects have been removed from the FBI's Capitol Violence Most Wanted list, launched two days after the riot to solicit help from the public in identifying rioters. Hundreds of individuals on the list have been identified, but they remain on the list with a notice that they have been arrested.
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