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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAlex Jones is pushing conspiracy theories about the death of a Sandy Hook father who was suing him
Alex Jones is lower than pond scum https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2019/03/26/alex-jones-pushing-conspiracy-theories-about-death-sandy-hook-father-who-was-suing-him/223246?fbclid=IwAR31Kat4OqD9jIaj2cSRB-PSys0PQIXSST_KkaGY6aqiOI5MFKamuvkFXi8
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones made a series of conspiratorial comments following the death of Jeremy Richman, whose daughter Avielle was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, CT. Jones questioned whether Richman really died by suicide, as is reported, and suggested that the death was timed to distract from good news that had come out about Jones.
Richman was found dead at his office building in Newtown the morning of March 25 in what police say is an apparent suicide. He was part of a group of Sandy Hook families who are suing Jones for defamation, arguing that false claims Jones made about the 2012 shooting spurred harassment and threats against them.
Following the mass shooting, Jones definitively and repeatedly said that the violence at Sandy Hook, which left 20 students and six educators dead, didnt happen. After his public profile was raised, and particularly after a December 2015 appearance by then-presidential candidate Donald Trump on his show, Jones has sought to backtrack and spin his past comments in some cases while advancing new Sandy Hook conspiracy theories in others.
Jones commented on Richmans death during his March 25 broadcast, repeatedly suggesting that Richman did not die by suicide. He also claimed that the timing of Richmans death was suspicious and meant to distract from the release of the summary of special counsel Robert Muellers report on possible Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Complaining that Richmans reported suicide means he wont get a fair trial in the defamation lawsuits he is facing, Jones questioned the known facts of Richmans death saying, I mean, is there going to be a police investigation? Are they going to look at the surveillance cameras? I mean, what happened to this guy? This whole Sandy Hook thing is, like, really getting even crazier.
Richman was found dead at his office building in Newtown the morning of March 25 in what police say is an apparent suicide. He was part of a group of Sandy Hook families who are suing Jones for defamation, arguing that false claims Jones made about the 2012 shooting spurred harassment and threats against them.
Following the mass shooting, Jones definitively and repeatedly said that the violence at Sandy Hook, which left 20 students and six educators dead, didnt happen. After his public profile was raised, and particularly after a December 2015 appearance by then-presidential candidate Donald Trump on his show, Jones has sought to backtrack and spin his past comments in some cases while advancing new Sandy Hook conspiracy theories in others.
Jones commented on Richmans death during his March 25 broadcast, repeatedly suggesting that Richman did not die by suicide. He also claimed that the timing of Richmans death was suspicious and meant to distract from the release of the summary of special counsel Robert Muellers report on possible Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Complaining that Richmans reported suicide means he wont get a fair trial in the defamation lawsuits he is facing, Jones questioned the known facts of Richmans death saying, I mean, is there going to be a police investigation? Are they going to look at the surveillance cameras? I mean, what happened to this guy? This whole Sandy Hook thing is, like, really getting even crazier.
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Alex Jones is pushing conspiracy theories about the death of a Sandy Hook father who was suing him (Original Post)
Gothmog
Mar 2019
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RKP5637
(67,084 posts)1. Jones, is a very sick individual, and he spreads his sickness for profit. n/t
defacto7
(13,485 posts)2. True psychopath
Maru Kitteh
(28,313 posts)3. FIRE in a crowded theatre whilst he holds the match and bucket of thermite
When will he be held to account?
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)4. Where is this man's parents? Who raised this scumbag? nt
dalton99a
(81,386 posts)5. See
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)10. He dropped out of community college!
What a loser!
moondust
(19,956 posts)6. Relationship with Donald Trump
In December 2015, Jones initially "formed a bond" with Donald Trump, after the presidential candidate appeared on The Alex Jones Show, with Trump stating "Your reputation is amazing. I will not let you down."[100] During the 2016 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton criticized Trump for his ties to Jones.[133][134] Jones said that Trump called him on the day after the election to thank him for his help in the campaign.[135] Since Trump took office, it has been claimed Jones communicates with the President through aides, something which Chief of Staff John Kelly had reportedly tried to block.[136][137] In June 2017, journalist and commentator Bill Moyers wrote that Trump and Jones explicitly "operate as a tag team".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Jones#Relationship_with_Donald_Trump
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Jones#Relationship_with_Donald_Trump
Of course Donny's new lover is Kim Jong Un. Buh-bye Alex.
A man is known by the company he keeps - Aesop
Gothmog
(144,890 posts)7. Washington PostNRA officer enlisted a Sandy Hook truther to sow doubt about Parkland shooting, emai
Link to tweet
The subject line of his emailed response included, in all caps, the name Avielle Richman, one of the 20 students killed in Newtown. For years, Halbig has accused Richmans parents of falsifying the first-grade girls death, writing on his website that their intention was to steal money from hard-working Americans.
Jeremy Richman, her father, a neuroscientist who had founded the Avielle Foundation in his daughters name, died in an apparent suicide on Monday, following the apparent suicides of two teenage survivors of the Parkland shooting.
The deaths returned the nations focus to the two communities, which have been besieged by online abuse and threats stoked by conspiracy theories that depict the victims as crisis actors.
But the correspondence shows how an officer of the NRA saw these theories as potentially useful to his cause. The inquiry, sent from Richardsons work email, was evidence of the curious handshake in which the gun-rights organization has found itself with the most extreme purveyors of Internet falsehoods.
The NRA literally drives conspiracies about school shootings to fear monger gun owners to buy more guns, David Hogg, a survivor of the Parkland shooting who has become a prominent advocate for gun control, wrote on Twitter.
Jeremy Richman, her father, a neuroscientist who had founded the Avielle Foundation in his daughters name, died in an apparent suicide on Monday, following the apparent suicides of two teenage survivors of the Parkland shooting.
The deaths returned the nations focus to the two communities, which have been besieged by online abuse and threats stoked by conspiracy theories that depict the victims as crisis actors.
But the correspondence shows how an officer of the NRA saw these theories as potentially useful to his cause. The inquiry, sent from Richardsons work email, was evidence of the curious handshake in which the gun-rights organization has found itself with the most extreme purveyors of Internet falsehoods.
The NRA literally drives conspiracies about school shootings to fear monger gun owners to buy more guns, David Hogg, a survivor of the Parkland shooting who has become a prominent advocate for gun control, wrote on Twitter.
Gothmog
(144,890 posts)8. From the father of a Parkland victim
Link to tweet
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Gothmog
(144,890 posts)9. We Got Alex Jones' Deposition Video. It Was A Predictable Disaster For Him.
Poor Mark was nervous the first 30 minutes of the depo but settled down and have fun
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/we-got-alex-jones-deposition-video-it-was-a-predictable-disaster_n_5c9d06fae4b03218ee1ca133
Infowars host Alex Jones was questioned earlier this month for three hours by the lawyer of a Sandy Hook parent who has accused him of perpetuating an abhorrent hoax. It did not go well for Jones.
Like I told you, most of this stuff I cant even remember, Jones says about the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting at one point in a video deposition released to HuffPost.
The deposition, which was released publicly on Friday, shows Jones in the hot seat as he attempts to explain his reasoning for spending years falsely claiming that the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut ― which left 20 children and six adults dead ― was a hoax. He is being sued by nine family members of loved ones who died in the shooting, including Scarlett Lewis, who is suing Jones for intentional infliction of emotional distress. Lewis is represented by Mark Bankston of the Texas law firm Farrar & Ball. HuffPost has also included the full transcript.
Like I told you, most of this stuff I cant even remember, Jones says about the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting at one point in a video deposition released to HuffPost.
The deposition, which was released publicly on Friday, shows Jones in the hot seat as he attempts to explain his reasoning for spending years falsely claiming that the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut ― which left 20 children and six adults dead ― was a hoax. He is being sued by nine family members of loved ones who died in the shooting, including Scarlett Lewis, who is suing Jones for intentional infliction of emotional distress. Lewis is represented by Mark Bankston of the Texas law firm Farrar & Ball. HuffPost has also included the full transcript.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)11. What a despicable, malevolent POS!
Does it get any lower than this? What is it with these republican motherfuckers and their twisted need to attack the dead and those who are mourning them?
Gothmog
(144,890 posts)12. Watch: Alex Jones blames his Sandy Hook trutherism on 'psychosis' in disastrous deposition