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Why Alex Jones is facing trial again over his Sandy Hook ‘hoax’ lies – and what it could cost him

Jones is currently in the middle of his second defamation trial - this time in Connecticut

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Gun owners, rights groups challenge Connecticut firearms ban

Gun rights groups and firearms owners have launched another attempt to overturn Connecticut’s ban on certain semiautomatic rifles that was enacted in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

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Father: Jones Sandy Hook lies forced move from Connecticut

A father whose 6-year-old daughter was killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting says his family gets hit by another round of abuse whenever conspiracy theorist Alex Jones says something on his show about the massacre

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Jurors must decide how much Newtown families suffering worth

A Connecticut jury soon will have the difficult task of coming up with a dollar amount conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay for promoting the idea that the Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax

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Sandy Hook father fights tears as he recalls press briefing that made him top target in Alex Jones’s hoax lies

Robbie Parker told the court that he had been waiting to set the record straight ‘for a long time’

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Alex Jones trial updates: Sandy Hook dad recalls stranger’s vile verbal assault after 4 years of Infowars lies

The third week of Jones’ defamation trial against Sandy Hook families has concluded

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Parents of a murdered Sandy Hook child describe decade of stalking and harassment. ‘It was targeted,’ a mom says

HARTFORD, Conn. — The parents of one of the first graders murdered in the Sandy Hook school shootings described Tuesday how nearly a decade of harassment by followers of right wing broadcaster Alex Jones has shattered their sense of security and left them looking warily over their shoulders at strangers.

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Father testifies of pain inflicted by Sandy Hook deniers

Ian Hockley testified Tuesday that he was ridiculed online as a “party boy” and an actor after posting a video of the memorial service for his 6-year-old son, who was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre

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Alex Jones trial - live: Sandy Hook mother tells jury she was sent pictures of dead kids by hoax believers

Follow for the latest updates on Jones’ defamation trial against Sandy Hook families

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Mother of Sandy Hook victim describes Alex Jones as the ‘biggest bully I’ve ever faced’

Last month, Scarlett Lewis confronted the far-right extremist with the damage he had caused by spreading his lies that the Sandy Hook massacre was a ‘hoax’

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Alex Jones to return to the stand in Connecticut next week

Lawyers in the Connecticut defamation trial of Alex Jones have agreed not return him to the stand until next week after a contentious day of testimony Thursday about his promotion of the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax

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Alex Jones shamelessly asks for Infowars cryptocurrency donations during Sandy Hook trial testimony

‘We’re fighting the deep state, we need money,’ Jones says on the stand

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Alex Jones shouts ‘I’m done apologising’ at Sandy Hook parents crying in court

Far-right conspiracy theorist – who has spent much of the trial mocking the proceedings on his Infowars show – moaned that ‘people think that I killed the kids’

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Alex Jones testifies over damages he must pay families for Sandy Hook hoax claims

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones took the stand at his defamation trial as he tries to limit the damages he must pay for promoting the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax.

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Alex Jones takes the stand in Sandy Hook defamation case

Right-wing broadcaster Alex Jones took the stand in his Sandy Hook defamation trial Thursday, bringing with him the kind of chaos and confusion that caused the judge to joke during Wednesday’s proceedings that she was going to call in sick for his testimony.

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Alex Jones grilled about defamation suit over false accusation he sent child porn to Sandy Hook families

Line of questioning from attorney for Sandy Hook victims’ families sought to show that Jones is aware of what defamation is and the damage spreading lies can cause

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Alex Jones: FBI behind Sandy Hook suit

The InfoWars host used his court testimony to push new conspiracy theory

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Alex Jones: Infowars host delays Sandy Hook trial testimony as he defends rant at families

Infowars conspiracy theorist lost his temper on the witness stand when questioned by plaintiffs’ attorney

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Alex Jones kicks off combative trial testimony over Sandy Hook lies by pushing ‘deep state’ conspiracy

Right-wing extremist spread lies that the Sandy Hook massacre was a ‘hoax’ and the 26 murdered victims were ‘actors’

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Alex Jones trial - live: Infowars host probed about Young Turks defamation lawsuit in Sandy Hook testimony

Infowars conspiracy theorist takes the stand against parents of Sandy Hook victims

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Alex Jones set to testify in trial over Sandy Hook hoax lies

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is set to make his first courtroom appearance and begin testifying in a trial in Connecticut over how much in damages he must pay for calling the Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax

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Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook lies led to strangers showing up at boy’s house to see if he was dead, father says

David Wheeler recounted how internet sleuths led by Jones’ hoax claims showed up on his door demanding to see his dead six-year-old son

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Johnny Depp’s lawyer weighs in on Alex Jones’s latest Sandy Hook defamation trial: ‘Lies are not protected’

‘This is the United States and lies which hurt people – especially heinous lies, horrific lies, are not and have never been protected under the First Amendment,’ says Benjamin Chew

The Independent UK

Alex Jones trial - live: Infowars host expected to testify on Sandy Hook hoax after setback in bankruptcy case

Infowars conspiracy theorist on trial again after being ordered to pay nearly $50m to grieving Sandy Hook parents last month by Texas court

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Alex Jones appears briefly outside court, attacks judge and proceedings

WATERBURY, Conn. — A combative Alex Jones arrived at the courthouse in Waterbury where he is being sued for defamation and attacked the presiding judge, who he said is trying to force him to lie about what he believes and has said about the Sandy Hook school massacre.

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