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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,757 posts)
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 02:25 PM Jul 2021

Alex Jones' Last Ditch Defense in Sandy Hook Lawsuit: Depose Hillary Clinton

InfoWars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones could finally face legal consequences over his claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school massacre was a false flag, with multiple civil cases filed by relatives of the victims set for trial in the spring of 2022.

But the bombastic radio host has one last-ditch strategy before one of those lawsuits reaches a Connecticut courtroom next May: deposing former Secretary of State and 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

In a July 1 court filing, Jones’ lawyers asked a judge to order Clinton to be deposed in the case. Clinton, who Jones once baselessly claimed “personally murdered and chopped up” children, has no connection to any of the Sandy Hook lawsuits. But Jones’ attorneys insist that Clinton should be interviewed as a witness, implying in court filings that she could somehow be involved in funding or organizing the lawsuits.

“The defendants in this case believe that this suit was filed six years after the shootings at Sandy Hook as part of a vendetta inspired, orchestrated and directed in whole or in part by Hillary Clinton as part of a vendetta to silence Alex Jones after Ms. Clinton lost the presidential race to Donald J. Trump,” the motion reads. “The litigation is brought and pursued in bad faith as part of a partisan effort to silence Mr. Jones for reasons wholly independent of the merits of the plaintiffs’ claims.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/alex-jones-last-ditch-defense-083246041.html

Be careful what you wish for Jones. Hillary stood up to several hours in the Benghazi hearing. She'll make mincemeat out of your attorney.

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Warpy

(111,169 posts)
3. Doesn't he need to prove what he's alleging?
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 02:36 PM
Jul 2021

I would hope this judge has the sense to tell him and his lawyer to sit down and shut up, that investigating every crackpot theory he's ever dreamed up is beyond the scope of the court, perhaps he should try a mental health center.

It won't happen, but I can dream.

Beausoleil

(2,840 posts)
8. So I'm confused about the vendettas
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 02:48 PM
Jul 2021

"...this suit was filed six years after the shootings at Sandy Hook as part of a vendetta inspired, orchestrated and directed in whole or in part by Hillary Clinton as part of a vendetta to silence Alex Jones after Ms. Clinton lost the presidential race to Donald J. Trump,” the motion reads.

So the first vendetta inspired the second one or they were embedded vendettas? Hm...

Pretty sloppy motion.

EarnestPutz

(2,117 posts)
12. You're exactly right. I read it and was bothered by something non-sensical, but couldn't....
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 03:45 PM
Jul 2021

....put my finger on it.

EarnestPutz

(2,117 posts)
13. She might want to testify. Even though she seems to be done with being in the....
Fri Jul 23, 2021, 03:50 PM
Jul 2021

...public spotlight, she might want to publicly support the Sandy Hook families and remind everyone of the breadth and depth of the tragedy that our idiotic gun culture and laws brought upon them, and us.

LetMyPeopleVote

(144,939 posts)
16. Juanita Jean's son is seeking to keep asshole Alex Jones attorney from being admitted in Texas
Sat Jul 24, 2021, 01:29 AM
Jul 2021

I am friends with Juanita Jean aka Susan Bankston and Susan's son Mark Bankston is representing a group of the plaintiffs suing Alex Jones and INfoWars in Texas. So far this issue of deposing Hillary Clinton has not come up in Texas https://www.thedailybeast.com/alex-jones-last-ditch-defense-in-sandy-hook-lawsuit-depose-hillary-clinton?ref=scroll

Jones and his affiliated companies are facing four Sandy Hook lawsuits in Texas, with the first set to start in March 2022. Mark Bankston, an attorney representing Sandy Hook families in the cases, said a deposition of Clinton hasn’t become a topic in the Texas suits—for now.

“InfoWars has not yet requested Secretary Clinton’s deposition in our case,” Mark Bankston, a lawyer handling the Texas cases, wrote in an email to The Daily Beast. “We’ll see what happens.”

The current Alex Jones attorney in the New Jersey case is bringing this matter because an asshole named Marc Randazza was booted from the Connecticut case. https://juanitajean.com/a-quick-alex-jones-update/

Again, I don’t know a whole lot to tell you because depositions in the Jones care are still going on. All I can say is that when I do get a few minutes to talk to Little Bubba, he is tired but happy.

I can tell you this. The Jones lawyer in the Connecticut cases is not faring well.

Honey, it takes some real special abilities to be more unethical than Alex Jones.

Today Mark filed a 35+ page brief with almost 200 pages of attachments to prevent Randazza from being admitted to practice law in Texas. Susan texted me the filing and I have not figured out how to cut and paste. There is some good stuff in this filing.

I did quick search on Randazza and found the following




I will try to cut and paste Mark's filing and post the good stuff.

This will be fun to watch. Alex Jones is a scum bucket and his attorneys are all scum buckets. I hope that Mark wins this case
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