Defamation trial between Alex Jones and parents of Sandy Hook shooting victims to begin

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Jury selection will begin to determine how much Infowars host Alex Jones must pay parents for falsely telling his audience that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.

Alex Jones Alex Jones JURY SELECTION BEGAN today in a trial that will determine for the first time how much Infowars host Alex Jones must pay parents for falsely telling his audience that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.

At stake for Jones is another potentially major financial blow that could put his businesses into deeper jeopardy.As well as the trial involving the parents of two Sandy Hook families, damages have yet to be awarded in separate defamation cases for other families of the 2012 massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.A video of Alex Jones is shown to the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.

The Texas trial begins about two months after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, which is about 230 kilometres south-west of Austin.

 

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This trial is a direct attack on the 1st amendment.

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