Alex Jones concedes Sandy Hook attack was ’100% real’

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — For years, bombastic far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ranted to his millions of followers that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax, that children weren’t killed and that parents were crisis actors in an elaborate ruse to force gun control.

https://apnews.com/article/health-us-news-shootings-texas-lawsuits-d029d6736d2ce6755c9e89e7cf9f27af?

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How Alex Jones’ bombastic behavior impacts him in court

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones bulled through the first of several trials against him that could decimate his personal fortune and media empire in his usual way: Loud, aggressive and talking about conspiracies both in and out the courtroom.

https://apnews.com/article/shootings-austin-bae315601b623812f376fe3d38c1cf5c?

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Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than $4M

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury Thursday ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than $4 million — significantly less than the $150 million being sought — in compensatory damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Sandy Hook massacre, marking the first time the Infowars host has been held financially liable for repeatedly claiming the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history was a hoax.

https://apnews.com/article/alex-jones-infowars-sandy-hook-verdict-edc1c705ed13b84398084bed91a85b37

[bonnie]

Alex Jones should be held to accout . I am not sure what 4 million does when you have buried a child but thankfully he is now accountable. Can't imagine it would make anything better.

Adam Schiff/Clinton and cronies should be held accountable for the massive federal( taxpayer) expense for the cost of the Russian collusion hoax and impeachments based on that. The thought of that happening is laughable

Now we can only hope this is successful....

The Delaware computer repairman who blew the whistle on Hunter Biden’s laptop filed a multimillion-dollar defamation suit Tuesday against Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, CNN, the Daily Beast and Politico, saying they falsely accused him of peddling Russian disinformation

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Alex Jones ordered to pay $45.2M more over Sandy Hook lies

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury on Friday ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of a child who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, adding to the $4.1 million he must pay for the suffering he put them through by claiming for years that the nation’s deadliest school shooting was a hoax.

https://apnews.com/article/shootings-austin-texas-violence-e067a8bc031ce48be0810764c7bb3c18?

[bonnie]

Maybe Alex Jones was working for the Russians. Nah, if he was part of the Russian collusion hoax he would never have been brought to trial, much less found guilty. At least  Alex Jones concedes Sandy Hook attack was ’100% real’

We need a "vaccine" to protect against the epidemic of situational ethics.

 

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Alex Jones’ $49.3M verdict and the future of misinformation

Alex Jones is facing a hefty price tag for his lies about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre — $49.3 million in damages, and counting, for claiming the nation’s deadliest school shooting was a hoax — a punishing salvo in a fledgling war on harmful misinformation.

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2022/aug/06/alex-jones-493m-verdict-and-the-future-of-misinfor/

[bonnie]

42 minutes ago, phkrause said:

Alex Jones’ $49.3M verdict and the future of misinformation

Alex Jones is facing a hefty price tag for his lies about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre — $49.3 million in damages, and counting, for claiming the nation’s deadliest school shooting was a hoax — a punishing salvo in a fledgling war on harmful misinformation.

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2022/aug/06/alex-jones-493m-verdict-and-the-future-of-misinfor/

JUst as some still believe the conspiracies  of  Alex Jones, it is obvious some still believe the deliberate lies of Adam Schief/Clinton and other influential names. 

The wrong  doing of Alex Jones is not made less because of the lies of the democratic leaders, 

The type of lies that were told and impeachment  towards a sitting president had an effect on the country as a whole. So much for the idea that no one is above the law.

Trump caused enough of his own problems at times without the desperate lies affecting the entire country. It is interesting to watch how some have such a hatred for Trump that they dismiss same and worse actions from those they want to see in power and control.

[bonnie]

It is kind of interesting to watch a very gradual shift in some circles with the "ridiculous" sums of money being awarded.  Not a landslide by any means but people wanting to know why the foolishness of such awards. The first of several it sounds like. Amounts they don't have a chance of receiving.

I think it very possible as wrong as Jones was he does believe his own conspiracy theories and was actually speaking the truth as he saw it. Still wrong and he needed to shut his mouth and stop accusing but not as wrong as a deliberate Russian Collusion and Hunter Laptop Disinformation  lies.  Situational ethics at its finest.

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Alex Jones ordered to pay $965 million for Sandy Hook lies

WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — Jurors ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Wednesday to pay nearly $1 billion to Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims’ relatives and an FBI agent, who said he turned their loss and trauma into years of torment by promoting the lie that the rampage was a hoax.

https://apnews.com/article/shootings-school-connecticut-conspiracy-alex-jones-3f579380515fdd6eb59f5bf0e3e1c08f

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This Sandy Hook Father Lives In Hiding Because of Conspiracy Theories Fueled By Alex Jones

Lenny Pozner lives in hiding. His six-year-old son Noah was one of the 20 elementary school children killed in the Sandy Hook shooting almost eight years ago.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/this-sandy-hook-father-lives-in-hiding-because-of-conspiracy-theories-fueled-by-alex-jones/

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Infowars host Alex Jones admits Sandy Hook killings were real, blames 'psychosis' for his conspiracy claims

Alex Jones, the firebrand Infowars host and conspiracy peddler says in a sworn deposition that his false statements after the Sandy Hook killings were caused by a "psychosis."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/03/30/infowars-host-alex-jones-blames-psychosis-sandy-hook-claims/3318972002/

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Is Alex Jones verdict the death of disinformation? Unlikely

NEW YORK (AP) — A Connecticut jury’s ruling this week ordering Alex Jones to pay $965 million to parents of Sandy Hook shooting victims he maligned was heartening for people disgusted by the muck of disinformation.

https://apnews.com/article/shootings-presidential-elections-school-conspiracy-theories-540d1aabd52dbeefc8ccca552f959de2?

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Alex Jones spent over $93,000 in July. Sandy Hook families who sued him have yet to see a dime

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — As Alex Jones continues telling his Infowars audience about his money problems and pleads for them to buy his products, his own documents show life is not all that bad — his net worth is around $14 million and his personal spending topped $93,000 in July alone, including thousands of dollars on meals and entertainment.

https://apnews.com/article/alex-jones-sandy-hook-shooting-bankruptcy-34192bd7d89ed786f64580682f6ea89e?

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Bank that handles Infowars money appears to be cutting ties with Alex Jones’ company, lawyer says

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A bank recently shut down the accounts of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ media company, citing unauthorized transactions — a move that caused panic at the business when its balances suddenly dropped from more than $2 million to zero, according to a lawyer for the company.

https://apnews.com/article/alex-jones-sandy-hook-shooting-bankruptcy-dde6b592159f3a7e77b7c6497d1ce1ae?

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Judge rules Alex Jones can’t use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying Sandy Hook families

HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas judge has ruled that Infowars host Alex Jones cannot use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying more than $1.1 billion to families who sued over his conspiracy theories that the Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax.

https://apnews.com/article/alex-jones-infowars-bankruptcy-6c9f816e7328120113e5cf2b1987200e?

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Sandy Hook families offer to settle Alex Jones’ $1.5 billion legal debt for a minimum of $85 million

Sandy Hook families who won nearly $1.5 billion in legal judgments against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Connecticut school shooting a hoax have offered to settle that debt for only pennies on the dollar — at least $85 million over 10 years.

https://apnews.com/article/alex-jones-bankruptcy-sandy-hook-shooting-infowars-4d3323728cf2d5f8da36ae0d2fd3994a?

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Court upholds $75,000 in fines against Alex Jones for missing Sandy Hook case deposition

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut appeals court on Friday upheld $75,000 in fines against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for missing a deposition in the lawsuit by Sandy Hook families, which led to a $1.4 billion judgment against Jones for repeatedly calling the 2012 Newtown school shooting a hoax.

https://apnews.com/article/alex-jones-sandy-hook-school-shooting-9d184766425ede2803fcbed63d81121c?

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Alex Jones asks to convert his bankruptcy to a Chapter 7 liquidation

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked a U.S. judge to convert his bankruptcy into a Chapter 7 liquidation, giving up on an effort to settle massive legal judgments related to his lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.

https://local.newsbreak.com/newtown-ct/3483734382912-alex-jones-asks-to-convert-his-bankruptcy-to-a-chapter-7-liquidation?

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Alex Jones’ personal assets to be sold to pay $1.5B Sandy Hook debt. Company bankruptcy is dismissed

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered the liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones′ personal assets but dismissed his company’s separate bankruptcy case, leaving the immediate future of his Infowars media platform uncertain as he owes $1.5 billion for his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.

https://apnews.com/article/alex-jones-sandy-hook-lawsuit-3ccd113496caee18a085dfa54c6e6c0e?

Alex Jones' personal assets will be liquidated to pay Sandy Hook families, judge rules

Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' personal assets will be liquidated to help repay the $1.5 billion he owes to the families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, a Texas bankruptcy judge ruled on Friday, AP reports.

https://www.axios.com/2024/06/14/alex-jones-sandy-hook-infowars-bankruptcy-ruling?

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Bankruptcy trustee discloses plan to shut down Alex Jones’ Infowars and liquidate assets

A U.S. bankruptcy court trustee is planning to shut down conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars media platform and liquidate its assets to help pay the $1.5 billion in lawsuit judgments Jones owes for repeatedly calling the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax.

https://apnews.com/article/alex-jones-infowars-bankruptcy-sandy-hook-e8bf9a3d11b9506abb18c285d3e7b138?

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Judge stops parents’ effort to collect on $50M Alex Jones owes for saying Newtown shooting was hoax

A federal bankruptcy judge on Thursday stopped an effort by the parents of a boy killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting to begin collecting on some of the $50 million they won in a lawsuit against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones over his false claims that the massacre was a hoax.

https://apnews.com/article/alex-jones-infowars-bankruptcy-sandy-hook-6464d9947de24d0eb633cd5aacc00b3c?

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What happens next in The Onion’s effort to buy Alex Jones’ Infowars

The Onion’s winning bid for Alex Jones ’ Infowars platform is under review by a federal bankruptcy judge after Jones and his lawyers complained about how an auction was conducted.

https://apnews.com/article/alex-jones-infowars-auction-onion-how-d42e7b2c916205b348628686c8b8dd4a?

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Connecticut court upholds $965 million verdict against Alex Jones in Sandy Hook

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Appellate Court on Friday affirmed a $965 million verdict from 2022 against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, determining there’s “sufficient evidence” to support the damages awarded to relatives of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre victims and an FBI agent.

https://local.newsbreak.com/connecticut-state/3705117973546-connecticut-court-upholds-965-million-verdict-against-alex-jones-in-sandy-hook?

ps:I'm surprised this guy hasn't got a job in trumps administration!!

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What happens next with Alex Jones’ Infowars? No certainty yet after sale to The Onion is rejected

The Onion’s rejected purchase of Infowars in an auction bid supported by families of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting dealt them a new setback Wednesday and clouded the future of Alex Jones’ conspiracy theory platform, which will remain in his control for at least the near future.

https://apnews.com/article/infowars-onion-alex-jones-4a835e87a93cc136f2348b362561f431?