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Alex Jones take stand in Sandy Hook trial

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To determine the Sandy Hook families in a second defamation trial on Thursday in a Connecticut courtroom Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones testified what the Info Wars host should pay. By objections and sidebar conferences at the bench at one point Judge Barbara Bellis told the jury that the tempestuous testimony was so frequently interrupted, “To get your exercise you’re going in today, those of you who wear Fitbits.” Alex Jones, Info wars founder, takes the witness stand to testify during the Alex Jones Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S., September 22, 2022. They’ve done work on gun control, acknowledged the risks involved in his profession as a conspiracy theorist and provocateur because Jones, who has suggested the families who successfully sued him for defamation have a political agenda. “The world isn’t an easy place. They get in the arena when people become political figures”, Jones said.  At Connecticut Superior Co...

For Alex Jones Trial set to begin in Sandy Hook hoax case

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  A month after losing one nearly $50 million verdict, Alex Jones, conspiracy theorist, is set to go on trial a second time for calling the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting causing several of the victims’ families emotional, psychological harm and a hoax. With several alternates on how much Jones should pay the families on Tuesday, In Connecticut, a six-member jury will begin hearing evidence, since he already has been found liable for damages to them. Last about four weeks the trial is expected. Last month to the parents of 6-year-old Jesse Lewis a Texas jury ordered Jones to pay $49.3 million, one of 26 students and teachers killed in a shooting in Newtown, Connecticut in 2012. An appeal is planned, said Jone’s lawyer. For a larger award the Connecticut case has the potential because it involves three lawsuits which have been consolidated that were filed by 15 plaintiffs, including a former FBI agent who responded to the school shooting and the relatives of eight of the vict...