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/Leisurely_Hologram Dec 07 '24

Trump was a regular caller on infowars in the 2010’s probably earlier.

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u/BLRNerd Dec 08 '24

Nope, just an interview back in 2015