Tag Archives: InfoWars

Alex Jones Ordered To Pay $45M In Punitive Damages

CNN reports: A Texas jury has decided to penalize Alex Jones with $45.2 million in punitive damages in a lawsuit filed by the parents of Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis. The award, which the judge could reduce, came one day after the jury settled on $4.1 million in compensatory damages. The jurors began deliberating around 12:30 pm CT on …

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BREAKING: Jury Awards $4M To Sandy Hook Parents

CNN reports: 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 …

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Report: Law Enforcement Wants Jones’ Phone Data

Law & Crime reports: After the bombshell revelations that Alex Jones’s legal team inadvertently disclosed years of his phone data, an attorney for a Sandy Hook victim’s parents disclosed that “various” law enforcement agents want to scrutinize the information. On Thursday, Jones’s lawyer Andino Reynal tried to mitigate the fallout by asking Travis County Judge Maya Guerra Gamble to order …

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Jones’ InfoWars Parent Company Files For Bankruptcy

Reuters reports: The parent of far-right conspiracy website InfoWars filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection on Friday as the company and its founder Alex Jones face up to $150 million in damages in a trial over longstanding falsehoods he perpetuated about the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre. Three other companies associated with InfoWars filed for bankruptcy protection in April, but they …

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Jury Selection Begins In Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook Trial

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 …

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Jones Claims Infowars Co-Host Is Deep State Plant

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 …

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Alex Jones Drops Bankruptcy Ploy In Sandy Hook Case

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 …

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Alex Jones Suggests Texas Massacre Was False Flag

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 …

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Anonymous Donor Sends Alex Jones $1M In Bitcoin

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 …

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Jones Demands Immunity From DOJ On Capitol Riot

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, …

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Judge Delays Alex Jones’ Trial Due To Bankruptcy Filing

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 …

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Three Of Jones’ Companies Have Declared Bankruptcy

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 …

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Infowars Declares Bankruptcy To Dodge Lawsuits

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 …

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Jones Mulls Bankruptcy To Dodge Sandy Hook Payout

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, …

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Sandy Hook Families: Alex Jones Is Hiding His Money

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 …

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Jones Pays $75K Fine, Sits For Sandy Hook Depositions

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 …

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Sandy Hook Families Reject Jones’ Meager Cash Offer

Connecticut Public Radio reports: On Tuesday, InfoWars host Alex Jones offered to settle a lawsuit brought by 13 loved ones of victims killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. But the families rejected the proposed $120,000 each within hours of the “offer of compromise” being filed. “The so-called offer is a transparent and desperate attempt by Alex Jones …

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Infowars Editor Sobs During False Shooter Deposition

The Huffington Post reports: Marcel Fontaine ― who had never even been to Florida ― was suddenly on Infowars as the face of a man who killed students and teachers. Threats soon poured in, with people calling Fontaine a “crisis actor” involved in a “false flag operation” for the “deep state,” familiar buzzwords often repeated by Infowars’ hosts. Later that …

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Texas Man Fights For Russia’s Side In Ukraine [VIDEO]

The Node reports: While most Americans take to social media to express opposition to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and to support the people of Ukraine, one Texas man has broken the rule and flew all the way to Russia to support its troops. The man who has been identified by local Texas Monthly magazine as 54-year old Russell …

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InfoWars Host Loses Bid To Dismiss Riot Charges

Law & Crime reports: An InfoWars host who live-streamed his participation in the Jan. 6 siege at the Capitol has failed in his bid to dismiss the charges against him. Jonathon Owen Shroyer was among the mob of Donald Trump supporters who swarmed the Capitol on Jan. 6 in an attempt to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s win in …

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