ALEX JONES

Medical and psychiatric records of parents of children killed in the 2012 school massacre were among a document dump that included Jones' leaked texts.

It's the first time Jones has been held financially liable for repeatedly claiming the Sandy Hook shooting was faked. The messages, including communications about Sandy Hook, were accidentally emailed to the plaintiffs' attorneys by one of Jones' lawyers. Even if prosecutors never pursue a case, Jones could face further consequences from Judge Maya Guerra Gamble. Horton, the Austin lawyer, said the cases could potentially proceed against Jones personally while Free Speech Systems is in bankruptcy court, and he warned that filing for Chapter 11 gives the bankruptcy court tremendous power to examine Jones’ finances. ___Find AP's full coverage of the Alex Jones trial at: https://apnews.com/hub/alex-jonesCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

The nearly $50 million defamation verdict against Alex Jones for his years of lies about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre is not a final reckoning.

The nude photo was included in a trove of Alex Jones' texts accidentally sent to lawyers for Sandy Hook parents, the attorney said.

The Infowars host admitted sending a naked photo — but said he sent it to his wife.

"I'm a little concerned about it because that intimate photo was sent to Roger Stone, and I don't know if that was consensual," said Mark Bankston.

The effort to legitimize Jones on the right came long after his comments impugning the grieving families of dead schoolchildren.

Who would defend Alex Jones, who made money by magnifying the pain and suffering of the parents of murdered children? Sen. Wendy Rogers would.

The far-right congresswoman again came to the defense of the conspiracy theorist after he was ordered to pay $45 million to Sandy Hook parents.

For example, saying COVID-19 isn't real is not defamatory, but spreading lies about a doctor treating coronavirus patients is. "Alex Jones was attacking individuals," said Stephen D. Solomon, a law professor and founding editor of New York University's First Amendment Watch. “I am asking you to take the bullhorn away from Alex Jones and all of the others who believe they can profit off of fear and misinformation,” Wesley Ball said in his closing argument Friday. Jones, who has since acknowledged that the shooting was real, has claimed his statements about Sandy Hook were protected by the First Amendment. “They’re intended to have a chilling effect on lies that damage people’s reputations.”___Follow Michael Sisak on Twitter at twitter.com/mikesisak___Find AP's full coverage of the Alex Jones trial at: https://apnews.com/hub/alex-jonesCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Infowars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is facing a hefty price tag for his lies about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre — $49.3 million in damages and counting — for claiming the nation’s deadliest school shooting was a hoax.

Alex Jones is facing a hefty price tag for his lies about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre — $49.3 million in damages, and counting, for claiming the nation’s deadliest school shooting was a hoax — a punishing salvo in a fledgling war on harmful misinformation. “I think a lot of people are thinking of this as sort of a blow against fake news, and it’s important to realize that libel law deals with a very particular kind of fake news,” said Eugene Volokh, a First Amendment professor at the UCLA School of Law. U.S. courts have long held that defamatory statements — falsehoods damaging the reputation of a person or a business — aren't protected as free speech, but lies about other subjects, like science, history or the government, are.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay millions in damages for spreading lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre. But even if the penalties shut down Infowars, his influence will remain.

The jury ordered Alex Jones to pay $45.2 million as punishment for his Sandy Hook lies, but Texas law caps punitive damages at $750,000.

On Friday, a jury said Alex Jones should pay $45.2 million in punitive damages after being found liable for defamation.

Jones, the creator and face of the conspiracy-peddling website InfoWars, is on the hook for a total of $49.3 million for spreading falsehoods about the 2012 mass shooting at an elementary school.

read: Alex Jones concedes Sandy Hook attack was ‘100% real’Punitive damages are meant to punish defendants for particularly egregious conduct, beyond monetary compensation awarded to the individuals they hurt. Lies, you pay for.”read: Sandy Hook parents: Alex Jones claims created ‘living hell’An economist hired by the plaintiffs testified that Jones and the company are worth up to $270 million, suggesting that Jones was still making money. READ: How Alex Jones’ bombastic behavior impacts him in courtThroughout the trial, Jones has been his typically bombastic self, talking about conspiracies on the witness stand, during impromptu press conferences and on his show. ___Find AP’s full coverage of the Alex Jones trial at: https://apnews.com/hub/alex-jonesCopyright 2022 The Associated Press. Lake County 'conspiracy theorist' charged for harassing Sandy Hook victim?s family, deputies say Wolfgang Halbig, 73, is facing charges for allegedly possessing the personal information that belonged to Leonard Pozner, the father of Noah Pozner, one of the Sandy Hook victims.

The sum is in addition to the $4.1 million Jones has been ordered to pay in compensatory damages.

A Texas jury ordered Alex Jones to pay $49.3 million to parents of a victim killed in the Sandy Hook mass shooting.

Jurors at first awarded Heslin and Lewis $4.1 million in compensatory damages, which Jones called a major victory. The same jury ordered Jones to pay Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis $4.1 million in compensation for defamation. “You are asked to punish Alex Jones," Ball said. Throughout the trial, Jones has been his typically bombastic self, talking about conspiracies on the witness stand, during impromptu press conferences and on his show. ___Find AP's full coverage of the Alex Jones trial at: https://apnews.com/hub/alex-jonesCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

The far-right broadcaster and conspiracy theorist had called the 2012 school shooting "a hoax."

In an exclusive interview with CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge, former Attorney General Bill Barr offered his analysis of the Jan. 6 grand jury investigation and what recent subpoenas for top Trump advisers may mean for the former president.

Alex Jones defamation trial Alex Jones is called up to testify at the Travis County Courthouse during the his defamation trial, in Austin, U.S. August 2, 2022. In awarding punitive damages, the verdict must be unanimous. “And that is, stop Alex Jones. Ball asked that the jury award $145.9 million in punitive damages — which would bring the combined total to the $150 million figure that the parents were seeking. The trial was the first of three separate defamation cases against Jones stemming from his portrayal of the Sandy Hook massacre as a hoax.

The same jury ordered Jones to pay Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis $4.1 million in compensation for defamation. Bernard Pettingill, who was hired by the plaintiffs to study Jones’ net worth, said records show that Jones withdrew $62 million for himself in 2021, when default judgments were issued in lawsuits against him. “You are asked to punish Alex Jones," Ball said. Throughout the trial, Jones has been his typically bombastic self, talking about conspiracies on the witness stand, during impromptu press conferences and on his show. ___Find AP's full coverage of the Alex Jones trial at: https://apnews.com/hub/alex-jonesCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Trump has called Jones "amazing," while Rogan has argued that the Infowars founder is "entertaining."

The same jury ordered Jones to pay Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis $4.1 million in compensation for defamation. Bernard Pettingill, who was hired by the plaintiffs to study Jones’ net worth, said records show that Jones withdrew $62 million for himself in 2021, when default judgments were issued in lawsuits against him. “He is a very successful man,” Pettingill said, calling Jones a “maverick” and “revolutionary” for finding ways to monetize his online messaging. Throughout the trial, Jones has been his typically bombastic self, talking about conspiracies on the witness stand, during impromptu press conferences and on his show. ___Find AP's full coverage of the Alex Jones trial at: https://apnews.com/hub/alex-jonesCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

A Texas jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of a child who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, adding to the $4.1 million he has to pay for the suffering he put them through by claiming for years that the nation’s deadliest school shooting was a hoax.

"As much of a maverick that he is, as much of an outsider that he is, he is a very successful man," the finance expert said of Alex Jones.

But the bombastic version of Jones was always lurking under the surface, or even on full display away from the courthouse. Jones, who wasn't in court for the verdict, often skipped testimony to appear on his daily Infowars program, where the attacks on the judge and jury continued. When Jones arrived for Lewis' testimony, Gamble asked if he was chewing gum, a violation of a strict rule in her courtroom. At the end of that day, Jones and the parents shook hands. ___Find AP's full coverage of the Alex Jones trial at: https://apnews.com/hub/alex-jonesCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Twitter is cracking up over Jan. 6 probers getting 2 years of Alex Jones' 'intimate' texts to Roger Stone. Given their roles in the riot, it's no laughing matter.

Greene tweeted praise for the conspiracy theorist during and after his defamation trial brought on by the parents of a Sandy Hook victim.

Jones is being sued for defamation by the parents of a first grader killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012 for saying the school shooting was a hoax on his radio show.

In his post-verdict statement, Jones also appealed to his supporters to buy T-shirts and books to keep InfoWars going.

But the bombastic version of Jones was always lurking under the surface, or even on full display away from the courthouse. Jones, who wasn't in court for the verdict, often skipped testimony to appear on his daily Infowars program, where the attacks on the judge and jury continued. When Jones arrived for Lewis' testimony, Gamble asked if he was chewing gum, a violation of a strict rule in her courtroom. “I don’t know what it is designed to accomplish other than being on brand for Alex Jones,” said Goldberg. At the end of that day, Jones and the parents shook hands.

Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones bulled through the first trial that could decimate his personal fortune and media empire in his usual way.

This is the first time the Infowars host has been held financially liable for repeatedly claiming the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax.

The Austin jury’s decision in the civil trial means that Jones could pay far less than the plaintiffs sought for his remarks nearly a decade ago after the massacre in Newtown, Conn.

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." The parents had sought at least $150 million in compensation for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The Texas award could set a marker for other cases against Jones and underlines the financial threat he's facing. But Heslin and Lewis told jurors that an apology wouldn't suffice and called on them to make Jones pay for the years of suffering he has put them and other Sandy Hook families through. At one point in her testimony, Lewis looked directly at Jones, who was sitting barely 10 feet away.

InfoWars host and creator Alex Jones will have to pay $4.1 million to the parents whose children were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012. Jones has spent years claiming the shooting as a hoax.

A jury in Texas on Thursday found that the Infowars founder is liable for more than $4 million in compensatory damages for falsely claiming the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., was a hoax.

Judge Maya Guerra Gamble ordered the jury to return Friday, when it will consider punitive damages in the highly-watched case. Gamble admonished Jones several times during the two-week trial for speaking out of turn and going off on unrelated tangents during his testimony. Mark Bankston, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, asked Jones if he was taking the trial seriously. “I think Sandy Hook happened. Both Heslin and Lewis said they have received death threats from people inspired by Jones since the massacre.

A Texas jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than $4 million in compensatory damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre over Jones' repeated public claims that the attack was a hoax.

Briana Sanchez/Pool via REUTERSThe Texas jury that conspiracy theorist and InfoWars founder Alex Jones publicly referred to as “extremely blue collar folks” who “don’t know what planet they’re on,” found the online pseudo-celeb liable on Thursday to the tune of $4.11 million for spreading lies about the Sandy Hook school shooting.The verdict means Jones now must pay damages for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress to the mother and father of Jesse Lewis, a 6-year-old boy k

Mark Bankston, the lawyer, said he plans to comply with the request unless the judge orders him not to.

An attorney representing two parents who sued conspiracy theorist Alex Jones over his false claims about the Sandy Hook massacre said the House committee has requested records from Jones' phone.

An attorney representing two parents who sued Jones over his false claims about the Sandy Hook massacre says the U.S. House Jan. 6 committee has requested two years’ worth of records from Jones’ phone. He said the records mistakenly sent to him included some medical records of plaintiffs in other lawsuits against Jones. "Mr. Jones and his intimate messages with Roger Stone are not protected,” Bankston said, referring to former President Donald Trump's longtime ally. “We certainly saw text messages from as far back as 2019. Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, the parents suing Jones, are seeking at least $150 million in damages.

Alex Jones' trial at the Travis County Courthouse, Austin, Texas Alex Jones attempts to answer questions about his emails asked by Mark Bankston, lawyer for Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, during trial at the Travis County Courthouse, Austin, Texas, U.S., August 3, 2022. Bankston said in court Thursday that the committee has requested the text messages and related documents, and that he intends to turn them over unless he’s instructed not to do so. "I've been asked to turn them over," Bankston informed Judge Maya Guerra Gamble, who is overseeing the trial in Austin. Bankston said he also intends to share the messages with lawyers for the plaintiffs in a separate defamation trial against Jones in Connecticut. Gamble said she would give Jones’s attorneys time to research whether they have a legal argument to block the transmission of those text messages.

A day earlier, Bankston revealed in court that Jones' attorney had mistakenly sent Bankston the last two years’ worth of texts from Jones’ cellphone.

The conspiracy theorist will face multiple trials this year to decide what he owes in damages to families who sued him for defamation and won.

The attorney said the House panel investigating the Capitol riot asked for the contents of Jones' phone after his lawyer accidentally leaked them.

Newtown Shooting-Infowars Mark Bankston, lawyer for Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, asks Alex Jones questions about text messages during trial at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Wednesday Aug. 3, 2022. 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." (Briana Sanchez/Austin American-Statesman via AP, Pool) (Briana Sanchez)AUSTIN, Texas — (AP) — An attorney representing two parents who sued conspiracy theorist Alex Jones over his false claims about the Sandy Hook massacre says the U.S. House Jan. 6 committee has requested two years' worth of records from Jones' phone. The House committee did not immediately return a request for comment. A day earlier, Bankston revealed in court that Jones' attorney had mistakenly sent Bankston the last two years' worth of texts from Jones' cellphone.

An attorney for two parents suing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones over his false claims about the Sandy Hook massacre says the U.S. House Jan. 6 committee has requested two years’ worth of records from Jones’ phone.

A judge denied the request; the lawyer for Sandy Hook parents said the mistrial request was like Jones' lawyer reaching for "a fig leaf over his own malpractice."

The "Daily Show" host spots "one of the funniest moments" of Jones' defamation trial.

On Wednesday, A lawyer representing Sandy Hook parents told Alex Jones that his attorney "messed up" and shared two years of phone records.

Kyle Farrar, an attorney who represented the Sandy Hook victim's parents, maintained that the two parents deserved $150 million total in damages.

The parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre say conspiracy theorist Alex Jones made their lives a “living hell” by repeatedly pushing false claims that the killings were a hoax.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones says he now understands he was irresponsible to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax, and he now believes it was “100% real.”.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones arrived at the start of his Texas defamation trial for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School attack a hoax with the words “Save the 1st” scrawled on tape covering his mouth.

A psychiatrist says that the parents of a Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim live with a complex form of post-traumatic stress disorder and a constant fear that followers of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones will kill them.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ media company Free Speech Systems has filed for bankruptcy, but his attorney says it shouldn't disrupt the defamation damages trial underway in Texas that seeks to force Jones to pay $150 million or more to the family of one of the children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School attack.

The resignation of a county elections clerk in a rural county in Nevada has opened a window into the long-term consequences of election conspiracy theories.

An attorney for the parents of one of the children who were killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting told jurors that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones repeatedly “lied and attacked the parents of murdered children” when he told his Infowars audience that the 2012 attack was a hoax.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is set to face a defamation trial over his false comments that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre was a hoax.

A federal judge in Texas has dismissed the bankruptcy protection case of Infowars and two other companies controlled by Alex Jones.

The Sandy Hook families’ lawsuits against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown school shooting in Connecticut a hoax appear poised to resume soon.

On Tuesday, Elon Musk said he would reverse Twitter’s ban of former President Donald Trump, who was booted in January 2021 for inciting violence at the U.S. Capitol, should he succeed in acquiring the social platform for $44 billion.

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Infowars has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the website’s founder and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones faces defamation lawsuits over his comments that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.

Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has traveled to Connecticut to appear at a deposition in a lawsuit over his calling the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax.

A Connecticut judge says Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones will be fined for each weekday that passes without him appearing for a deposition in a lawsuit brought by relatives of some victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Infowars host Alex Jones has defied a Connecticut judge’s order to show up for a deposition in Texas in a lawsuit by relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, over Jones calling the massacre a hoax.

The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection has subpoenaed Kimberly Guilfoyle after she abruptly ended a voluntary interview with lawmakers last week.

For more than a year, federal prosecutors have been investigating the Capitol riot, and at least 700 people have been charged, mostly with lower-level crimes.

The wife of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was arrested Christmas Eve on a domestic violence charge that the right-wing provocateur says stems from a “medication imbalance.”.

Longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone says he has asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in an interview with the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.

A committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection has issued subpoenas to five more individuals, including former President Donald Trump’s ally Roger Stone and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

A Connecticut judge has found Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones liable for damages in lawsuits brought by parents of children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

An investigation by The Associated Press has found that a vocal group of chiropractors has become an influential force in stirring up anti-vaccine misinformation during the pandemic.

Front-line medical workers are growing weary of COVID-19 denial and misinformation in treating unvaccinated patients during the delta-driven surge.

A Texas judge has found Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones liable for damages in three defamation lawsuits related to his claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.

Officials say the host of a program for the right-wing website Infowars is in custody after being charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Court documents show that a host of the right-wing website Infowars, Owen Shroyer, has been charged in connection to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Some people charged with storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 are claiming they were only there to record history as journalists, not join a deadly insurrection.

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in a defamation lawsuit brought by relatives of some of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

Legitimate questions about the virus created perfect conditions for conspiracy theories. COVID CLAIM: Boyle says the coronavirus is a genetically engineered bioweapon that escaped from a high-level lab in Wuhan, China. COVID CLAIM: Nikulin argues the U.S. created the virus and used it to attack China. He first voiced the belief in a Jan. 20, 2020, story by Zvezda, a state media outlet tied to the Russian military. EVIDENCE: There is no evidence that the U.S. created the virus or used it as a weapon to attack Iran.

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, Trump supporters gather outside the Capitol in Washington. Militia members, white supremacists, paramilitary organizations and fervent supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump stood shoulder to shoulder, unified in rage. I’m afraid that we’re going to have to be prepared for some worst-case scenarios for a while," said Amy Cooter, a senior lecturer in sociology at Vanderbilt University who studies U.S. militia groups. To understand the mix of extremists in the Capitol melee, it helps to look at history. ___This story has been corrected to show that the “Texas Militia” group gathered at the Statehouse in Auston while Trump was at the Texas border.

NEW YORK – A self-described American nationalist suspected of leaving a hoax explosive device in a car at a New York City mall is facing criminal charges after turning himself in to police, authorities said Tuesday. The mall was evacuated around 7:30 a.m. Monday after a device that was made to look like an explosive was found in a black Tesla parked on a ramp in a parking garage. He mocked media coverage as “fake news” and derided reporters covering his arrest as "morons.”“It was a Tesla car being charged," Shenker said. Another photo showed a Black Lives Matter poster among the items. A video posted to social media showed a man purported to be Shenker threatening to send the Proud Boys and Infowars host Alex Jones after a woman attending the vigil.