ed note–well, it’s that time once again ladies and Gentile-men, where we at this humble little informational endeavor get to throw down the ‘we told ya so’ card, and, as we have stated on previous circumstances, not with as much as an ounce of glee or gloat.
First off, let it be understood that we are not supporters of Alex Jones, nor do we sympathize with his present plight. At every stage of what has been/is the controlled demolition of his role as a ‘troother’, he made the conscious choice to move forward, step by step, with the journey that has brought him to the precipice of his own destruction and therefore has no one to blame for it but himself.
HOWEVER, this does not mean there are not others who helped bring him–and more importantly, the ENTIRE 9/11 TRUTH MOVEMENT–to this place, as literally there are hundreds, possibly even THOUSANDS of ‘troothers’ marching to the beat set down by ‘rappers’ such as this guy–
and this guy–
and this guy–
and this guy–
–And many others who imagined themselves more intelligent and clever than they really were and who also–like Jones himself–refused to listen to those counseling that the ‘no one died at Sandy Hook’ timebomb was a carefully contrived/concocted intelligence operation aimed at destroying whatever chances may have existed for us rescuing ourselves from what is now the unfolding Apocalypse-in-real-time.
Those who did make these warnings were accused of every scurrilous charge imaginable, of being ‘agents’ and ‘plants’ and ‘operatives’, and–in the case of Mike Piper and others–had their hard-won/well-earned reputations and hard work destroyed, a fait accompli that could/can only be discussed in the meeting rooms of ADL, AIPAC et al with ear-splitting laughter and celebration.
It is not just Jones who is being dragged to the gallows, it is everything and everyone who dares rise up against this demonic system otherwise known as the ‘NWO’, and even though that figure of $150 million seems large in size and scope, in truth it will dwarf the destruction that is sure to come, and all of this due to the unwillingness of people–again, who were not/are not nearly as clever or intelligent as they imagine themselves being–to listen to reason and common sense.
CNN
The lawyer for two Sandy Hook families that have sued right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones asked a jury on Tuesday to award his clients $150 million in damages in a trial that will determine how much money they receive.
‘Now that is a huge verdict to be sure, but it is one that will do justice to the level of harm done in this case,’ Mark Bankston, the attorney for the plaintiffs, said in his opening statement.
‘Harm that was done to the parents, grieving parents of murdered children who have had to endure for 10 years, the most despicable and vile campaign of defamation and slander in American history,’ Bankston added.
Bankston said the $150 million figure amounted to $1 for each person who believes false information about the Sandy Hook shooting pushed by Jones, which he argued is about 75 million. The additional $75 million would be to compensate the parents for the emotional and mental anguish they’ve endured over the last decade due to harassment from Jones and his followers.
Jones, who is also being sued in Connecticut by the families of other Sandy Hook victims, was found legally responsible in October for false claims he made about the tragedy that claimed 26 lives.
The judge in the case, Travis County District Court Judge Maya Guerra Gamble, issued default judgments against Jones because he refused to comply with court orders.
Jones baselessly said in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook shooting that the incident was staged. Facing lawsuits, Jones has since acknowledged the shooting occurred. He said in a 2019 sworn deposition that a ‘form of psychosis’ caused him to make his false comments.
In his opening statement, Bankston said, ‘By just one month after the shooting Alex Jones would become patient zero for the Sandy Hook hoax, he had created a sensation.’
Bankston also walked the jury through what he said was a decade-long timeline of Jones’ efforts to push the Sandy Hook hoax narrative, saying that despite a public plea from one of the parents to Jones asking the radio host to stop spreading false information, Jones ‘doubled down,’ targeting the parent in video content and calling him an actor lying about having a child who’d died in the shooting.
In his own opening statement, Andino Reynal, an attorney for Jones, accused the plaintiffs’ lawyer of misleading the court.
‘What we heard was a conspiracy of lies,’ Reynal said of Bankston’s opening remarks.
Reynal sought to portray Jones as someone who had merely made mistakes when covering the Sandy Hook shooting and suggested the quick nature of the news cycle was in part to blame.
‘If you understand the news cycle and how it works, commentators, people on talk shows, they get information, they run with it,’ Reynal said. ‘Alex Jones was wrong to believe these people.
But he didn’t do it out of spite.’
‘The evidence will show he did it because he believed it because he thought it was important coverage,’ Reynal added.
Thousands of people were questioning the shooting, not just Jones, Reynal argued, due to what he called ‘bad coverage’ by the mainstream media.
‘Alex Jones doesn’t trust the government. Millions of Americans don’t trust the government,’ Reynal said.
Evidence to be presented during the trial will show Jones didn’t cause harassment of the parents, Reynal said. He also questioned whether the parents heard Jones’ content about the school shooting.
Reynal said he is ‘honored’ to represent Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems.
‘He is one of the most polarizing figures in this nation,’ Reynal said. ‘And I am honored to represent him not because I agree with everything he says, but I agree with his right to say it and I agree with every Americans right to choose what they watch and listen to and what they believe.’
During the proceedings on Tuesday, Gamble admonished Jones for speaking to the news media during a recess.
‘We’re not going to have that happen again,’ Gamble said.
Gamble said every participant in the trial is ‘ordered to be silent’ about the case when outside the courtroom ‘or if there is any member of the jury in sight.’