WATCH LIVE: Alex Jones is making his first appearance Tuesday at a trial in Connecticut that will determine how much in damages he should pay for telling his audience the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.
And Jones is not being allowed to present defenses arguing he is not liable, including that the First Amendment gave him the right to say the shooting didn't happen and raise questions about it.The plaintiffs say Jones' promotion of the hoax lie on his show led to the families being threatened and harassed by deniers of the shooting. They say they've endured death threats and in-person harassment, video recording by strangers and abusive comments on social media.
At a similar trial over Jones' hoax lies in Texas last month, a jury awarded nearly $50 million in damages to the parents of one of the children killed in the shooting. Like the Connecticut case, the Texas judge found Jones and Free Speech Systems liable by default as a penalty for not turning over all documents requested by the plaintiffs.
An attorney for Alex Jones' Free Speech Systems testified Wednesday about some of the company's business practices.
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