Alex Jones and His Desperate Attempts at Relevancy

[goldenvalley]

Jun 9, 2022 15:37:42 GMT LFC said:

Alex is going full on right-wing as he continues to refuse to take responsibility for his own words and actions. Instead he's blaming everything on his legal team. Scapegoating is a conservative principle anymore.

InfoWars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones could soon sue his own lawyers, as Jones and his company scramble to blame someone else for their legal failures in lawsuits over their lies about the Sandy Hook school shooting.

Jones and InfoWars have consistently lost in courtrooms across the country to families of the school-shooting victims who have filed suits over Jones’s claims that the massacre was a false flag. Last year, judges in Connecticut and Texas took the unusual steps of ruling Jones and InfoWars in default over trial, effectively declaring that they had already lost the cases as punishment for their many failures to follow legal procedure.

But the public shamings haven’t stopped InfoWars from floating the possibility that someone else is at fault for all their legal maladies. Namely, their frequently rotating members of their legal team.

In a February deposition obtained by The Daily Beast, a representative of InfoWars’ parent company said the conspiracy-theory outlet was discussing the idea of suing Jones’s former lawyers for legal malpractice.

“I did have concerns on behalf of the company regarding the company’s prior representation, yes,” Brittany Paz, a lawyer acting as a representative for the company, said.

The possibility that Jones will sue his own lawyers struck Mark Bankston, an attorney representing Sandy Hook families in a Texas case, as odd.

“It’s unusual to see a defendant turn on his lawyers in the midst of litigation, but it certainly fits the pattern of Mr. Jones blaming everyone else for his problems,” Bankston told The Daily Beast in an email.

Jones knows things look bad for him so he's flailing around looking for a savior.  Maybe that Powell person is available...the Kracken lawyer, but also the one that took on Michael Flynn's case and claimed his multiple guilty pleas were invalid.  (He got pardoned by Trump later on.)

[andydp]

More news about the trial:

Alex Jones Gloats About Bankruptcy Plot To Tie Up Sandy Hook Damages 'For Years'

www.yahoo.com/news/alex-jones-gloats-bankruptcy-plot-021440304.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmluZy5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGbjBLAwmNvnyj2BHmBGshLsjeCVrMUyvPBNBobLee41ZW8mY7sxu6iNaL40Zax1YNlMnOJPdfS3DWZ5VbUZVeiwhDuzGmFuqRdrQO0unE4gQa5zhZAOUl1Ui0z4wZLIOmpAWAloddJ68tlkAvXu0aLV8Bvgf2fTSHFY5aG39yqK

I'm no lawyer, but boasting about this publicly isn't going to make points with the trial judge or the bankruptcy court

And another little tidbit from April 2022:

Alex Jones will still likely have to pay victims' families in his Sandy Hook defamation cases despite Infowars filing for bankruptcy, lawyer says


www.insider.com/infowars-bankruptcy-alex-jones-paying-defamation-lawsuits-lawyer-2022-4#:~:text=Alex%20Jones%2C%20the%20far-right%20conspiracy%20theorist%20and%20owner,filing%20for%20bankruptcy%2C%20a%20bankruptcy%20lawyer%20told%20Insider.

[pg]

Luckily, this absolute horror of a human was in court today.

8 minutes from the exchanges- local reporter posted on YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oidaP0MM6dE

Heartbreaking but strong when Scarlett Lewis speaks. She made it clear that there is a difference between forgiveness and accountability.

[LFC]

This is just weird. The man is a nutjob.

Same Tho

During the Sandy Hook families’ defamation trial against professional tinhatter Alex Jones on Tuesday, the judge told Jones to spit out the gum he was apparently chewing in the court. Jones insisted that he wasn’t chewing gum; he was merely using his tongue to massage the hole left by a tooth removal, and offered to show the judge the hole to prove it.

The judge wasn’t interested in witnessing the hole.

“I don’t want to see the inside of your mouth,” she told him. “Sit down.”

[LFC]

Alex Jones continues to willingly wear a "Bankrupt Me!" sign.

Judge Maya Guerra Gamble heard evidence on Tuesday that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones had defamed victims of the Sandy Hook massacre earlier that day.

During a Tuesday hearing, attorneys for the Sandy Hook plaintiffs presented a video Jones had broadcasted that morning.

In the video, Jones accused Sandy Hook father Neil Heslin of being "slow" and "on the spectrum."

"He is being manipulated by some very bad people," the host told his audience. "I've got to be honest. He's slow. OK?"

"I think Heslin acts like somebody on the spectrum," he added.

Attorneys for Jones objected to the video on the grounds that defense counsel had not received proper notice. Gamble, however, ruled that the video could be admitted because the additional notice was not possible for evidence that was only broadcast hours earlier.

[LFC]

Is he bucking for an insanity plea in a civil case?

Embattled conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Tuesday said that the judge who is trying a case against him was "demonically possessed" and part of a "cult."

For the second day this week, Jones skipped portions of his Austin trial, which will determine damages after a judge found him guilty for defaming victims of the Sandy Hook massacre.

Instead, Jones blasted Judge Maya Guerra Gamble and the attorneys on his internet broadcast.

"It's demonic," Jones said at the top of his show. "They all act demonically possessed, the judge, the lawyers, it's surreal to be around them."

"And it makes you feel sorry for them because these people are committed a cult ideology of the New World Order and they're never going to stop," he added. "They're getting rid of all the checks and balances, all of our basic freedoms. They've gutted the border, they're promoting pedophilia everywhere."

"They have been turned loose," Jones said. "When I talk about 'they' I mean the general crazed mob of the left."

In the next segment, Jones mocked Gamble as "goblinish."

"I finally got to see a real goblin," he laughed. "This is a giant exercise in raping our freedom."

[goldenvalley]

Aug 3, 2022 14:44:53 GMT LFC said:

Is he bucking for an insanity plea in a civil case?

Embattled conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Tuesday said that the judge who is trying a case against him was "demonically possessed" and part of a "cult."

For the second day this week, Jones skipped portions of his Austin trial, which will determine damages after a judge found him guilty for defaming victims of the Sandy Hook massacre.

Instead, Jones blasted Judge Maya Guerra Gamble and the attorneys on his internet broadcast.

"It's demonic," Jones said at the top of his show. "They all act demonically possessed, the judge, the lawyers, it's surreal to be around them."

"And it makes you feel sorry for them because these people are committed a cult ideology of the New World Order and they're never going to stop," he added. "They're getting rid of all the checks and balances, all of our basic freedoms. They've gutted the border, they're promoting pedophilia everywhere."

"They have been turned loose," Jones said. "When I talk about 'they' I mean the general crazed mob of the left."

In the next segment, Jones mocked Gamble as "goblinish."

"I finally got to see a real goblin," he laughed. "This is a giant exercise in raping our freedom."

The guy is very mentally ill...he couldn't keep his mouth shut on his show even during the trial.  

I wonder what his lawyers are saying in private.  They won't be allowed to stop representing him in the midst of a trial.

[andydp]

This just in:

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

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones testified Wednesday that he now understands it was irresponsible of him to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax and that he now believes it was “100% real.”

Speaking a day after the parents of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in the 2012 attack testified about the suffering, death threats and harassment they’ve endured because of what Jones has trumpeted on his media platforms, the Infowars host told a Texas courtroom that he definitely thinks the attack happened.

“Especially since I’ve met the parents. It’s 100% real,” Jones said at his trial to determine how much he and his media company, Free Speech Systems, owe for defaming Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis.

apnews.com/article/health-us-news-shootings-texas-lawsuits-d029d6736d2ce6755c9e89e7cf9f27af?fbclid=IwAR0vYT0Umojc2LStqcEjRfOrYWw8A22tp-qDrlOcBHUEDRwC5m_36jI09Hc

I wonder if his lawyers managed to get a message into that skull:  "If you don't stop screwing around, you're going to lose even more money."

[indy]

Ruh Roh. It seems that Jones' attorney accidentally sent all of Jones' text messages to the opposing lawyer who is implying that Jones lied under oath.

[goldenvalley]

Aug 3, 2022 18:24:24 GMT indy said:

Ruh Roh. It seems that Jones' attorney accidentally sent all of Jones' text messages to the defense lawyer who is implying that Jones lied under oath.

Maybe it wasn't an accident.  What do you do as a lawyer when you know your client is lying through his teeth but you can't get out of the case because it's so far along in the litigation process?  Many jurisdictions require judicial permission to leave a client once the litigation is at a certain stage.  So...oops!

[indy]

Well, it may be pretty interesting for more than just these Sandy Hook lawsuits. Jones' pleaded the fifth for nearly all the questions he was asked relating to his Jan 6th activities. But now that police have access to these texts...

[LFC]

TDB lays it out in one article. Jones really screwed himself.

On Tuesday, Jones insisted, under oath, that he had fully complied with the court’s discovery process, and that there were no text messages on his phone in which he discussed Sandy Hook, as the other side had requested.

On Wednesday, attorney Mark Bankston informed a seemingly stunned Jones that he had evidence this was untrue.

“Did you know [that] 12 days ago your attorneys messed up and sent me an entire digital copy of your entire cell phone, with every text message you’ve sent for the past two years?” he asked. “And when informed, [they] did not take any steps to identify it as privileged, or protected in any way?”

“This is your Perry Mason moment,” an obviously shocked Jones responded.

Bankston continued, “In discovery, you were asked if you had Sandy Hook text messages on your phone, and you said, ‘No.’ Correct?” Bankston asked. “You said that under oath.”

Jones replied, “If I was mistaken, I was mistaken. You’ve got the text messages right there.”

“You know what perjury is, right?” Bankston shot back. “I just want to make sure before we go any further... You testified under oath that you personally searched your phone for the phrase ‘Sandy Hook,’ and [said] there were no messages...You lied.”

“No, I did not lie,” Jones answered.

Previously, Jones testified that he didn’t use email so he would not be providing any during discovery. However, Bankston stunned Jones again on Wednesday by displaying his own emails as evidence—which also came from Jones’ phone.

“You’d agree these are emails you sent to your lawyers, your staff, and others, concerning your business operations, Sandy Hook, [and] other topics… ?”

Jones responded, “This is ridiculous.”

This is ridiculous? Well, when he's right, he's right.

[indy]

And now another shoe drops because his ex-wife is saying she is gonna subpoena a copy of them. Wonder what he told the court in the divorce settlement.

[LFC]

Aug 3, 2022 18:47:16 GMT indy said:

And now another shoe drops because his ex-wife is saying she is gonna subpoena a copy of them. Wonder what he told the court in the divorce settlement.

[LFC]

The shit show turned into a shit 3-ring circus.

After the jury had left the courtroom following Jones' testimony, Mark Bankston, the attorney for the plaintiffs, accused Jones and his attorney, Federico Andino Reynal, of trying to "poison" the trial. Bankston said that they would file a motion for sanctions against both Jones and Reynal.

Bankston specifically said Jones broke court orders when he attempted to discuss his net worth from the stand.

"Mr. Jones just intentionally did that in violation of your order to attempt to poison this compensatory damage verdict to try to tell this jury that he's broke, and he's not, and that's in violation of your order," Bankston said to the judge.

Judge Maya Guerra Gamble said she will hear any motions officially filed for sanctions against Jones and Reynal after the conclusion of the trial.

But Gamble admonished Jones for his behavior and said he had already violated his oath to tell the truth twice.

"Mr. Jones, you may not say to this jury that you complied with discovery. That is not true. You may not say it again. You may not tell this jury that you are bankrupt. That is also not true," Gamble said.

"You are already under oath to tell the truth," Gamble added. "You've already violated that oath twice today, in just those two examples. It seems absurd to instruct you again that you must tell the truth while you testify. Yet here I am again."

"This is not your show," Gamble added.

Jones attempted to tell Gamble that he believed he was telling the truth.

"You believe everything you say is true, but your beliefs do not make something true," Gamble said. "That is that is what we're doing here. Just because you claim to think something is true does not make it true. It does not protect you. It is not allowed. You're under oath. That means things must actually be true when you say them."

[LFC]

More of the same but with a few extra tasty tidbits.

During a recess, Bankston [attorney for the parents] was reportedly caught on hot mic saying, “You know what nobody’s thought about yet? What happens when that phone goes to law enforcement.”

And then this thoroughly cynical attempted move.

On Tuesday, Jones didn’t appear in court until after their testimony, and almost came to blows with the parents’ lawyer when he tried to shake their hands. “We’re not doing this,” the parents’ lawyer said, shutting him down.

[LFC]

More fallout for Alex. It sounds like he's going to spend the rest of his life being investigated and sued.

The Jan. 6 Select Committee is reportedly planning to subpoena far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones after his texts and emails were revealed Wednesday in a defamation lawsuit filed by the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims, sources familiar with the matter and another person briefed on it told Rolling Stone.

In a cross-examination in the defamation trial on Wednesday, Sandy Hook victims’ attorney Mark Bankston told Jones that his lawyer had erroneously sent Bankston three years-worth of the conspiracy theorist’s emails and text messages copied from his phone.

The Jan. 6 Select Committee is now reportedly preparing to request those records from the attorneys representing the Sandy Hook victims for its investigation into the events surrounding the deadly Capitol insurrection, according to Rolling Stone. The internal deliberations among the committee regarding its planned request reportedly occurred within minutes of Bankston’s revelation that was aired in the trial’s livestream on Wednesday afternoon.

Jones has emerged as a recurring figure in the Jan. 6 Select Committee’s investigation for his role in garnering public support for the attack on the Capitol as well as his close ties to Stewart Rhodes, leader of the far-right Oath Keepers. Rhodes frequently appeared on Jones’ InfoWars channel, and a series of texts among members of the Oath Keepers revealed in court documents showed discussions of providing security for Jones and other allies of former President Trump.

Jones was initially subpoenaed by the Jan. 6 Select Committee in November. The panel requested Jones to turn over documents and participate in a deposition. A letter by the committee noted that the Trump White House told Jones on Jan. 3, 2021 to lead a march to the Capitol, where President Trump would meet” with protesters.

[andydp]

From Golden Valley:

Maybe it wasn't an accident. What do you do as a lawyer when you know your client is lying through his teeth but you can't get out of the case because it's so far along in the litigation process? Many jurisdictions require judicial permission to leave a client once the litigation is at a certain stage. So...oops!

[pnwguy]

Brooks Brothers? More like something from a New Jersey big and tall store where low level mob soldiers shop.

[andydp]

Schadenfreude bonus !!

Alex Jones' lawyer calls for a mistrial after he accidentally leaked the contents of the Infowars host's phone

Alex Jones' defense attorney called for a mistrial in his Sandy Hook defamation damages trial.

The lawyer made the motion after it was revealed that the contents of Jones' cell phone were accidentally sent to opposing counsel.

The Texas judge in the case turned down the request by the conspiracy theorist's lawyer. (So sad, too bad.  Sucks to be you today.)

www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/alex-jones-lawyer-calls-for-a-mistrial-after-he-accidentally-leaked-the-contents-of-the-infowars-host-s-phone/ar-AA10j8vZ?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=d4a00d5375874dfc8674ce0a73a0561e
 

[LFC]

And Alex's day continues to get worse.

An attorney representing the parents of Sandy Hook shooting victims on Thursday confirmed that the Jan. 6 Select Committee is requesting two years-worth of records from the phone of far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, and claimed other federal entities were also interested in the records. The news comes a day after Rolling Stone reported on the development.

During a hearing Thursday in Jones’ defamation trial, Sandy Hook attorney Mark Bankston said that the Jan. 6 Select Committee has asked him to hand over digital records from Jones’ phone, which Jones’ lawyer had sent to Bankston in what appears to have been a mistake.

“I’ve been asked by the January 6 committee to turn the documents over,” Bankston reportedly said at one point.

Bankston’s remarks were issued as Jones’ attorney Andino Reynal requested that a mistrial be declared, a move Texas District Court Judge Maya Guerra Gamble later denied.

“I am under request from various federal agencies and law enforcement to provide (the records),” Bankston told Judge Gamble. “Absent a ruling from you saying you cannot do that … I intend to do so immediately following this hearing.”

“I believe that there is absolutely nothing, nothing, that Mr. Reynal has done to fulfill his obligations to protect his client and prevent me from doing that,” Bankston continued, according to CNN.

[goldenvalley]

And worse...

Right-wing talk show host Alex Jones will have to pay the parents of a Sandy Hook shooting victim a little more than $4 million in compensatory damages, a jury decided Thursday, capping a stunning and dramatic case that showcased for the public the real-world harm inflicted by viral conspiracy theories.

The award from the jury was far less than what the plaintiffs, Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin, had asked for. At the start of the trial, attorneys for Lewis and Heslin asked the jury to award their clients $150 million in compensatory damages.

snip

Mark Bankston, an attorney for the parents, told CNN that the plaintiffs are happy with the jury's decision, noting that they had also received money prior to the trial due to sanctions the court had hit Jones with. "Having already secured $1.5 million in fines from Mr Jones, the plaintiffs are now due $5.6 million that Alex Jones will have to pay them," Bankston said.

Still to come...punitive damages which can be based in part on the guy's net worth.  That's why he's pleading poor, but...

Attorneys representing some Sandy Hook families have accused Jones of having drained Free Speech Systems of assets in recent years as part of an effort to protect himself from potential judgments he may be ordered to pay.
One of the attorneys, Avi Moshenberg, told CNN on Tuesday that the bankruptcy filing made by Free Speech Systems indicated that $62 million in assets had been withdrawn from the company in 2021 and 2022.
"If you look at the bankruptcy filing, leading up to the declaration of bankruptcy, Alex Jones, the sole owner [of Free Speech Systems], took $62 million in draws in 2021 and 2022," Moshenberg told CNN. "Just straight up draws. That's why the company has few assets."

And there are two other cases pending against Jones by other Sandy Hook families.

[andydp]

Sucks to be Alex right now...

[indy]

Aug 4, 2022 23:00:48 GMT goldenvalley said:

And worse...

Right-wing talk show host Alex Jones will have to pay the parents of a Sandy Hook shooting victim a little more than $4 million in compensatory damages, a jury decided Thursday, capping a stunning and dramatic case that showcased for the public the real-world harm inflicted by viral conspiracy theories.

The award from the jury was far less than what the plaintiffs, Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin, had asked for. At the start of the trial, attorneys for Lewis and Heslin asked the jury to award their clients $150 million in compensatory damages.

snip

Mark Bankston, an attorney for the parents, told CNN that the plaintiffs are happy with the jury's decision, noting that they had also received money prior to the trial due to sanctions the court had hit Jones with. "Having already secured $1.5 million in fines from Mr Jones, the plaintiffs are now due $5.6 million that Alex Jones will have to pay them," Bankston said.

Still to come...punitive damages which can be based in part on the guy's net worth.  That's why he's pleading poor, but...

Attorneys representing some Sandy Hook families have accused Jones of having drained Free Speech Systems of assets in recent years as part of an effort to protect himself from potential judgments he may be ordered to pay.
One of the attorneys, Avi Moshenberg, told CNN on Tuesday that the bankruptcy filing made by Free Speech Systems indicated that $62 million in assets had been withdrawn from the company in 2021 and 2022.
"If you look at the bankruptcy filing, leading up to the declaration of bankruptcy, Alex Jones, the sole owner [of Free Speech Systems], took $62 million in draws in 2021 and 2022," Moshenberg told CNN. "Just straight up draws. That's why the company has few assets."

And there are two other cases pending against Jones by other Sandy Hook families.

Wonder what his tax returns for 2021 and 2022 show about that $62 million in draws? Let's hope somebody at the IRS is on their toes.

[goldenvalley]

And the punitive damage award is $45.2 million.  However Texas statute limits punis to $750,000 per person so the plaintiffs will probably get $1.5 million...after Jones is done appealing and whining.  Clearly the jury was sending the man a message about his behavior.  I don't know if the jury is informed about the statutory limits.