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In reply to the discussion: People's Convoy Gives Up After Accomplishing Nothing in D.C. [View all]BumRushDaShow
(130,043 posts)45. Eventually it will come out that the ring leaders
would have absconded with the $$$ and will claim it was used for (fill in the blank lie purposes).
And regarding "legal defense" - they will find other suckers to fund that for them as long as they can keep up the clown show of "talking a good enough game", and perhaps even manage to pick up some seedy "well known" loonville "sponsors" to give them some sort of legitimacy.
One of their biggest mouthpieces is on the lam avoiding his scheduled depositions and the plaintiffs in that Sandy Hook case are calling for his arrest, but he has a deep pocket -
Alex Jones Raked in $165 Million Over Three Years Selling Supplements and Prepper Gear
By William Vaillancourt
US far-right radio show host Alex Jones (C) speaks to supporters of US President Donald Trump as they protest in front of the Maricopa County Election Department while votes are being counted in Phoenix, Arizona, on November 6, 2020. (Photo by OLIVIER TOURON / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER TOURON/AFP via Getty Images)
Hawking supplements and survival gear has been quite a lucrative business for Alex Jones. The conspiracy theorist raked in $165 million from the Infowars store over three years beginning in September 2015, all while begging his supporters to help him stay financially solvent, records obtained by Huff Post revealed on Friday. Jones pleaded with a caller to his radio show to help him pay the bills as recently as Thursday. Im not going to stop growth and let them push us backwards, he said in a typical appeal. I need your help, Frank. I need your help!
The bills Jones needs to pay arent for the cost of electricity at the Infowars studio. Jones is entering 2022 facing potentially massive legal expenses after losing yet another lawsuit stemming from his lies about the Sandy Hook shooting being fake. The news about just how fast merchandise has flown off the shelves of the Infowars store which is known for selling a variety of survivalist items, dubious brain supplements, and more came as the result of a discovery request in a court case brought by a parent of one of the victims of the 2012 massacre. Jones lost the case last September, as he has several others that have been brought over his Sandy Hook lies, and his wallet has taken a hit.
By March 2020, for instance, Jones had amassed $150,000 in legal fees in one case alone one in which he had yet to even face a jury. It is rare to see a legal defense so incompetent and disrespectful to the rule of law that it causes a defendant to rack up $150,000 in fines during preliminary motions before even reaching trial, the attorney for the victims families said at the time. These fines are only the beginning. A far greater reckoning awaits Mr. Jones.
Jones has called the shooting, which left 20 children and six adults dead, a false flag with green screen images and crisis actors. Huff Post pointed out on Friday that on days when Jones pushed lies like these on his show, the sales in his Infowars store rose. Ive watched a lot of soap operas, and Ive seen actors before, Jones said on his Nov. 18, 2016 broadcast. And I know when Im watching a movie and when Im watching something real. Jones total profit that day: $103,513.11.
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https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/alex-jones-infowars-store-165-million-1281059/
By William Vaillancourt
US far-right radio show host Alex Jones (C) speaks to supporters of US President Donald Trump as they protest in front of the Maricopa County Election Department while votes are being counted in Phoenix, Arizona, on November 6, 2020. (Photo by OLIVIER TOURON / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER TOURON/AFP via Getty Images)
Hawking supplements and survival gear has been quite a lucrative business for Alex Jones. The conspiracy theorist raked in $165 million from the Infowars store over three years beginning in September 2015, all while begging his supporters to help him stay financially solvent, records obtained by Huff Post revealed on Friday. Jones pleaded with a caller to his radio show to help him pay the bills as recently as Thursday. Im not going to stop growth and let them push us backwards, he said in a typical appeal. I need your help, Frank. I need your help!
The bills Jones needs to pay arent for the cost of electricity at the Infowars studio. Jones is entering 2022 facing potentially massive legal expenses after losing yet another lawsuit stemming from his lies about the Sandy Hook shooting being fake. The news about just how fast merchandise has flown off the shelves of the Infowars store which is known for selling a variety of survivalist items, dubious brain supplements, and more came as the result of a discovery request in a court case brought by a parent of one of the victims of the 2012 massacre. Jones lost the case last September, as he has several others that have been brought over his Sandy Hook lies, and his wallet has taken a hit.
By March 2020, for instance, Jones had amassed $150,000 in legal fees in one case alone one in which he had yet to even face a jury. It is rare to see a legal defense so incompetent and disrespectful to the rule of law that it causes a defendant to rack up $150,000 in fines during preliminary motions before even reaching trial, the attorney for the victims families said at the time. These fines are only the beginning. A far greater reckoning awaits Mr. Jones.
Jones has called the shooting, which left 20 children and six adults dead, a false flag with green screen images and crisis actors. Huff Post pointed out on Friday that on days when Jones pushed lies like these on his show, the sales in his Infowars store rose. Ive watched a lot of soap operas, and Ive seen actors before, Jones said on his Nov. 18, 2016 broadcast. And I know when Im watching a movie and when Im watching something real. Jones total profit that day: $103,513.11.
(snip)
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/alex-jones-infowars-store-165-million-1281059/
Sandy Hook families seek Alex Jones arrest after 2nd no-show
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press
March 25, 2022, 10:19 PM
Lawyers for relatives of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims asked a Connecticut judge again Friday to order the arrest of Infowars host Alex Jones, after he defied a court order to attend a deposition as part of a lawsuit over his calling the massacre a hoax. Jones missed both days of a scheduled deposition Wednesday and Thursday in Austin, Texas, home to Jones and Infowars. He cited a health problem that included vertigo and revealed Friday that it was a sinus infection.
After he didn't show up Wednesday on the advice of his doctors, Connecticut Judge Barbara Bellis ordered him to appear Thursday, noting he wasn't hospitalized and had appeared in-person on his show Tuesday. Bellis did not immediately rule on the new arrest request. She rejected a similar motion by the families' lawyer seeking an arrest order after Jones failed to appear Wednesday. She has set a hearing by video conference for Wednesday next week.
The families' lawyers filed a motion late Friday afternoon requesting that Jones be arrested and detained until he sits for a deposition, be fined $25,000 to $50,000 a day until he completes the questioning, be found in contempt of court and to pay their expenses for traveling to Austin this week. The plaintiffs subjected themselves to hours and hours of painful questioning by Mr. Joness lawyers and Mr. Jones plays sick when it is his turn to tell the truth under oath, Alinor Sterling, one of the families' lawyers, wrote in the motion.
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In November, Bellis found Jones liable for damages, and his testimony is now being sought in a deposition ahead of a trial later this year to determine how much he should pay the families.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/sandy-hook-families-seek-alex-jones-arrest-2nd-83679038
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press
March 25, 2022, 10:19 PM
Lawyers for relatives of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims asked a Connecticut judge again Friday to order the arrest of Infowars host Alex Jones, after he defied a court order to attend a deposition as part of a lawsuit over his calling the massacre a hoax. Jones missed both days of a scheduled deposition Wednesday and Thursday in Austin, Texas, home to Jones and Infowars. He cited a health problem that included vertigo and revealed Friday that it was a sinus infection.
After he didn't show up Wednesday on the advice of his doctors, Connecticut Judge Barbara Bellis ordered him to appear Thursday, noting he wasn't hospitalized and had appeared in-person on his show Tuesday. Bellis did not immediately rule on the new arrest request. She rejected a similar motion by the families' lawyer seeking an arrest order after Jones failed to appear Wednesday. She has set a hearing by video conference for Wednesday next week.
The families' lawyers filed a motion late Friday afternoon requesting that Jones be arrested and detained until he sits for a deposition, be fined $25,000 to $50,000 a day until he completes the questioning, be found in contempt of court and to pay their expenses for traveling to Austin this week. The plaintiffs subjected themselves to hours and hours of painful questioning by Mr. Joness lawyers and Mr. Jones plays sick when it is his turn to tell the truth under oath, Alinor Sterling, one of the families' lawyers, wrote in the motion.
(snip)
In November, Bellis found Jones liable for damages, and his testimony is now being sought in a deposition ahead of a trial later this year to determine how much he should pay the families.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/sandy-hook-families-seek-alex-jones-arrest-2nd-83679038
This will eventually happen with the rest of the grifters (hopefully).
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I'd toss in a few tornadoes, too, but that might hurt some innocent bystanders.
Wounded Bear
Mar 2022
#25
Hope They Enjoy The Higher Gas Prices In Their Guzzling Trucks On The 3,000+ Mile Journey Back nt
SoCalDavidS
Mar 2022
#16
Yes, freezing cold's apparently a significant factor. Back to California!, etc.
Hortensis
Mar 2022
#29
Wow, there are so many big rigs there, I can't count them! Oh wait, there are 11.
FSogol
Mar 2022
#23