Alex Jones

oh shit, please disregard that last message!!

(i accidentally opened up the stream footage from yesterday)

so basically Jones said that he thought one of the SH parents was a crisis actor but now sees that he's just slow and probably on the spectrum

natural mistake!

this is very delicious stuff

Bankston asks if Alex Jones has been connecting Judge Gamble to child traffickers and pedophilia. Jones says, "No, that's not what I'm saying." Bankston moves to introduce a clip from Thursday's show. Reynal found wired headphones to review the clip.

— dan solomon (@dansolomon) August 3, 2022

you'd swear this is what The Trial of Tim Heidecker was a parody of

lol, it took about 10 minutes to get him to say why he (last Friday!) published a photo of the Judge (the one sitting 2 feet to his left) on fire. After a bunch of hedging and claiming he knew nothing about it, he said that he thought the fire was "justice" and that the judge was being consumed in justice. ok, that's kinda funny

you'd swear this is what The Trial of Tim Heidecker was a parody of

100% otm. i've been wanting to say that so bad, but am trying to limit my references to the trial of tim heidecker to no more than one per month. but damn, there is absolutely zero difference between that and this

Smooth

Bankston introduces a video of Jones bashing the jury to be played for the jury

— dan solomon (@dansolomon) August 3, 2022

Video clip is of Jones: "A lot of people are awake to the new world order, but they're experts in leftist jurisdictions in sending out jury summons, and hitting—let's just say this—extremely blue collar folks. Half that jury panel does not know who I am. They've said that."

— dan solomon (@dansolomon) August 3, 2022

The sad thing is (and correct me if I'm wrong) is that at worst Alex Jones is going to end up a demi-pariah loitering on the outskirts of celebrity infamy, like OJ Simpson.

(At worst for him, I should say. At best for us.)

Remember: two more trials to go, and in both cases, like this one, default judgments already apply.

is it possible that his strategy now is to say something bad about the judge and jury on tv every day so that it has to be taken up as evidence the next day and just keeps the sentencing phase going for all eternity?

If there was ever any doubt that this man is not well, it’s gone now.

I'm sorry, but I don't buy into the "not well" bullshit. Maybe not, but he knows exactly what the fuck he is doing and he deserves absolutely no cover to be able to lay the blame elsewhere than his own greed.

Hopefully it didn’t sound like I was trying to defend the man or his organization there.

No, sorry, I've just seen it batted around a few other places in the last few days and the idea irked me because I think he is fully capable of owning his shit, so I probably came across as more annoyed by it than intended. I definitely didn't interpret you as defending him!

Watching him on the stand is how I imagine Trump would fare (if not better).

What the FUCK

BANKSTON: Did you know 12 days ago your attorney’s messed up and sent me an entire digital copy of your entire cell phone with every text message you’ve sent for the past 2 years? And when informed did not take any steps to identify it as privilege?

— Sebastian Murdock (@SebastianMurdoc) August 3, 2022

Sandy Hook parents' lawyer is now asking Jones about the times he has emailed about Sandy Hook over the last several years, despite testifying under oath he couldn't find any emails about Sandy Hook. There are apparently a lot of them. One is on a screen right now.

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) August 3, 2022

Hahah oh boy I am loving this.

Yeah whoops

Boom: Sandy Hook lawyer reveals that Alex Jones's lawyers accidentally gave him a copy of Jones's entire phone, which he now plans to use as proof that Jones lied under oath about not having relevant text messages: "Do you know what perjury is?"

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) August 3, 2022

This is a big deal because Jones previously testified under oath that he gave all his SH texts up to the plaintiffs. He didn't. This is from 2020.

— Sebastian Murdock (@SebastianMurdoc) August 3, 2022

what would a default judgment mean?

Holy shit. I wonder if maybe, say, the 1/6 committee might also be interested in all of his texts for the last two years. Just spitballin' here of course.

xpost Basically he didn't show up the charge so he's already legally guilty. This, and the other two juries, are going to determine appropriate penalties.

xpost This...is a good point.

This is like a car crash that never ends. You can’t look away, you can’t stop gasping

are going to determine appropriate penalties.

oh yeah? is Edgar Allen Poe on the jury? Clive Barker? if not then the penalty probably won't be appropriate, will it?

there's been some criticism about the competence of Jones' lawyer, but I think that Luke* Wilson is doing fine

*in an earlier version of this joke I mixed up Luke and Owen

What are the odds that this will eventually result in a tax fraud investigation, too?

When you know you're toast

Reynal does re-examination. Asks Jones if he thinks his lawyers have done a good job. Jones says yes. No further questions, and we're done with the circus.

— dan solomon (@dansolomon) August 3, 2022

Quick note that the jury gets to ask questions, though not all will be admitted. So this'll be fun.

i like this "juries can ask questions" thing, more courts shd encourage it

question #1: what the fuck is wrong with you alex jones

this is a hilarious turn of events

The best part of the livestream is that we get to hear all the questions, not just the ones the judge allows to be asked/answered.

Also, I get the sense that the plaintiffs lawyers are performing a bit for the livestream whenever they're on break.

The jury questions are hysterical, clearly some offended jurors giving him the business about calling them blue collar people from another planet or whatever the line was

Lawyer here 👋 Here's why sending all your clients text messages to the other team's lawyers is actually a bad idea (1/58) 🧵

— Rajat Suresh (@rajat_suresh) August 3, 2022

most of my beloved law-pod shitposters weren't paying attention when the story dropped -- like the issues raised in the trial weren't subtle or goofy enough? -- so watching them gradually catching up over the last hour or so has been a niche joy

pic.twitter.com/ATkBLCmhyj

— Richie Deals (@allahliker) August 3, 2022

And here's where the phone thing gets reeeeal interesting.

Also here is what happened with Alex Jones’s cell phone, according to Mark Bankston: the phone’s contents were put in a Dropbox folder the two parties had been to using to exchange materials roughly ten days ago

— dan solomon (@dansolomon) August 3, 2022

Specifically

Bankston used some of the material on the phone in his cross examination. Could only begin going through it last night. Will be looking through it for information that is newsworthy or relevant to law enforcement, and offering that to media/LE as they determine appropriate

— dan solomon (@dansolomon) August 3, 2022

Can't wait for the Alex Jones 1/6 texts to drop

loving this

How does like 12 levels of motions practice upon the revelation of inadvertent production happen, and a demands for rulings on same and privilege and discussions in camera, and…wtf are these ppl

The J6 committee has already said they’re gonna be requesting that phone data. Gonna be loads of fun when a Congressional committee starts itemizing all the ways the ohone messages differ from hus statements in his deposition.

We're gonna find out who the aliens really are

“Life comes at you fast”

This, and the other two juries, are going to determine appropriate penalties.

these will be financial penalties rather than carceral penalties, right?

Dude's totally pulling a bawling Jim Bakker routine before the day's over. These charlatans always come crashing down the same way.