BREAKING: BIG setback for Alex Jones in his bankruptcy case--federal bk Judge Christopher Lopez in Houston has tossed out both Jones's lawyer AND his chief restructuring officer. Judge cites transparency issues, incl personal expenses by Jones...
One example: Jones spent $80k on "security" for his trip to CT for his Sandy Hook damages trial, where he is right now. "I don't like where we are today," Judge Lopez says. But it's the right decision under the law.
"I hope I never have to make another decision like this as long as I'm on the bench," Judge Lopez says.
Judge now expanding the power of DoJ's Subchapter V trustee to run Jones's business, citing a "lack of candor in this case." Wow.
Judge says someone completely independent is needed to run Infowars, citing concerns with disclosure, lack of candor and the $54 million debt to an LLC partly owned by his family, and the need to investigate insider rel'ships
He is also authorizing the trustee to hire outside counsel/help. "And I want folks with no connection to any of these cases to assist you."
"There has to be greater transparency in this case...It's gonna cost what it costs."
This isn't a comment on the professionals he's just booted, the Judge said. He respects their work, "But without process and without transparence ppl lose faith in the process...Congress writes laws, judges apply them as faithfully as possible, and that's what I've done today."
The hearing is over. And Jones's bankruptcy claim has hit some serious speed bumps./END
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Sep 22
Good morning from rainy Waterbury, CT, & Alex Jones's trial for damages v. the families of 8 Sandy Hook victims. Jones himself expected to show up today. He withdrew $80k from his "bankrupt" company for security for his trip. Hope his bodyguards have⛱️⛱️ nytimes.com/2022/09/20/us/…
Jones is in the courtroom. He's sitting at the defense table between his lawyer, Norm Pattis, & Pattis' associate
Jones was saying outside the courthouse that he might be "forced" to take the 5th...
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Sep 21
Morning 🌞 from Alex Jones' Sandy Hook damages trial in CT! Tough day for the Infowars fabulist, who last night had his bankruptcy claim gutted by a judge over a "lack of candor" & Jones' paying $80k for "security" here. Will he testify today? More soon...nytimes.com/2022/09/20/us/…
The bankruptcy ruling was a major setback for Jones. Judge removed two of his top restructuring officials, strengthened independent oversight, and ordered that "insider relationships" and suspect spending by Jones be investigated.
Judge is here. Some housekeeping matters before we begin. If you'd like to watch live, here's the live stream from the amazing @lawcrimenews
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Sep 20
New thread, we're back from lunch at Alex Jones damages trial v 8 Sandy Hook victims' families in Waterbury, CT. Clint Watts, online counter-terror expert, is still on the stand.
Lawyer for the families plays Infowars lead-in to the show. Watts says the use of war imagery and words is "incitement," and the video is "highly effective in terms of content production."
Lawyer shows Watts a series of Infowars headlines about Sandy Hook, & a clip where Jones is shilling for Wolfgang Halbig's "Sandy Hook Justice" website. Tnx to Jones Halbig raised >$100k to fund trips to Newtown to torment residents/survivors. Infowars sent a cameraman w him
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Sep 20
Here in Waterbury for Alex Jones/Sandy Hook trial—Jones is outside the courthouse holding forth for the cameras. He’s apparently reluctant to come inside, where there are three rows of Sandy Hook families in the gallery waiting to hold him to account.
It's as yet unclear whether Jones will testify today. Right now the Infowars corporate rep, Brittany Paz, is again on the stand. During her testimony last week lawyers for the families established that Infowars' traffic/sales surged when he spread Sandy Hook lies.
I spared you the rest of Brittany Paz testimony but you can find it on the livestream Now we are on to counterterrorism expert Clint Watts. Lawyer for the families, Josh Koskoff, establishing his creds, which are here: fpri.org/contributor/cl…
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Sep 15
Lest anyone doubt that Alex Jones’ lawyer Norm Pattis was 😴💤
Lawyer for families is reading an email from @PrisonPlanet in which Jones's employee warns that lying about Sandy Hook "is killing us," and "batshit crazy." He wasn't worried about the families, tho. He said it would hurt Infowars' cred with the Drudge Report
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Sep 15
Norm Pattis, Jones's lawyer is asleep
Oh he's awake now ⏰
Families' lawyer (awake) is playing the video of Jones and sidekick Rob Dew making sure everyone watching sees @lenpoz 's address, and another where he mocks the families' weeping. These videos appear to really resonate w the jury, because they are JUST. SO. ENRAGING.
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