A Fraud or a Fighter? Just Who Is Alex Jones? A Review of “Alex’s War”

[Sonny Tufts]

It will be interesting to see how Jones's lawyers explain to the judge why they didn't object when this material was used in court yesterday and why their failure to do so doesn't constitute a waiver of any objection. The motion looks like an after-the-fact CYA maneuver.

What's notably absent from the motion is a request that the material that was used in court be stricken from the record. In other words, the jury has already been shown evidence that Jones is a chronic liar, and removing the metaphorical skunk that was loosed in the jury box isn't going to matter.

EDIT: On further reflection, it may be that Jones's attorneys are concerned that they might have liability exposure to the third parties whose confidential information is contained in the files that were inadvertently sent to the plaintiffs' attorneys. Under such circumstances, they could be justified in making their motion to have the material returned to them and sealed in the court's records.

I am not a litigator, so I'm just speculating here. But the motion doesn't have any effect on the fact that it was used to impeach Jones's credibility yesterday.

 

[Invisible Man]

This is silly because Alex Jones gave his phone over to his lawyers to send the opposing side all his text messages.
Now the opposing side is claiming Alex Jones' lawyer accidentally sent them all his text messages.

This shows that Alex Jones wasn't in "default" for not fully disclosing all the text message data. The opposing side did, indeed, get all those text messages.


Lawyer Asks Alex Jones if He Knows What ‘Perjury’ Is After Surprise Text Message Reveal

Exclusive: The Truth About the Alex Jones Phone Records

Emergency protective order reveals emails showing lawyers not given approval to use material in court as it would violate attorney client privilege.


Infowars | Paul Joseph Watson
August 4th 2022


An emergency protective order motion has been filed in the Alex Jones case relating to claims in court that lawyers had inadvertently obtained years worth of Jones’ phone records, with emails showing Plaintiffs had not been given approval to use the material in court as it would violate attorney client privilege.

A video clip from the trial went viral yesterday showing Jones responding to the revelation by Mark Bankston that Jones’ lawyers had mistakenly sent Bankston what he described as “an entire digital copy of your entire cell phone, with every text message you’ve sent for the past two years.”

“That is how I know you lied to me when you said you did not have text messages about Sandy Hook,” Bankston claimed.

This was then seized upon by media outlets to suggest that some kind of Hunter Biden laptop moment had occurred, apparently miring Jones in an even deeper scandal.

However, according to an Emergency Motion for Enforcement of Protective Order filed by Jones’ lawyers, they had not given permission for the files, which only span a 6 month period from the end of 2019 through early 2020 and do not represent “an entire digital copy” of the cellphone, to be entered into evidence in court.

“The file transfer link, however, inadvertently gave Plaintiffs access to dozens of other folders as well, including confidential documents, such as the medical records of Sandy Hook Parents who are Plaintiffs in the Connecticut litigation and other documents subject to various privileges, including attorney-client and work product,” states the motion.

An email shows that the issue was raised by Bankston, who told Jones’ attorneys in an email that the files contained “confidential information.”

“My assumption is now that you did not intend to send us this? Let me know if I’m correct,” he enquired.

Bankston was told by Jones’ attorney F. Andino Reynal to “disregard the link.”

“It is now apparent that Plaintiffs’ counsel did not “disregard the link”, but has reviewed and used documents he acknowledged defendants “did not intend to send” and appeared to be “work product or confidential.” Defendants, therefore, seek Emergency relief pursuant to Rule 193.3 and the Court’s Protective Order,” states the motion.

The chunk of files were apparently sent to Bankston by a paralegal by mistake and were intended for lawyers in Connecticut representing other Sandy Hook families in separate cases, but were seized upon by Bankston and the media to suggest Jones had engaged in perjury or that he was hiding information.

Jones responded to the controversy by asserting that he turned all his phones over to his lawyers and was merely trying to comply with discovery.

Despite not being given permission to use the material in court, Bankston appears to have used it anyway as a PR stunt to sneak attack Jones, take him by surprise, and generate salacious media headlines.

Jones’ lawyers are now asserting that the files should have been deleted under Texas law and that their citation in court was a clear violation of attorney client privilege.

“On August 3, 2022, Counsel for Defendants learned, for the first time, that Bankston neither deleted nor disregarded the link sent in error. Rather, despite realizing just from “reading the directories” that they contained confidential, privileged and work product documents, he chose to violate various privileges, including the attorney-client privilege and work-product privilege, and invade third parties’ privacy by opening the individual files and reading them, subsequently knowingly using confidential information in the cross-examination of Defendant Jones,” states the motion, which can be read in full below.

https://www.scribd.com/document/585...tn-for-Enforcement-of-P-O#download&from_embed

So, which is it?

AJ's lawyer's did intend to send that material? Or they didn't?

 

[WisconsinLiberty]

So, which is it?

AJ's lawyer's did intend to send that material? Or they didn't?

This is all very confusing. It sounds like Alex's lawyer sent the raw cell phone data to the opposition by accident. Alex's lawyer sent an email to disregard the original cell phone and he's send the correct file. By law, the opposition must delete the original and only look at the correct cell phone data. The opposition admitted they illegally used the uncensored cell phone data.

 

[WisconsinLiberty]

Alex Jones Defense Files Emergency Motion

 

[69360]

AJ and his lawyers probably "mistakenly" sent the cellphone data as a grounds for appeal when he lost the case, which he just did.

 

[Sonny Tufts]

AJ and his lawyers probably "mistakenly" sent the cellphone data as a grounds for appeal when he lost the case, which he just did.

He lost the case last September, when a default judgment was rendered against him after he repeatedly failed to hand over documents and evidence as ordered by the court, which the judge characterized as "flagrant bad faith and callous disregard for the responsibilities of discovery under the rules." The latest hearing is simply about how much he'll have to pay in compensatory and punitive damages. The jury came back today with a $4.1 million verdict on the compensatory damages, and the hearing will continue tomorrow on the punitive damages issue.

 

[donnay]

He lost the case last September, when a default judgment was rendered against him after he repeatedly failed to hand over documents and evidence as ordered by the court, which the judge characterized as "flagrant bad faith and callous disregard for the responsibilities of discovery under the rules." The latest hearing is simply about how much he'll have to pay in compensatory and punitive damages. The jury came back today with a $4.1 million verdict on the compensatory damages, and the hearing will continue tomorrow on the punitive damages issue.

Sounds like you just listen to the governments side without knowing the facts. This whole thing is a Kangaroo Court, and he should appeal this ridiculous verdict against him.

 

[GlennwaldSnowdenAssanged]

AJ looks pretty rough for 48 years old.

 

[WisconsinLiberty]

Alex Jones trial verdict: Jury awards $4.1 million in first phase of Sandy Hook case
https://www.statesman.com/story/new...ions-underway-in-sandy-hook-case/65391779007/

Alex Jones must pay at least $4.1 million to parents of a Sandy Hook school massacre victim in defamation case, jury rules
Scarlett Lewis and Neil Heslin, whose son Jesse died in the 2012 attack, had sought damages for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...nts-sandy-hook-school-massacre-vict-rcna41493


Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay the parents of Sandy Hook victim Jesse Lewis damage awards totaling $4.1 million, an Austin jury determined Thursday — far below the $150 million requested.

But the financial hit against Jones and his main company, Free Speech Systems, might not be over.

In the next phase of the trial to begin Friday morning, jurors will be asked to issue punitive damages that are intended as punishment after hearing testimony from the parents' economic expert on the net worth of Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems.
…

 

[WisconsinLiberty]

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Alex Jones Responds to $4.2 Million Sandy Hook Verdict
https://www.infowars.com/posts/brea...s-responds-to-4-2-million-sandy-hook-verdict/

 

[Invisible Man]

The opposition admitted they illegally used the uncensored cell phone data.

You mean by accessing the text message that referred to Sandy Hook that they weren't supposed to know existed?

 

[WisconsinLiberty]

You mean by accessing the text message that referred to Sandy Hook that they weren't supposed to know existed?

This whole trial is a clown show.


TimCast: Media Claims Alex Jones Accidentally Gave His Private Text To Defamation Lawyers

 

[ClaytonB]

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Alex Jones Responds to $4.2 Million Sandy Hook Verdict
https://www.infowars.com/posts/brea...s-responds-to-4-2-million-sandy-hook-verdict/

"I'm sorry, I made a mistake. I was wrong. My mistake caused harm. I'm going to make restitution as ordered by the court."

That's a model response, is it not? As far as I can tell, Sandy Hook was a completely staged PSYOP. But Alex Jones was not able to resist the legal onslaught against him (and if he couldn't, who among us could?) and so he has no choice but to accept the legal verdict. He's not whining and complaining, he's not playing the victim. He's accepting the rule of law and moving forward.

Sandy Hook is a template of things to come. The basic liar simply tells an outright lie. If he gets caught in the lie, then his story is exposed. The sophisticated liar tells a lie that is as true as he can possibly manage, that is, the sophisticated liar lies as little as possible. But the master liar not only tells a lie that is as true as possible, he actively baits those who would doubt his story with sub-plots that appear to be false, but are actually true. In other words, he paints up the truth to look like a lie. He plants false clues that will "trigger" the "conspiracy theorist" to go digging for "the truth". And when the conspiracy theorist has latched onto a particular set of "inconsistencies", that is when the master liar pulls back the veil. "See, there is nothing behind this locked door you were so eager to peer behind, Mr. Jones. You have concocted this entire conspiracy theory that I'm storing bodies down in the cellar. Well, I have provided you the key to the cellar door, you have opened it, now go ahead and show us where these bodies are being stored in my cellar, if you please. Take your time, you may inspect the room as closely as you like."

The fingerprint of the wicked mind is never so varied but that it is always the same...

 

[ClaytonB]

Media-manipulation in 4k HD, slow-motion. Compare:



... with the actual story straight from the horse's mouth. Notice that the essential component of the MSNBC hit-piece -- that Jones was "taken by surprise" as a result of an "accident" from his lawyers... is just utterly and completely false. It's not even slightly true. This is in-your-face, Soviet-style propaganda.

Alex Jones is a relatively small-time media personality. Yes, he has a respectably-sized listener base. Yes, he has merch, etc. In terms of media attention, he punches well above his weight but, in the grand scheme of things, he is a very small player. So why in the world is MSNBC -- which is part of "the grand scheme of things" -- deploying Soviet-style propaganda against Alex Jones? It doesn't make any sense. There's no way to spin that which makes sense, in terms of The Narrative.

 

[ClaytonB]

 

[GlennwaldSnowdenAssanged]

"I'm sorry, I made a mistake. I was wrong. My mistake caused harm. I'm going to make restitution as ordered by the court."

That's a model response, is it not? As far as I can tell, Sandy Hook was a completely staged PSYOP. But Alex Jones was not able to resist the legal onslaught against him (and if he couldn't, who among us could?) and so he has no choice but to accept the legal verdict. He's not whining and complaining, he's not playing the victim. He's accepting the rule of law and moving forward.

Sandy Hook is a template of things to come. The basic liar simply tells an outright lie. If he gets caught in the lie, then his story is exposed. The sophisticated liar tells a lie that is as true as he can possibly manage, that is, the sophisticated liar lies as little as possible. But the master liar not only tells a lie that is as true as possible, he actively baits those who would doubt his story with sub-plots that appear to be false, but are actually true. In other words, he paints up the truth to look like a lie. He plants false clues that will "trigger" the "conspiracy theorist" to go digging for "the truth". And when the conspiracy theorist has latched onto a particular set of "inconsistencies", that is when the master liar pulls back the veil. "See, there is nothing behind this locked door you were so eager to peer behind, Mr. Jones. You have concocted this entire conspiracy theory that I'm storing bodies down in the cellar. Well, I have provided you the key to the cellar door, you have opened it, now go ahead and show us where these bodies are being stored in my cellar, if you please. Take your time, you may inspect the room as closely as you like."

The fingerprint of the wicked mind is never so varied but that it is always the same...

Where does Adam Schiff rate in your scale of liars?

 

[GlennwaldSnowdenAssanged]

What about all the lies being told daily to the world? Follow the science..... COVID..... No WMD..... Russian Collusion..... Most secure election in history......More votes than any other president in history.....If you get the vaccine you won't get COVID..... What about banning, canceling, jailing the opposition? What about democracy in Ukraine???? Too much to list. Pretty much any/everything people around the world are being told is a lie. What about Flat Earthers? What about Men are Women??? What about men competing in women's athletic sports??? So what if Jones claimed it was a false flag operation. How did that change the outcome of Sandy Hook? People claim things everyday that are not true. People that speak truth have judges issue gag orders against them speaking. This is the same as the Japanese motorcycle situation and or the holocaust or christianity in the days of persecution. Only one side is to be heard from this point forward. Go to prison if you speak against it. Death is too good for those that speak against the narrative. Phobic this phobic that. Toast. Stick a fork in it.

 

[Invisible Man]

This whole trial is a clown show.

You seem to be struggling to decide whether you want to have your cake or eat it.

 

[Invisible Man]

So what if Jones claimed it was a false flag operation. How did that change the outcome of Sandy Hook? People claim things everyday that are not true.

He made specific false accusations about specific people that resulted in other people believing him and harassing and threatening those people he falsely accused. So the victims of his slander sued him for damages, and rightly so.

 

[WisconsinLiberty]

Tim Pool covers the details of the Alex Jones trial.