And yet you’re going to leave this courthouse and say it again on your show."Īt one point, Lewis asked Jones: "Do you think I’m an actor?" "I am a mother first and foremost and I know you are a father.
Earlier that day, Jones was on his broadcast program telling his audience that Heslin is "slow" and being manipulated by bad people. In a gripping exchange, Lewis spoke directly to Jones, who was sitting about 10 feet away. They led a day of charged testimony Tuesday that included the judge scolding the bombastic Jones for not being truthful with some of what he said under oath. Jones' testimony came a day after Heslin and Lewis told the courtroom in Austin, where Jones and his companies are based, that Jones and the false hoax claims he and Infowars pushed made their lives a "living hell" of death threats, online abuse and harassment. Jones said that was the company’s best day in sales.
The attorney also showed the court an email from an Infowars business officer informing Jones that the company had earned $800,000 gross in selling its products in a single day, which would amount to nearly $300 million in a year. He replied: "I must have dictated that."Īt one point, Bankston informed Jones that his attorneys had mistakenly sent Bankston the last two years' worth of texts from Jones’ cellphone.Īlex Jones' attorney accidentally sent all his text messages to opposing attorney: 'Do you know what perjury is?'ĭuring Alex Jones' civil trial, he learns his attorney accidentally sent the last two years' worth of his text messages to Mark Bankston, the attorney who's representing the parents of Sandy Hook. Jones said, "I don’t use email," then was showed one gathered from another source that came from his email address. Jones said he didn’t mean that part literally.īankston said Jones hadn’t complied with court orders to provide text message and emails for pretrial evidence gathering. Then came another clip of Jones asking if the jury was selected from a group of people "who don’t know what planet" they live on.
#Sandy hook elementary school shooting trial
Under a withering cross-examination from attorney Mark Bankston, Jones acknowledged his history of raising conspiracy claims regarding other mass tragedies, from the Oklahoma City and Boston Marathon bombings to the mass shootings in Las Vegas and Parkland, Florida.īankston then went after Jones’ credibility, showing an Infowars video clip from last week when a host - not Jones - claimed the trial was rigged and featuring a photo of the judge in flames. He also complained that he’s been "typecast as someone that runs around talking about Sandy Hook, makes money off Sandy Hook, is obsessed by Sandy Hook." Jones said he does, but added, "They (the media) won’t let me take it back." His attorney asked him if he now understands it was "absolutely irresponsible" to push the false claims that the massacre didn’t happen and no one died. Jones was the only person who testified in his own defense.
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