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> $4.1 MILLION IS HOW
MUCH ALEX JONES WILL HAVE TO PAY
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FOR HIS LIES.
A JURY AWARDING THAT SUM TO THE
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PARENTS OF 6-YEAR-OLD JESSIE
LEWIS WHO WAS KILLED AT SANDY
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HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEARLY
TEN YEARS AGO.
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FOLLOWING THE JUDGMENT JONES
TOOK TO THE AIRWAVES AND SAID
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THIS --
>> I ADMIT THAT I MADE A
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MISTAKE.
I ADMITTED THAT I FOLLOWED
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DISINFORMATION, BUT NOT ON
PURPOSE.
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I APOLOGIZED TO THE FAMILIES AND
THE JURY UNDERSTOOD THAT.
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WHAT I DID TO THOSE FAMILIES WAS
WRONG BUT I DIDN'T DO IT ON
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PURPOSE.
>> YEAH.
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>> I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN SAY
HE DIDN'T DO IT ON PURPOSE, BUT
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THIS MAY BE JUST THE START OF
JONES' LEGAL TROUBLE BECAUSE THE
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PLAINTIFFS' LAWYER IS SAYING
THAT THE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE
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HAS ASKED FOR JONES' PHONE
RECORDS WHICH INCLUDES TEXT
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MESSAGES REVEALED DURING THIS
TRIAL.
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JOINING US NOW IS ERICA HILL AND
CNN SENIOR MEDIA REPORTER OLIVER
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DARCY.
LET'S START FIRST, ERICA, WITH
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THIS TRIAL.
$4.1 MILLION, IT ASKED FOR $150
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MILLION BUT THIS IS JUST ONE
FAMILY AND THIS MAY NOT BE THE
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END OF IT BECAUSE THERE MAY BE
OTHER DAMAGES AWARDED.
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>> THESE WERE THE COMPENSATORY
DAMAGES THAT WERE AWARDED
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YESTERDAY.
THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFFS
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ACTUALLY TELLING OLIVER THAT HE
WAS THRILLED WITH THE DECISION
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THAT SCARLETT LEWIS AND NEIL
HESLIN WERE THRILLED WITH THE
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DECISION HERE AND THAT THEY DID
NOTE THERE ARE OTHER DEFAMATION
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LAWSUITS PENDING.
THE PUNITIVE DAMAGES, THAT PART
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OF THE TRIAL, WILL BE DECIDED --
WILL START, RATHER, TODAY SO
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THERE COULD BE MORE DAMAGES
COMING IN JUST THIS TRIAL ALONE.
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BUT YOU BRING UP AN INTERESTING
POINT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT OTHER
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FAMILIES BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER
CASES PENDING AND THIS IS A
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POINT THAT ONE OF OUR LEGAL
ANALYSTS MADE LAST NIGHT WAS
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THAT THE JURY MAY HAVE TAKEN
INTO ACCOUNT THAT THERE ARE
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OTHER DEFAMATION CASES PENDING,
AND THAT PERHAPS THEY ARE
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THINKING ABOUT THE OTHER
FAMILIES WHO MAY POTENTIALLY BE
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COMPENSATED AND THAT MAY HAVE
FIGURED INTO HOW THEY CAME UP
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WITH THIS NUMBER.
>> SO POTENTIALLY $4 MILLION
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TIMES 20, POTENTIALLY.
>> WELL --
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>> OLIVER, I WANT YOU TO PUT THE
$4 MILLION IN CONTEXT.
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ALEX JONES IS A CONSPIRACY
ENTREPRENEUR, SO HOW BIG A BITE
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IS $4 MILLION OUT OF THE AMOUNT
OF MONEY HE'S MADE OVER THE PAST
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FEW YEARS?
>> $4 MILLION IS A LOT OF MONEY
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OBVIOUSLY.
>> YES.
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>> BUT IT IS A DROP IN THE
BUCKET COMPARED TO HOW MUCH ALEX
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JONES HAS PROFITED OVER THE
YEARS OFF OF LIES AND CONSPIRACY
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THEORIES SIMILAR TO SANDY HOOK.
WE KNOW ACCORDING TO BANKRUPTCY
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FILINGS THAT IN THE MOST -- THE
17 MOST RECENT MONTHS OF
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FINANCIAL DATA WE HAVE THAT HE
HAS MADE OVER $22 MILLION IN
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PROFIT.
WE KNOW THAT HIS CHIEF
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RESTRUCTURING OFFICER TESTIFIED
THIS WEEK THAT HE HAD $9 MILLION
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IN CRYPTOCURRENCY DONATIONS.
AND WE KNOW THAT FROM THE TRIAL
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THAT HE WAS MAKING UPWARDS OF
$800,000 A DAY IN 2018.
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>> $800,000 A DAY.
>> IT'S NOT A STRETCH OF THE
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IMAGINATION TO SAY THAT OVER HER
CAREER PUSHING LIES, PUSHING
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HATE, HE HAS MADE PROBABLY, YOU
KNOW, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF
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DOLLARS.
THERE'S JUST NO RAW FINANCIAL
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DATA BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THE
ACCOUNTANT THAT'S NOW IN CHARGE,
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THERE REALLY WASN'T ANY
ACCOUNTING ON HIS BUSINESS, BUT
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JUST TAKING THE MOST RECENT DATA
AND MULTIPLYING IT ACROSS HIS
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CAREER THAT'S A LARGE SUM OF
MONEY.
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$4 MILLION A LOT OF MONEY BUT A
DROP IN THE BUCKET.
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>> HE HAS DECLARED BANKRUPTCY,
AND THE FAMILIES ARE SAYING THAT
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HE HAS POOLED A TON OF MONEY,
TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OUT
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OF THE PARENT COMPANY OF INFO
WARS.
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THAT'S THE QUESTION ARE THEY
GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE THIS
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MONEY.
THE BOMBSHELL MOMENT OF THIS
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TRIAL, THE TEXT MESSAGES OF ALEX
JONES, ACTUALLY THEY DO EXIST
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AND HIS ATTORNEY ACCIDENTALLY
SENT THEM ALL TO THE
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PROSECUTION.
NOW LAW ENFORCEMENT WANTS THEM,
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THE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE WANTS
THEM, AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE
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GOING HERE.
>> YEAH, I MEAN, THAT WAS
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YESTERDAY, BEFORE -- AS WE WERE
ALL WAITING TO HEAR WHAT THESE
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DAMAGES WOULD BE, THAT'S WHAT WE
HEARD ABOUT FIRST WERE THESE
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TEXT MESSAGES, THE REQUEST FROM
THE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE AND
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FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCORDING
TO THE ATTORNEY FOR THE
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PLAINTIFFS AND HE SAID, LOOK,
UNLESS YOU SAY TO ME, JUDGE,
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THERE IS NO REASON YOU CAN'T DO
THIS, I'M GOING TO TURN THEM
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OVER.
THE JUDGE DID GIVE THE DEFENSE
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TEAM SOME TIME TO BASICALLY TRY
TO COME UP WITH A REASON WHY SHE
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SHOULD NOT SAY, SURE, GO AHEAD
AND TURN THESE OVER, NOT CLEAR
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WHETHER THEY HAVE COME UP WITH
ANYTHING YET.
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I GUESS WE WILL LEARN MORE
TODAY.
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>> OLIVER, GIVEN YOUR KNOWLEDGE
OF ALEX JONES ON JANUARY 6 AND
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THE NEXUS HE PLAYED IN THE
BROADER TRUMP AND CONSPIRACY
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THEORIST ORBIT, WHAT'S THE
POTENTIAL JEOPARDY OR
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INFORMATION WE COULD GET FROM
THESE?
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>> WE COULD GET A LOT.
ALEX JONES IS SOMEONE WHO HAS
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BOASTED THAT HE HAS KNOWLEDGE OF
BASICALLY THE INNER WORKINGS OF
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THE WHITE HOUSE.
HE IS A KEY FIGURE IN RIGHT BING
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MEDIA SO HE IS UNDOUBTEDLY
TEXTING KEY PLAYERS WHO DO HAVE
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CONTACT.
SO THERE COULD BE A LOT OF
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INTERESTING MESSAGES IN THOSE
TEXT MESSAGES AND WE EXPECT TO
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HEAR MORE ABOUT WHETHER, YOU
KNOW, HE'S FREE TO RELEASE THESE
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BASICALLY TO THE JANUARY 6th
COMMITTEE TODAY.
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POTENTIALLY BEFORE THE WEEKEND
STARTS THE JANUARY 6th COMMITTEE
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COULD HAVE TWO YEARS OF ALEX
JONES' TEXT MESSAGES AND PHONE
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RECORDS.
>> SUCH AN IMPORTANT TRIAL ON
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ITS OWN AND INCLUDING THESE
CONNECTIONS TO JANUARY 6.
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ERICA, OLIVER, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
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JOINING US NOW IS A WRITER FOR
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" ELIZABETH
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WILLIAMSON SHE HAS BEEN IN THE
COURTROOM FOR THIS TRIAL AND IS
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ALSO THE AUTHOR OF A NEW VERY
IMPORTANT BOOK CALLED "SANDY
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HOOK AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY AND THE
BATTLE FOR TRUTH."
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IT'S THAT BATTLE FOR TRUTH THAT
IS SO IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT
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HERE, ELIZABETH.
I WANT TO ASK YOU FIRST, THOUGH,
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STARTING WITH THESE DAMAGES,
WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF
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$4.1 MILLION IN COMPENSATORY
DAMAGES FOR THIS ONE FAMILY?
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>> I THINK FOR SCARLETT LEWIS
AND NEIL HESLIN THIS IS SORT OF
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A MORAL VICTORY.
THEY FELT LIKE THEY NEEDED A
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SYMBOLIC JUDGMENT AGAINST HIM,
BUT AS THEY SAID IN COURT, THIS
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IS REALLY A VICTORY FOR TRUTH
AND ALSO A MESSAGE SENT TO
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OTHERS WHO MIGHT, YOU KNOW, BE
TEMPTED TO HARM VULNERABLE
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PEOPLE BY SPREADING LIES OF THIS
NATURE.
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>> SO HAS THIS REALLY -- IS THIS
REALLY GOING TO STOP ALEX JONES?
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AS YOU'VE WATCHED HIM EVEN DOING
HIS SHOW THROUGHOUT THE TRIAL,
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WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> NO.
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I MEAN, FOR SOMEONE LIKE ALEX
JONES, AS WE KNOW, THERE'S
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REALLY NO BOTTOM.
HE WAS ON HIS SHOW CLAIMING
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VICTORY, SAYING THAT THIS FAMILY
LOVES HIM NOW AND THAT THEIR
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LAWYERS ARE USING THEM AS PAWNS.
IF ANYONE HAS USED THESE
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FAMILIES AS PAWNS, IT'S BEEN
ALEX JONES, WHO FOR TEN YEARS
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HAS FOMENTED THIS LIE THAT THE
SHOOTING WAS A PRETEXT FOR GUN
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CONTROL PLANNED BY THE
GOVERNMENT AND THAT THESE
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FAMILIES WERE COMPLICIT IN THE
PLOT.
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HE HAS -- HE HAS BEEN
RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF DAMAGE
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HERE AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S MORE
SYMBOLIC, HE'S REALLY EMBLEMATIC
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OF THE SPREAD OF DISINFORMATION
AND FALSE NARRATIVES OVER THE
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PAST DECADE SINCE SANDY HOOK.
HE HAS BEEN PART OF EVERY ONE OF
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THE MOST PERNICIOUS MYTHS THAT
HAVE CAUSED CONFRONTATION AND
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VIOLENCE IN THIS COUNTRY, FROM
PIZZA-GATE TO CHARLOTTESVILLE TO
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CORONAVIRUS MYTHS AND THE STOP
THE STEAL LIE THAT STARTED THE
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2021 JANUARY 6th INSURRECTION OF
THE CAPITOL.
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>> THAT IS WHY YOUR BOOK IS SO
ESSENTIAL.
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I THINK IF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT
YOUR BOOK IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT
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SANDY HOOK, IT'S ABOUT THE
ORIGIN STORY OF ALL OF THESE
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CONSPIRACY THEORIES THAT ARE
JUST POLLUTING THE DISCUSSION
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AND REALLY JUST POLLUTING THE
NATION.
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I DO WANT TO PLAY THE BOMBSHELL
MOMENT BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN
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WATCHING THIS TRIAL THERE, I
WANT TO PLAY THE BOMBSHELL
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MOMENT WHERE ALEX JONES REALIZES
THAT THE PROSECUTION HAS ALL OF
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HIS TEXT MESSAGES, INCLUDING
ABOUT SANDY HOOK, THAT HE HAD
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SAID IN A DEPOSITION DIDN'T
EXIST.
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HERE IT IS.
>> MR. JONES, DID YOU KNOW THAT
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12 DAYS AGO -- 12 DAYS AGO --
YOUR ATTORNEYS MESSED UP AND
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SENT ME AN ENTIRE DIGITAL COPY
OF YOUR ENTIRE CELLPHONE WITH
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EVERY TEXT MESSAGE YOU'VE SENT
FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, AND WHEN
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INFORMED, DID NOT TAKE ANY STEPS
TO IDENTIFY IT AS PRIVILEGED OR
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PROTECT IT IN ANY WAY, AND AS OF
TWO DAYS AGO IT FELL FREE AND
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CLEAR INTO MY POSSESSION AND
THAT IS HOW I KNOW YOU LIED TO
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ME WHEN YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T HAVE
TEXT MESSAGES ABOUT SANDY HOOK.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT?
>> I TOLD YOU THE TRUTH.
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THIS IS YOUR PERRY MASON MOMENT.
I GAVE MY PHONE --
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>> MR. JONES, YOU NEED TO ANSWER
THE REQUEST.
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>> HE DID YOU KNOW THIS
HAPPENED?
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>> NO, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS
HAPPENED, BUT, I MEAN, I TOLD
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YOU I GAVE THEM THE PHONE.
>> ELIZABETH, WHAT WAS IT LIKE
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WATCHING THAT MOMENT?
>> YOU KNOW, WHAT REALLY STRUCK
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ME, BRIANNA, IS THAT ALEX JONES
IS USED TO CONTROLLING HIS OWN
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NARRATIVE ON HIS SHOW.
AS THE JOURNAL POINTED OUT TO
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HIM MORE THAN ONCE, THIS IS NOT
HIS SHOW.
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SHE RUNS THIS COURTROOM.
AND MOREOVER, THE JUSTICE SYSTEM
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IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO A
PERSONALITY -- IT'S NOT A
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FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR A
PERSONALITY LIKE ALEX JONES.
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HE CAN'T JUST FILL THE
ATMOSPHERE WITH GUANO AND EXPECT
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PEOPLE TO BELIEVE IT.
YOU KNOW, HE TRIED TO INTERJECT
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HIS OPINION INTO VIRTUALLY EVERY
ONE OF HIS ANSWERS AND WAS SHUT
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DOWN.
YOU KNOW, A COURT OF LAW IS
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NOT -- IS NOT A FAVORABLE PLACE
FOR SOMEONE WHO PURVEYS LIES
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LIKE ALEX JONES.
>> NO.
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IT CERTAINLY IS NOT.
ELIZABETH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
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THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING
AS YOU ARE WADING THROUGH ALL OF
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THESE EFFORTS BY THESE FAMILIES
TO COME TO SOME RESOLUTION THAT
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THEY COULD DESERVE.
THANK YOU.
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