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☆ In angry outburst, Infowars host Alex Jones says ‘he’s done being sorry’ during second defamation trial
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Safia Samee Ali | Safia Samee Ali Is A Reporter For Nbc News Digital | Based In Chicago. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +5 min
In an angry outburst, conspiracy theorist and Infowars host Alex Jones said “he’s done being sorry” as he took the stand Thursday during his second defamation trial for saying the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. A defiant Jones said he believed Sandy Hook was a hoax when he spread his lies. Twenty children and six educators were killed after a gunman entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown and opened fire on Dec. 14, 2012. Alex Jones defamation trials Alex Jones is facing a defamation trial in Connecticut after being found liable for spreading lies that the Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax. This is the second such trial for Jones, who has already been ordered to pay at least $4.1 million to a Sandy Hook family.
☆ Alex Jones' billion-dollar judgement: The conspiracy theorist has turned career-ending setbacks into profit windfalls, but this could be too much to overcome
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Ashley Collman | Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +22 min
Robbie Parker was later falsely called a crisis actor, and the Parkers are among those who sued Alex Jones for defamation. Longtime informal adviser to Donald Trump, Roger Stone (right), and and Alex Jones (left) speak to reporters in December 2018. Picture showing a computer screen displaying the Twitter account of Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones taken on August 15, 2018 in Washington DC. "Alex Jones is likely to continue being Alex Jones, which means he's likely to try all kinds of shenanigans to avoid accountability," said Holt. "The money awarded in damages does not repair what Alex Jones has done to those parents' lives, but it could be a step towards dismantling the toxic empire that Alex Jones has built around his brand."
☆ Alex Jones grilled by Sandy Hook families’ lawyer over hoax claims, doubles down on ‘deep state’ conspiracy
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +3 min
Jones baselessly told his audience in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that the incident was staged. In the Connecticut case, where Jones is being sued by eight more Sandy Hook families, Judge Barbara Bellis issued a default judgment against the Infowars founder in November 2021 after he failed to comply with court orders. The attorney argued to the jury that the lies Jones told about the families of Sandy Hook victims were far more damaging than the commentary that had bothered Jones and prompted his legal action. Because the judge already ruled that Jones is liable, the jury is determining the amount in damages to award the plaintiffs. Norman Pattis, Jones’ attorney, has argued that the claims made by the Sandy Hook plaintiffs are “exaggerated.” Pattis has also said the Sandy Hook families have “become partisans” and said the defense will argue the harm has been overstated “because they want to silence [Jones] for political reasons.”
☆ Alex Jones admonished by judge as Sandy Hook defamation trial goes off the rails
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Oliver Darcy | Cnn Business | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
New York (CNN Business) Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones tangled Thursday in an explosive courtroom exchange with an attorney for families of Sandy Hook victims who have sued him in Connecticut, prompting an admonishment from the judge and warning that they could be held in contempt if they violate court rules moving forward. The warning from a frustrated Judge Barbara Bellis came during the trial that will determine how much Jones must pay the families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims for his lies about the massacre. Christopher Mattei, an attorney for the families , questioned the far-right media personality about his false claim that the 2012 shooting in which 26 people were killed was a "hoax," prompting Jones to grow angry and attack him. Jones accused Mattei of being disingenuous and said he was guilty of "ambulance chasing" before descending into a rant in court about "liberals." Bellis, who had previously warned Jones that some of his outbursts were a violation of court rules, reminded the Infowars founder that he was in a "court of law" and is required to follow her instructions.
☆ Bankruptcy Judge Orders Independent Review of Alex Jones’s Infowars Over Conflicts
  + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Jonathan Randles | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
A Texas bankruptcy judge ordered an independent review of Infowars’ financial affairs and refused to let the company hire chapter 11 advisers picked by its founder Alex Jones after determining they failed to disclose a professional conflict. Judge Christopher Lopez of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Houston said he was concerned that a bankruptcy lawyer and restructuring officer hired by Infowars parent company Free Speech Systems LLC could act as impartial advisers looking out for the broadcasting site and its creditors. Those include families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School victims who have sued Mr. Jones for spreading falsehoods about the 2012 shooting in Newtown, Conn., which killed 20 first-graders and six adults.
☆ Alex Jones’ Connecticut trial is the latest, but not the last, of the legal fallout from his Sandy Hook hoax claims
  + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Safia Samee Ali | Safia Samee Ali Is A Reporter For Nbc News Digital | Based In Chicago. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +7 min
Jones is currently on trial in Waterbury, Connecticut, about 20 miles from Newtown, where the shooting took place. After a civil trial related to damages last month, a Texas jury ordered Jones to pay nearly $50 million in damages to Lewis and Heslin. Under Texas law, punitive damages can be up to twice the amount of economic compensatory damages but limited to $750,000 per plaintiff. Midway through that trial, Jones also filed for bankruptcy on behalf of his company, Free Speech Systems. Prior to his Connecticut trial, Jones’ lawyer tried to transfer the case to a federal bankruptcy court, which the court denied, allowing it to proceed in state court.
☆ Video platform Rumble to go public after successful SPAC vote
  + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Jack Stebbins | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
The Rumble video platform logo on a laptop computer arranged in Hastings on Hudson, New York, U.S., on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. Shareholders of the special purpose acquisition company Cantor Fitzgerald Acquisition Corp. VI voted Thursday to take the video platform Rumble public. The blank check company set to take it public is led by Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick. The Rumble vote comes soon after shareholders of a SPAC seeking to take Trump Media and Technology Group public failed to approve a deadline extension for the deal. Shares of Cantor Fitzgerald Acquisition Corp.
☆ The internet can’t stop talking about Andrew Tate
  + stars: | 2022-08-16 | by ( Morgan Sung | Morgan Sung Is A Trends Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +13 min
TikTok videos tagged #AndrewTate have been viewed 12.7 billion times, according to the company’s hashtag page. But even that attention builds online momentum for Tate as a flashpoint in modern internet culture, one that some creators are refusing to encourage. “I’m getting a lot of hate and my family is at risk.”In the video, which was an episode of the “Tate Speech” podcast, Tate and his brother, Tristan Tate, responded to accusations of sexism and misogyny. “Pizzagate” conspiracy theorist Mike Cernovich describes Tate and his brother, Tristan Tate, as his “friends.” Tristan Tate, who co-hosts the podcast “Tate Speech” with Andrew Tate, espouses views similar to those of his brother. As paying subscribers flooded TikTok with videos of Tate, popular creators scrambled to confront him over his misogynistic statements.
☆ Trump family member had 'personal' relationship with dossier author Christopher Steele, report says — it may have been Ivanka
  + stars: | 2019-12-09 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
Ivanka Trump is a senior White House advisor, as is her husband, Jared Kushner. "They suggest Ivanka Trump and Steele stayed in touch via emails over the next several years. In one 2008 exchange they discussed dining together in New York at a restaurant just blocks from Trump Tower." "He stated that if anything he was favorably disposed toward the Trump family before he began his research because he had visited a Trump family member at Trump Tower and 'been friendly' with [the family member] for some years," according to the report, which redacted the name of the Trump relative. "He described their relationship as 'personal' and said that he once gifted a family tartan to the family member," the report said.
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