Alex Jones is having a day in court after claiming that the Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax. Alas, things are not going well for the sweaty, perpetually coughing on the witness stand Infowars host.
Scratch that. Things are going so terribly wrong for Jones that some are comparing his trial to an episode of Law & Order. The whole mess started when Jones, who is being sued for $150 million in damages by parents of the children killed in the 2012 massacre, began perjuring himself on the stand, claiming his business was bankrupt, that he couldn’t provide any emails or texts he sent about Sandy Hook because there were none and that he didn’t defame both the presiding judge and the jury in the case on his televised show. And the reason we know Jones was lying about all of this — besides that taping of Infowars where he shared an image of Judge Maya Guerra Gamble on fire and claimed the jury was rigged — is because his lawyers “accidentally” sent a digital copy of the entire content of Jones’ cell phone to the lawyers representing the Sandy Hook victims’ families.
Here’s the moment it happened in court.
Omg — where did Alex Jones find this lawyer — Groupon?
This is one of the craziest things I’ve ever seen 😳 pic.twitter.com/1SebwKNHYw
— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) August 3, 2022
That’s right. Either Jones — a man reportedly worth millions despite his claims of being broke — hired the most incompetent legal representation he could find or the guys representing him just really hate his guts. Not only did the lawyers hand over years’ worth of unredacted texts and emails, but they also did so without marking them as privileged which means the team representing the Sandy Hook side has been using the Infowars host’s own words against him all day in court. Even worse, Jones’ lawyers made the error 12 days ago, which means they’ve allowed their client to lie on the stand for nearly two weeks before copping to their mistake.
Obviously, this is a devastating turn of events for Jones who has now lied about everything from how much money Infowars was making from his Sandy Hook conspiracy theories — sometimes 800K a day — to having one of his producers harass Sandy Hook officials during the height of his media blitz against the school. But, for everyone hoping this scumbag, who profited off the death of innocent children for a decade, finally gets what’s coming to him … well, they’re having a hell of a time over on Twitter.
Wow. Sandy Hook parents' lawyer is revealing that Alex Jones' lawyers sent him the contents of Jones' phone BY MISTAKE.
"12 days ago, your attorneys messed up and sent me a digital copy of every text" Jones has sent for years.
"You know what perjury is?" the lawyer asks.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) August 3, 2022
Even Jones is stunned by the fact Sandy Hook parents seem to have his emails. Jones just called it their lawyers' "Perry Mason moment." It's shocking.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) August 3, 2022
Alex Jones' lawyer accidentally sending the Sandy Hooks parents the entire contents of his phone feels like God adding an edit button to the fucked up world we live in.
— Mr. Newberger (@jeremynewberger) August 3, 2022
Alex Jones realizing his lawyers accidentally sent the Sandy Hook parents the entire contents of his phone pic.twitter.com/sMSogdyDtX
— Bella 🍪🌻🏳️⚧️🔆 (@RealBellad) August 3, 2022
To recap: Alex Jones' lawyers accidentally sent the Sandy Hook plaintiffs' lawyers his phone.
Oops.
It had evidence that he perjured himself in his deposition in this case.
Double oops.
But … they just raised possibility of sharing it with law enforcement.
🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 3, 2022
Maybe the Secret Service's texts are on Alex Jones's phone
— Joshua Holland (@JoshuaHol) August 3, 2022
Seen a lot of Law & Order, haven't seen a twist as good as "Alex Jones' lawyers accidentally sent Sandy Hook parents' lawyers the entire contents of his phone and his long-hidden financials, but they waited 12 days to let him lie" in my life. Just an absolutely wild day.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) August 3, 2022
Alex Jones’s own legal team sending his phone data to the Sandy Hook parent’s lawyers by mistake is the nail in his fascist coffin.
— 𝐁𝐞𝐤𝐬 (@antifaoperative) August 3, 2022
Do you think the J6 Committee would be interested in the entire contents of Alex Jones' cell phone?
— Don Lewis (@DonLew87) August 3, 2022
screen grab of Alex Jones’ reaction after the prosecuting attorney informed him his lawyer accidentally sent 2 years of phone/email records which prove he committed perjury 🤣 pic.twitter.com/GkRclFUST2
— LeGate (@williamlegate) August 3, 2022