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Johnny Depp’s lawyer weighs in on Alex Jones’s latest Sandy Hook defamation trial: ‘Lies are not protected’

‘This is the United States and lies which hurt people – especially heinous lies, horrific lies, are not and have never been protected under the First Amendment,’ says Benjamin Chew

The Independent UK

Alex Jones trial - live: Infowars host expected to testify on Sandy Hook hoax after setback in bankruptcy case

Infowars conspiracy theorist on trial again after being ordered to pay nearly $50m to grieving Sandy Hook parents last month by Texas court

The Independent UK

Alex Jones appears briefly outside court, attacks judge and proceedings

WATERBURY, Conn. — A combative Alex Jones arrived at the courthouse in Waterbury where he is being sued for defamation and attacked the presiding judge, who he said is trying to force him to lie about what he believes and has said about the Sandy Hook school massacre.

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Alex Jones makes 1st appearance outside Sandy Hook trial

After bashing the proceedings on his web show, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has made his first appearance outside a courthouse in Connecticut where a jury will determine how much in damages he should pay for telling his audience the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax

The Independent UK

Alex Jones trial - live: Infowars host expected to testify on Sandy Hook hoax after setback in bankruptcy case

Infowars conspiracy theorist on trial again after being ordered to pay nearly $50m to grieving Sandy Hook parents last month by Texas court

The Independent UK

Alex Jones calls Sandy Hook trial judge a ‘tyrant’ and furiously insists: ‘I was not wrong on purpose’

‘I was not wrong about Sandy Hook on purpose,’ conspiracy theorist says

The Independent UK

Alex Jones mocked Sandy Hook judge and branded trial a ‘kangaroo court’ on Infowars show, jurors hear

The right-wing extremist spread lies that the Sandy Hook massacre was a ‘hoax’ and the 26 murder victims were ‘actors’

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Infowars sales spiked as Alex Jones talked about Sandy Hook

Daily revenue on Infowars site grew 500 per cent overnight after one article claiming FBI said no one died at Sandy Hook

The Independent UK

Alex Jones trial: Kyrie Irving posts ‘New World Order’ video as jury sees more Sandy Hook conspiracies

The Infowars conspiracy theorist is on trial again after being ordered to pay nearly $50m to grieving Sandy Hook parents last month

The Independent UK

Alex Jones trial - live: Kyrie Irving posts ‘New World Order’ video as jury sees more Sandy Hook conspiracies

The Infowars conspiracy theorist is on trial again after being ordered to pay nearly $50m to grieving Sandy Hook parents last month

The Independent UK

New evidence shows Alex Jones’ InfoWars sales volume exploded during Sandy Hook false ‘hoax’ programming

Sandy Hook parents revealed new records in court Thursday that show conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ company ran sophisticated analyses of his web-based businesses and knew his sales volume exploded during programming portraying the Newtown school shootings as a government hoax.

Tribune News Service

Bitcoin donations to Infowars go to Alex Jones, company rep testifies

‘He doesn’t tell anybody where it goes or what he does with it,’ Brittany Paz testifies

The Independent UK

Infowars rep to return to stand in Sandy Hook hoax trial

A representative for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars brand is expected to return to the witness stand for questions about how Jones pushed lies that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax as his companies grew more successful

The Independent UK

Infowars lawyer: 'There were false statements' on Sandy Hook

A lawyer for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars empire has acknowledged on the witness stand that “there were false statements made” about the Sandy Hook school shooting

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Sister of Sandy Hook teacher says family ‘feared for lives’ after Alex Jones hoax claims

‘I’m not a liar. It’s hurtful. It’s devastating. It’s crippling’

Tribune News Service

Connecticut judge sanctions Alex Jones as Sandy Hook trial starts

HARTFORD, Conn. — The judge presiding over Alex Jones’ defamation trial in Waterbury imposed another punishing sanction even before evidence began Tuesday, prohibiting him from using analytics of his website sales to argue to jurors that he didn’t profit from his denial of the Sandy Hook school massacre.

The Independent UK

Alex Jones and Infowars sanctioned just minutes into second damages trial over false Sandy Hook claims

Infowars has ‘consistently engaged in dilatory and obstructive discovery practices,’ judge says

The Independent UK

Alex Jones faces second trial over Sandy Hook hoax claims

A Connecticut jury is set to hear opening arguments about how much money conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting for calling the massacre a hoax

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The Independent UK

Why Alex Jones is facing trial again over his Sandy Hook ‘hoax’ lies – and what it could cost him

Jones is currently in the middle of his second defamation trial - this time in Connecticut

Daily Mirror

'I killed the kids' - Alex Jones erupts in first interview since Sandy Hook defamation verdict

Alex Jones was ordered to pay $45.2 million (£39.17 million) in punitive damages following a lawsuit in relation to his false claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax

The Independent UK

Alex Jones claims ‘Deep State’ will stage mass shootings to steal midterms - weeks after admitting Sandy Hook lies

Jones asserted that leftist ‘Deep State’ globalists would blame staged violence on far-right groups in an effort to take over the country

Tribune News Service

Alex Jones to allow company behind Infowars to be part of Conn. defamation trial in September

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has agreed to allow the company behind his far-right Infowars website to participate in his Connecticut defamation case, meaning both will be on trial in Waterbury, Connecticut, in September to decide what they should pay in damages for their false claims that the Sandy Hook school…

The Independent UK

Alex Jones is accused of hiding millions of dollars to avoid paying Sandy Hook families

Far-right conspiracy theorist has siphoned up to $62m from his company in an attempt to avoid paying damages, Sandy Hook families allege in court documents

The Conversation

Deplatforming online extremists reduces their followers – but there's a price

Conspiracy theorist and US far-right media personality Alex Jones was recently ordered to pay US$45 million (£37 million) damages to the family of a child killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting.

The Independent UK

Mother of Sandy Hook victim says she felt compassion for ‘lonely’ Alex Jones when she faced him in court

‘What I saw was just a man, a human being in pain, lonely with no one there to testify for him’

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