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Texas slashes $50m judgment against Alex Jones over false claim Sandy Hook shooting was hoax
Appeals court slashes judgment to $1.5m in a significant legal victory for the rightwing Infowars founder A Texas appeals court has slashed the $50m judgment to $1.5m against Alex Jones, founder of the rightwing platform Infowars , over falsely calling the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut a hoax. The ruling does not affect a $1.4bn judgment against Jones in Connecticut, but is a significant legal victory for Jones after he and his company, Free Speech Systems, were found liable for damages for claiming the mass shooting didn’t happen. Continue reading...
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Appeals court slashes judgment to $1.5m in a significant legal victory for the rightwing Infowars founder A Texas appeals court has slashed the $50m judgment to $1.5m against Alex Jones, founder of the rightwing platform Infowars , over falsely calling the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut a hoax. The ruling does not affect a $1.4bn judgment against Jones in Connecticut, but is a significant legal victory for Jones after he and his company, Free Speech Systems, were found liable for damages for claiming the mass shooting didn’t happen. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Texas slashes $50m judgment against Alex Jones over false claim Sandy Hook shooting was hoax, Appeals court slashes judgment to $1.5m in a significant legal victory for the rightwing Infowars founder A Texas appeals court has slashed the $50m judgment to $1.5m against Alex Jones, founder of the rightwing platform Infowars , over falsely calling the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut a hoax. The ruling does not affect a $1.4bn judgment against Jones in Connecticut, but is a significant legal victory for Jones after he and his company, Free Speech Systems, were found liable for damages for claiming the mass shooting didn’t happen. Continue reading…
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