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Aug 5, 2022 14 tweets 4 min read
#Breaking: we hear the jury has a verdict on the punitive damages in Alex Jones’ trial. Heading back into the courtroom now. The verdict is unanimous, as was required.
Aug 5, 2022 41 tweets 6 min read
Alex Jones is in the courtroom, one day after the jury returned a $4.1M verdict.

Yesterday, their charge was compensatory damages - how much the Sandy Hook parents were owed for defamation and mental anguish.

Today is about punitive damages - how much he owes as punishment. We're told we will hear testimony about Jones' (and likely the company's) net worth, before the jury is given their next charge.
Aug 4, 2022 27 tweets 6 min read
Jury #now deliberating how much Infowars' Alex Jones owes the family of a Sandy Hook victim - to compensate them for emotional damages& defamation caused by what their attorneys call a "decade of lies." Jones' team wants jury to consider how much "actual damage" his words caused. #NEW: While we are waiting for a verdict, Jones' attorney tries to file an emergency motion for protection over a file transfer link he shared with the family's attorneys.

We learned about this yesterday - catch up here: kxan.com/news/sandy-hoo…
Aug 3, 2022 55 tweets 9 min read
Alex Jones is expected to be back on the stand today - testifying before a jury tasked with calculating how much he owes a family for calling the Sandy Hook shooting a "hoax." We heard from that family yesterday: kxan.com/news/national-… @KXAN_News Jones begins by discussing the Truther community - who he describes as people who questioned the official narrative of incidents such as John F. Kennedy's assassination and 9/11 attacks.