Posted on 01/12/2019 3:07:17 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Alex Jones on Friday lost his bid to shield internal Infowars records sought by lawyers suing him on behalf of the families of several victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.
Ruling from Connecticut State Superior Court, Judge Barbara Bellis granted requests for business documents desired by attorneys suing the Texas-based media personality and Infowars publisher for defamation.
From the beginning, we have alleged that Alex Jones and his financial network trafficked in lies and hate in order to profit from the grief of Sandy Hook families. That is what we intend to prove, and todays ruling advances that effort, said Chris Mattei, an attorney representing plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
We look forward to gaining access to Infowars internal marketing and financial documents to show that Jones has built an empire as nothing more than a conspiracy profiteer, as alleged in our complaint, Mr. Mattei said in a statement.
Jay M. Wolman, an attorney representing Mr. Jones in the case, did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
Lawyers representing the families of several victims of the Sandy Hook filed the civil suit in May 2018, seeking damages over what they called a years-long campaign of abusive and outrageous false statements.
Even though overwhelming and indisputable evidence exists showing exactly what happened at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012, certain individuals have persistently perpetuated a monstrous, unspeakable lie: that the Sandy Hook shooting was staged, and that the families who lost loved ones that day are actors who faked their relatives deaths, attorneys for the plaintiffs alleged previously.
Authorities determined Adam Lanza, a 20-year-old former Sandy Hook student, fatally shot his mother at their Newtown home prior to
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“I repeat once again: What, exactly, with references?”
You can be certain that no one who is accusing Jones of “goofing on the graves of dead kids” has any evidence to back that claim up. It doesn’t matter in this case, anymore than it will matter when people associated with Free Republic are prosecuted for being “racists”, White Nationalists” or whatever the buzz word of the day is.
I am distressed to see so many posters on FR filled with delight over the legal harassment of Jones for exercising his first amendment rights. Even if what he says is completely reprehensible he still has a right to say it, unless we are now living in the European Union.
Those who are going after Jones will be coming for you next.
No. I don’t work for you.
Im with you. Its such an egregious lie that it is like calling fire in a crowded theater. There really are a few limits to free speech. In some ways this is hate speech.
It's possible and I'd like to see them give it a try. For sure the Ds & the media have much deeper pockets than Jones.
Some conspiracies are so KooKy as to be non-offensive.
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Like the flat earthers.
Agree. He is targeted for a reason. And it ain’t because he is always wrong. He is FAR more accurate than Fox news.
Yes, they need a psych evaluation not a court date.
“Deplorables” should sue the entire FakeNewsMSM for propagating lies and hate against the man they voted for in 2016.
So it’s illegal now to be a sleaze? How does the National Enquirer stay in business?
“Those who are going after Jones will be coming for you next.”
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“In some ways this is hate speech.”
Obviously you’re a lot more familiar with what Jones had to say about this matter than I am. I’m sure it won’t be too difficult for you to provide some actual quotes to back up your accusations. I look forward to reading them.
They have been completely lied to about Infowars and don’t have the intellectual curiosity to look into it for themselves. It’s a form of Republican virtue signaling.
It won’t work that way. The ones being sued will be the angel families. For spreading hate speech about illegal aliens. Some group that advocates for them will be the aggrieved party.
Exactly, I keep having to rely on third and forth hand accounts of what he said. Apparently no one thought to record him saying these things in the age of the internet.
Wonder when Blasey-Ford will start suing people here at FR?
They are busy forging their own chains. Just NPC sheep braying “Jones baaaaad”. Never imagining that THEY are they ones being lined up.
They, like progressives, believe in free speech as long as they agree with it, and as long as it is safely fact checked by politifact or MSNBC or CNN.
So they are suing Alex Jones to shut up David Hogg?
There have been book conspiracies, movies etc., denying the official account and reports that that there was only one lone assassin.
Will all those people involved in the Kennedy assassination books and movies be sued?
People like that deserve to be conquered.
“First, they came for Alex Jones...”
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