Tag Archives: Alex Jones

The Huffington Post reports: On Monday, a jury in Austin will be selected to determine how much Alex Jones and Infowars will ultimately have to pay to parents for the pain he inflicted on them for more than half a decade after the death of their child. Opening arguments start Tuesday at Travis County Court, and the trial will be …

Law & Crime reports: In a flurry of court papers filed Tuesday and Wednesday, attorneys for Infowars host Alex Jones asked a Connecticut superior court judge to shove back a swiftly approaching trial date to determine the level of damages appropriate in a defamation lawsuit brought by the families of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre. One …

NPR recaps a moment from yesterday’s hearing: On Dec. 19, the former president tweeted “Statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 election. Big protest in D.C. on january 6th. Be there, will be wild!” This tweet and its message proliferated across right-wing media platforms from print to broadcast, Rep. Jamie Raskin said. “He is now calling for we the people …

The Independent reports: Right-wing conspiracy theorist is known for making wild claims to followers of his Infowars network, but a Sunday episode of The Alex Jones Show took his brand of out-there entertainment to shocking new heights. Mr Jones unsheathed a knife and said he wanted to cut off one of his fingers to show how grateful he was to …

Law & Crime reports: The attorney best known for representing right-wing radio jockey Alex Jones against families of Sandy Hook victims has a new client—one facing the most serious allegations leveled to date in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Norman Pattis, the lawyer known for representing Jones and employees of Jones’s company InfoWars, filed a notice Tuesday of …

Axios reports: Alex Jones’ gambit to use the bankruptcy court to shield himself from litigation damages has come to end after less than two months. The embattled right-wing talk show host and hawker of wellness supplements has withdrawn the bankruptcy petitions of three companies linked to his Infowars empire. Jones tried to use a new subchapter of the U.S. code …

The SPLC’s Hatewatch reports: Alex Jones’ anonymous Bitcoin donor dropped nearly $6 million more worth of that cryptocurrency on the embattled extremist and has now given him close to $8 million in 26 days, Hatewatch has determined. Jones’ Bitcoin windfall roughly coincides with a string of losses in the Sandy Hook defamation case. A judge ruled on May 24 that …

Media Matters has the transcript: CALLER: You know, something that somebody’s not bringing up is the fact that the NRA is having their annual convention in Houston this weekend with a lot of Republican, Texas Republicans are going to be there. You don’t think this was done to demonize the Texas Republicans and the NRA? ALEX JONES (INFOWARS HOST): It’s …

“It does this to humans as well. That’s why genitals – I don’t care if you’re black or white – are a third the size they were of a 1960s male. “So the media makes jokes about that a few months ago when I gave the example, ‘If your daddy’s johnson was a foot long, yours is six inches long. …

“Q is such a horrible thing that I hate even talking about it. It was all a delusion so the Democrats could steal the election. “Do you understand that we lost the country because of Q? And I have to put up with the Q people all over the place! And I’m tired of it! “So I’m not mad at …

The SPLC’s Hatewatch reports: An unidentified person donated over 1 million U.S. dollars in Bitcoin to an address advertised on the conspiracy website Infowars on April 23, Hatewatch found, potentially buoying the finances of embattled extremist Alex Jones. The person donated 26 Bitcoin to Jones, which traded at around $40,000 apiece at the time of the transaction. During an investigation …

The New York Times reports: Alex Jones, the host of the conspiracy-driven media outlet Infowars and a key player in the pro-Trump “Stop the Steal” movement, is in discussions with the Justice Department about an agreement to detail his role in the rally near the White House last Jan. 6 that preceded the attack on the Capitol. Through his lawyer, …

Fort Worth’s CBS News affiliate reports: A judge in Texas has delayed the trial to determine how much Alex Jones should pay Sandy Hook families as Infowars seeks bankruptcy protection. The defamation awards trial was supposed to begin on Monday to determine how much money Jones will pay the parents of a slain Sandy Hook boy after making claims that …

The Huffington Post reports: Judge Maya Guerra Gamble ordered that Jones and his company Free Speech Systems, LLC, pay a total of $1,078,653 to several people suing Jones for lies he spread about them on his conspiracy platform Infowars. He has 30 days to pay the more than $1 million sum to the different parties, according to the filing. Jones …

Law & Crime reports: According to court filings, the companies—InfoWars, IWHealth, and Prison Planet TV—filed the Chapter 11 bankruptcy petitions on Sunday. All three business indicate that they have fewer than 50 debtors and owe between $1 and $10 million in estimated liabilities, according to the filings. Two of the companies, InfoWars and Prison Planet TV, have $50,000 or less …

The Hill reports: Infowars, the far-right website created by Alex Jones, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday as the radio host faces a number of lawsuits. The website filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, according to multiple sources. Chapter 11 bankruptcy allows companies to continue operating while assembling plans for …

Bloomberg News reports: Companies owned by far-right radio host Alex Jones are getting advice from restructuring advisers and considering options including a potential bankruptcy filing after being hit by lawsuits over Jones’s conspiracy theories, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. A Chapter 11 filing would aim to allow Jones’s businesses, such as Infowars and Free Speech Systems, …

The Daily Beast reports: Plaintiffs for Sandy Hook families suing Jones allege that he’s “doomsday prepped” his own business ahead of hefty legal judgments, illicitly moving money out of InfoWars into shell companies to avoid paying his victims. In a court motion filed Wednesday in Texas, the families claim that he has concealed InfoWars’ assets to make the company appear …

NBC News reports: Infowars host Alex Jones completed two days of depositions in a defamation lawsuit filed by families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, court documents filed Wednesday show. Connecticut Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis last week found Jones in contempt for failing twice to attend depositions on March 23 and 24. She ordered him to …

Law & Crime reports: A Connecticut trial court judge on Friday declined to pause a schedule of escalating fines against InfoWars host Alex Jones in connection with a defamation lawsuit filed by the family members of the victims of the Dec. 14, 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre. Because a new deposition date of April 11 has — according to the …