Alex Jones seeks venue change in Sandy Hook defamation cases

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Updated 11:01 am CST, Wednesday, January 30, 2019

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Lawyers for Infowars host Alex Jones have asked a Connecticut judge to move defamation cases against him to another part of the state as he defends discussions on his web show about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre being a hoax.

The requests filed Wednesday ask that the cases be moved to Windham County. Jones' lawyers say pretrial publicity has made it impossible to get a fair trial in Bridgeport, in the same county where 20 first-graders and six educators were killed in Newtown in 2012.

Lawsuits by families of eight victims and a first responder say they've been subjected to harassment and death threats from Jones' followers. The families' lawyer says they will oppose moving the trial.

Jones cites First Amendment rights and says he believes the shooting happened.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Infowars-host-asks-for-change-of-venue-for-13573525.php

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[cstanleytech]

1. I kind of hope they move it as I would not want to give the SOB the ability

to use it in an appeal.

[DirtEdonE]

2. Alex Jones needs a venue change to hell.

But the devil probably wouldn't have him.

If you believe in that kind of stuff. I use it for metaphors and effect. Though I'm pretty sure there are beings in this universe who are very evil. Maybe even as evil as some human beings.

[FiveGoodMen]

6. Agreed on all points

[Crowman2009]

3. Can't wait for Jonestown to be swept up in the Mueller probe.

Since he's good buddies Roger Stone and Jerome Corsi, to name a few.

[Fullduplexxx]

4. Sounds like judge shopping

[flotsam]

5. It's bullshit

Windham county is rural with a population of 120K whereas Bridgeport has a larger population by itself and Fairfield county is just less than 1 million. But in Bridgeport there are black folk and democrats...