Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s autobiographer has revealed that the news anchor’s monologue for April 24, was meant to address former President Donald Trump supporter Ray Epp’s interview on 60 Minutes but before he could do that, Carlson was pulled off the air and the network put out a statement confirming his ouster.

The latest information about Carlson’s monologue that never made it to the air was revealed by Chadwick Moore, the former’s biographer in a video he posted to Twitter on Monday. Carlson retweeted the video with wide-eyes emojis, indicating that he was hearing the news for the first time.

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CBS’ 60 Minutes aired a segment on Sunday, April 23, showcasing Ray Epps and criticizing Carlson’s coverage of the events of January 6th and Epp’s controversial role in the Capitol breach.

Who is Ray Epps?

Ray Epps is a Trump supporter who participated in the infamous January 6th insurrection in the U.S. Capitol. But unlike other rioters, he has been painted as a scapegoat by conservative news media outlets as the man who might be secretly a federal agent who purposefully turned the peaceful protests at the Capitol into chaos and violence.

A video from January 6th shows Epps in his desert camouflage, wearing a red Trump hat, and military-style backpack.

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During the 60 Minutes interview, Epps and his wife Robyn said that they relive January 6th riot every day of their lives, even though more than 2 years have passed since the incident. Epps and his family were forced to go into hiding after he received death threats after the conspiracy theory against him went viral.

A right-wing news site called Revolver News, run by former Trump speechwriter Darren Beattie was the first outlet to suggest that Epps, a former member of the Oath Keepers, was an FBI informant who incited the crowd on January 6th. “He is the smoking gun of the entire Fed-surrection,” Beattie has said.

The theory said that Epps led the breach team that first entered the Capitol on January 6th. Some Republican politicians also chose to carry the conspiracy theory forward. Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz said about the insurrection, “It’s not the Proud Boys who engage in the initial breach. It’s Ray Epps at that precise moment.”