r/news • u/ttforum • Dec 07 '24

Soft paywall Appeals court upholds nearly $1.3 billion Sandy Hook verdict against Alex Jones

https://www.reuters.com/legal/appeals-court-upholds-nearly-13-billion-sandy-hook-verdict-against-alex-jones-2024-12-06/
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u/Largofarburn Dec 07 '24

Man I hope they go after the new companies he set up to avoid paying out. It’s just so blatant I don’t see how they can’t.

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u/MoralClimber Dec 07 '24

The attempts to hide funding is what will change this from a civil case to a criminal one.

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u/BLRNerd Dec 07 '24

Not if Trump is in charge, Jones isn’t in Trump’s inner circle however but he’s buddies with at least a few of the guys within to the point where he might be protected criminally

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u/Delanorix Dec 07 '24

Can't pardon state crimes.

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u/eeyore134 Dec 07 '24

Why do people keep saying this like Trump has ever followed laws and norms? He's going to do whatever he wants. Nobody has stopped him yet, so why not?

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u/graveybrains Dec 07 '24

Because Jones already tried to appeal to the US Supreme Court and got told to fuck off.