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Elizabeth Williamson
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Elizabeth Williamson
@NYTLiz
Writer, @nytimes. Author, SANDY HOOK: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth. bit.ly/SandyHookBook Photo: Beowulf Sheehan
BREAKING: Alex Jones guilty by default in ALL FOUR Sandy Hook defamation cases, granting a clean sweep for the families- UPDATE: Sandy Hook relatives REJECT Jones settlement offer of $120k ea in CT, calling it "a transparent and desperate attempt by Alex Jones to escape a public reckoning under oath with his deceitful, profit-driven campaign against the plaintiffs & the memory of their loved ones"
- BREAKING: BIG setback for Alex Jones in his bankruptcy case--federal bk Judge Christopher Lopez in Houston has tossed out both Jones's lawyer AND his chief restructuring officer. Judge cites transparency issues, incl personal expenses by Jones...
- NEW: Justice Department blasts Alex Jones's "emergency" bankruptcy filing as a potential "abuse of the bankruptcy system."
- NEW: @LibertyU students file class action suit against Liberty University alleging LU/ Falwell placed “students at severe physical risk and refused to refund thousands of dollars in fees owed to them for the Spring 2020 semester.”
- BREAKING: Connecticut judge rules Alex Jones GUILTY by default in case brought by 8 Sandy Hook families. Combines w earlier rulings in Texas to grant a clean sweep to the Sandy Hook families in their 4 defamation cases against the conspiracy theorist
- Remember this is the first of 3 trials for damages against Jones. 2 more are scheduled for next month--one in TX, and one brought by the families of 8 victims in CT, where laws governing damages favor plaintiffs more than in Texas. And Connecticut is where the shooting occurred.
- New White House press secretary Grisham's career history includes "losing a private-sector job after being accused of cheating on expense reports, a later job loss over plagiarism charges and two arrests for driving under the influence."
- Replying to @NYTLizJudge says someone completely independent is needed to run Infowars, citing concerns with disclosure, lack of candor and the $54 million debt to an LLC partly owned by his family, and the need to investigate insider rel'ships
- Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow’s law firm operates from a mailbox? “This is an apparent web of organizations that seem to exist to pay compensation to Sekulow and his family,” says tax expert about his “non-profit” enterprise. Wow. AP investigation by @mbieseck
- WOW. The Defense Production Act has been invoked HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TIMES in the Trump era to spur production of missile chemicals, drone parts. But though 3,500 Americans so far die in a pandemic, Trump insists it's a "last resort." nyti.ms/2UP4ige
- Replying to @NYTLizThe hearing is over. And Jones's bankruptcy claim has hit some serious speed bumps./END
- NEW: Judge in Alex Jones damages trial in Texas will order him to pay the FULL $49 million verdict to the parents of Sandy Hook victim Jesse Lewis, challenging Texas's stingy punitive damages cap & calling the emotional distress Jones and Infowars inflicted uniquely "HORRIBLE."
