Alex Jones is facing a defamation trial over his false comments that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre was a hoax. Jury selection began Monday.
was originally set to start in April.
The trial involving the parents of two Sandy Hook families is only the start for Jones; damages have yet to be awarded in separate defamation cases for other families of the 2012 massacre in Newtown,During the first round of questioning from attorneys for the families, several potential jurors in the initial pool of more than 100 said they held strong beliefs on free speech and questioned whether any punitive damages would be fair.
The 2012 Connecticut shooting killed 20 first graders and six educators. Families of eight of the victims and an FBI agent who responded to the school are suing Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems. "No, I don’t responsibility because I wasn’t trying to cause pain and suffering," Jones said, according to the transcripts made public this month. He continued: "They are being used and their children who can’t be brought back being used to destroy the First Amendment."
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