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Related: About this forumAlex Jones' Sandy Hook defamation trial set to finally begin in Texas
I am glad that this trial is getting some national coverage
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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alex-jones-sandy-hook-defamation-trial-set-finally-begin-texas-rcna39779?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
AUSTIN, Texas Jury selection is set for Monday in a trial that will determine for the first time how much Infowars host Alex Jones must pay Sandy Hook Elementary School parents for falsely telling his audience that the deadliest classroom shooting in U.S. history was a hoax.
The trial in Austin, Texas where the conspiracy theorist lives and broadcasts his show follows months of delays. Jones has racked up fines for ignoring court orders and he put Infowars into bankruptcy protection just before the trial was originally set to start in April.
At stake for Jones is another potentially major financial blow that could put his constellation of conspiracy peddling businesses into deeper jeopardy. He has already been banned from YouTube, Facebook and Spotify over violating hate-speech policies.
The trial involving the parents of two Sandy Hook families is only the start for Jones; damages have yet to be awarded in separate defamation cases for other families of the 2012 massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.
The trial in Austin, Texas where the conspiracy theorist lives and broadcasts his show follows months of delays. Jones has racked up fines for ignoring court orders and he put Infowars into bankruptcy protection just before the trial was originally set to start in April.
At stake for Jones is another potentially major financial blow that could put his constellation of conspiracy peddling businesses into deeper jeopardy. He has already been banned from YouTube, Facebook and Spotify over violating hate-speech policies.
The trial involving the parents of two Sandy Hook families is only the start for Jones; damages have yet to be awarded in separate defamation cases for other families of the 2012 massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.
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Alex Jones' Sandy Hook defamation trial set to finally begin in Texas (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Jul 2022
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AndyS
(14,559 posts)1. Should last about as long as Bannon's trial . . .
LetMyPeopleVote
(154,040 posts)2. The plaintiffs are planning on two weeks for this trial
They have 100 jurors in the panel. I watched part of the proceedings earlier today. Openings are supposed to be tomorrow
AndyS
(14,559 posts)3. Where ya' watching. Too hot to do anything outside
so I have time to watch.
LetMyPeopleVote
(154,040 posts)4. The court has a youtube channel
Link to tweet
This is the link on the website
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF_rPoUGrNEGiqEtiAPTLEg
There is nothing going on now
AndyS
(14,559 posts)5. Thx, bookmarked. nt
LetMyPeopleVote
(154,040 posts)6. Mark Bankston's opening is at 9 AM Central/Houston time