During jury selection, Alex Jones’s attorney told the courtroom that the Infowars founder has “medical issues” that could prevent him from attending parts of the trial.
in lawsuits stemming from his false claims. In default judgments against Jones and Infowars last October, District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble of Travis County, Tex., ruled that Jones did not comply with court orders to give information in a pair of 2018 lawsuits brought against him by the families of two children killed in the 2012 massacre. Jones repeatedly did not hand over documents and evidence to the court supporting his damaging and erroneous claims.
“An escalating series of judicial admonishments, monetary penalties, and non-dispositive sanctions have all been ineffective at deterring the abuse,” Gamble wrote last year. Jones acknowledged on his Infowars website earlier this year that he had missed pretrial depositions for the 2021 trial in Connecticut, citing health reasons related to covid-19. The Food and Drug Administration and health experts have blasted Jones for promoting and selling products on his website that he falsely claimed would “boost your immune system” against the virus.“I started getting sick after I got covid last year … like everybody else.
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