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LetMyPeopleVote

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Mon Jul 25, 2022, 09:48 AM Jul 2022

Alex Jones' Sandy Hook defamation trial set to finally begin in Texas

I am glad that this trial is getting some national coverage



https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alex-jones-sandy-hook-defamation-trial-set-finally-begin-texas-rcna39779?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

AUSTIN, Texas — Jury selection is set for Monday in a trial that will determine for the first time how much Infowars host Alex Jones must pay Sandy Hook Elementary School parents for falsely telling his audience that the deadliest classroom shooting in U.S. history was a hoax.

The trial in Austin, Texas — where the conspiracy theorist lives and broadcasts his show — follows months of delays. Jones has racked up fines for ignoring court orders and he put Infowars into bankruptcy protection just before the trial was originally set to start in April.

At stake for Jones is another potentially major financial blow that could put his constellation of conspiracy peddling businesses into deeper jeopardy. He has already been banned from YouTube, Facebook and Spotify over violating hate-speech policies.

The trial involving the parents of two Sandy Hook families is only the start for Jones; damages have yet to be awarded in separate defamation cases for other families of the 2012 massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.
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Alex Jones' Sandy Hook defamation trial set to finally begin in Texas (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2022 OP
Should last about as long as Bannon's trial . . . AndyS Jul 2022 #1
The plaintiffs are planning on two weeks for this trial LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2022 #2
Where ya' watching. Too hot to do anything outside AndyS Jul 2022 #3
The court has a youtube channel LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2022 #4
Thx, bookmarked. nt AndyS Jul 2022 #5
Mark Bankston's opening is at 9 AM Central/Houston time LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2022 #6

LetMyPeopleVote

(154,577 posts)
2. The plaintiffs are planning on two weeks for this trial
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 05:37 PM
Jul 2022

They have 100 jurors in the panel. I watched part of the proceedings earlier today. Openings are supposed to be tomorrow

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