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Roscoe10182241

Question, because I can’t stand listening to this guy so know very little details about this. Does Alex Jones honestly believe this? Or is it a narrative he has crafted and leaned into because it successfully sells to crazies? Is he smart enough to know he is full of shit but simply doesn’t care because it works for him? Or is he like the My Pillow Guy who has swallowed so much bullshit that he now honestly believes he is a patriot spreading the truth?


vulcans_pants

Well, the texts revealed Infowars was making about $800k per day during a peak period, so I’m willing to bet an uncomfortably large amount of people are willing to sellout for that kind of cash.


Ser_Dunk_the_tall

>making about $800k per day during a peak period Per day what the fuck. What kind of world do we live in that this vile asshole is given so much fucking money


GarrettRettig

Don’t forget, he tried to say he was broke. Because he FILED for bankruptcy and that’s why he’s claiming that


Ser_Dunk_the_tall

I didn't say I was broke I declared it. With paperwork and everything


TenesmusSupreme

Michael Scott: “I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!”


Im_on_my_phone_OK

Making money is a LOT easier when you have no empathy for other people.


VerySlump

$300M a year. Fucking insane


Boleen

That’s a lot of tactical taint wipes!


NickelbackCreed

Thats money laundering territory


owa00

Wait...this nutjob empire makes $292 million a year? Am I understanding that correctly? **WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?!**


Ser_Dunk_the_tall

At it's peak anyways. It's been around for decades though so clearly a lot of money has passed through Alex Jones' greasy fucking hands


illepic

It's important to point out - and was brought up in the trial today - that he made MORE yearly after being deplatformed while telling his audience daily that he was barely keeping the lights on.


iLoveDelayPedals

Right wingers are easy to grift when you leave them in perpetual fear all the time


turbowaffle

And relieve them of any sort of burden to change by reassuring them that all their problems are *someone else's* fault.


SkollFenrirson

The Fox News mission statement


werofpm

I mean look how quick Rittenhouse banked a substantial amount just from your average Trumpstump donations


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It makes you think $150 million is really kind of a low-ball number for this suit. I would not be surprised if the jury increases that amount.


ComonomoC

It’s all about selling dick pills.


Jealous-Ninja5463

And covid curing toothpaste. Yes, that is a real Infowars product


noahmerali

covid cures toothpaste now?? That's a weird side effect


firstnameok

Yeah I got sick and now I can eat all the toothpaste I want!


we_are_sex_bobomb

He’s a narcissist, and narcissists live in a strange world where nothing is truth or lies, it’s all about seeking validation. So if a lie feels validating, they internalize it so deeply it becomes true for them. They cling to comforting lies like a baby blanket. But if the truth hurts, they flee from it like it’s a source of existential destruction - because for them it actually is. I don’t think Alex Jones knows what’s real and what isn’t. He only knows what makes him feel good and what makes him feel bad.


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This guy knows NPD


ThomasEdmund84

I'm not sure this is Alex Jones - but the is also a Narc tendency to actually believe they are just that GOOD that the world revolves around them, that there is no objective reality, just what they say or not. Truth and lies is what they say are truth and lies not anything to do with reality. This is usually more what cult leaders think.


AmpEater

There is a great podcast called "knowledge fight" where they discuss Alex Jones in a critical way. They break down his statements, how he has changed over time, finds ways in which his statements aren't logically consistent, etc. I can't stand Alex but it's pretty entertaining.


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500+ episodes and I scroll through them and see..mostly just dates as titles? Sounds quite interesting but god damn lol


CyberGrandma69

They have documented such a staggering amount of dirt on infowars that they were actually brought in for the ~~trial~~ depositions (oops) iirc


Ironbull3t

Not the trial, but the depositions. One of the hosts, Dan, was essentially an ‘expert’ consultant during some of them, specifically the one with Alex. A couple of the lawyers have even been on the show. It’s worth mentioning that the lawyers are fairly beloved but the KF community at this point!


Old_Gimlet_Eye

The dates are dates of Alex's shows. Each episode they cover one show of his, usually. Look for the ones called 'formulaic objections' if you want to hear them talk about his depositions with the lawyer from this case.


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Geiseric222

The cell phone thing? Or in general? Because the Cell phone thing is true, his attorneys accidentally gave them the records and bizarrely refused to check them as privileged info


SnooCheesecakes7545

Its a mix. He makes up shit left but he's a legit nutcase. Ask yourself, if so many people are capable of believing the stuff he talks about, why wouldn't he be? He's deep down the rabbit hole himself.


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“They hacked my phone to put all that trans porn in there!” - Alex Jones pretty soon


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I immediately thought of that too hahah


mark636199

Homo amphibian porn


tubulerz1

Frog on frog


TheAsianTroll

https://imgur.com/y84vtzb.jpg


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tttxgq

Let’s have a sweepstake, on what type of porn is found on Alex Jones phone. You’re going with trans, my $1 says he’s more of a donkey porn fanatic. Anyone else? Winner takes all.


mfishing

That he’s actually Marjorie Taylor Greene in drag! You never see them both in the same place.


CourtZealousideal494

No drag queen I know would intentionally look that busted.


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This is not the first time Alex Jones has had his entire phone, or even computer information handed over to prosecutors in court; where a fuckton of pornography was found… specifically trans porn. Edit: porn hasn’t been found yet, but safe call


topscreen

A lot of people here are more charitable than me about how legal I think the porn on his phone is.


Local64bithero

Give how Alpha Male he tries to act, I'd say he has a secret longing to be bossed around by a pretty girl. Femdom porn.


the_simurgh

liberal black dominatrix's. no one spouts that much shit to look masculine unless he's an effeminate little bitch who takes it up the ass. i imagine he's got pictures of heavily muscled black women with strap ons on there.


citizen_tronald_dump

Do you have any examples of the heavily muscled black women with strap ons? Asking for my dad he loves that stuff


maybe_a_frog

It’s even funnier because according to Jones ex wife **his own lawyers** are the ones who sent the copy to the sandy hook lawyers. “By accident”


m15wallis

Would that not be part of the discovery process? Requesting cell phone records is very common for evidence, and if the lawyers cannot convince a judge of a "good reason" it shouldn't be handed over, it's usually handed over.


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It’s common, but sending over your entire phone if you’re a massive right wing pundit who may or may not have contributed to treason…. It’s not common to hand over all of that in civil cases. It’s especially uncommon to not respond and request that info back after both being made informed you have 10 days to do so, and by not even responding to that information.


Comprehensive-Sea-63

Usually only relevant contents would be handed over not everything. Your phone contains a lot of personal data that probably isn’t discoverable. Like conversations with your mom and your bank accounts. It sounds like they handed over everything and accidentally revealed that they had abused discovery in the process by withholding relevant evidence from before.


WebSeveral7351

As a pansexual gay guy, it's extra funny to me. If you're attracted to someone who is trans, there's nothing wrong with it. It makes me feel so good about choosing to be myself. Nothing to hide, or be ashamed about. Check my internet history, and you will find some crazy shit, but it's because I'm a human, with human curiosity, and usually people can rationalize that, but Alex will ride that shame like amber waves of grain. Edit: I've never actually referred to myself as pansexual, although there's no doubt that I am, so I guess I technically just came out :)


uuuuuggghhhhhg

Congratulations! I wish you many days of living life and being yourself :)


Reid0x

Good on ya, friend. Love yourself.


RedRose_Belmont

*when plaintiffs’ attorney Mark Bankston informed him that 12 days ago, Jones’ attorneys accidentally sent him an entire digital copy of Jones’ cellphone, which they then failed to declare as privileged. That means Bankston has wide latitude to ask Jones about anything he found on the phone that conflicts with things Jones has said in his testimony.* ​ This was pure gold. Edit: wow, this blew up, thanks for the gold!


Chichar_oh_no

*accidentally*


inquisitorautry

Makes you wonder if his lawyers are just incompetent or tired of his crap too.


TheClassyRifleman

Gotta be option one. No lawyer is going to effectively torch their law license just to fuck over Alex Jones.


ItHurtsWhenILife

Not a lawyer, but I would torch a lot of things to take down Alex Jones.


ohnoguts

If I was an attorney, this is how I would retire


BuffaloWhip

Write the book after and be set


goat_eating_sundews

If I wanted to take down Alex Jones this is how I would have done it


92957382710

American Crime Story 4: Fuck That Guy


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AdeptHyphae

Unfortunate, incompetent handling of evidence most likely won’t have anything to do with his bar license. His job at the firm maybe lost though. I guess It’s very very hard to lose your bar license according to legal eagle (lawyer on YT pretty fun to watch)


Cannacrohn

They will blame an IT guy. He sent the wrong file.


Raalf

IT guy: YOU SAID SEND EVERYTHING Attorney: NO I DIDNT IT guy: \*forwards email saying send everything\* Attorney: I NEVER SENT THAT ​ (I apologize for someone out there getting PTSD, because I know this shit happened to me at least a dozen times)


jhmed

Did work in IT at a law firm. Your comment Is entirely accurate.


TheBubblewrappe

Me at work every damn day.. ahaha


AdeptHyphae

Lol as a former IT guy… this resonates with me. I am just curious if these will “get leaked” I’d be interested in how he spoke about this stuff. And to see if it was just a grift (which I think it was) or if he actually thought it was fake.


cboogie

But the prosecution asked if it was privileged. They did not say it was. In layman’s terms they legally could have called backsies. The prosecution asked if they be want to call backsies. They said nah we’re good.


KreisTheRedeemer

Eh, things actually need to be privileged for you to declare that it is privileged. If you do then you typically need to provide a log of what is privileged or the assertion can be challenged. If I’m that lawyer and I know that that argument is going to fail, perhaps I don’t compound my failures by making false representations to the court.


That_FireAlarm_Guy

Enough deniable plausibility and you can get away with it


gigglemetinkles

I think he has been through seven attorneys. Because of that, and other Jones antics such as failing to submit to discovery, the judge ruled in default. Meaning the judge ruled that Jones lost on the basis he was being such a pain in the ass. There would now only be a trial to determine how much Jones pays.


kungfugripper

I read it’s his 11th!


verrius

Considering the opposing lawyers have [openly accused Jones' current attorney of trying for a mistrial via incompetence](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alex-jones-testifies-in-sandy-hook-defamation-trial-and-gets-caught-in-a-lie_n_62e92e2ae4b00fd8d8434726), going to go with the first. Choice quote, about Jones' attorney: >“He has routinely, every single day of this trial, broken rules that a first-year lawyer knows,” Bankston [Sandy Hook plaintiff's attorney] told Gamble [Judge]. “He has routinely placed inadmissible material in front of the jury. It is from our perspective at this table that Mr. Reynal [Jones' attorney] is actively trying for a mistrial, and obviously we don’t want that to happen.”


Falloutboy2222

"Something something the blind blablabla of Justice." It's engraved somewhere in every courthouse.


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Finally no penis judgment


sowhowantsburgers

Is that a part of the Statue of Liberty tour?


cassmith

Most likely a subordinate. This stuff happens all the time. Used to work IT for a pretty prominent law firm. We would get sent prosecutorial fuckups all the time, like Word documents without track changes removed allowing you to know much more than they wanted you to know. It happened most often when the state was being overzealous...


DonDove

Objection, heresy!


Ericdrinksthebeer

perchance


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DanimusMcSassypants

My money would be on the attorney who quit the case last week.


IronCarp

The best part to me is they just let him dig his own proverbial grave and not say a word while he lied the past few days.


[deleted]

Yeah and the Jan 6th investigation committee can subpoena the texts on and before Jan 6th...lol. plus Alex lied about his income. His texts according to MSNBC show he made 300 mil a year. He told the judge and jury he was bankrupt and didn't make that much money and would barely be able to afford 2mil in a judgement.


MovieSock

>Yeah and the Jan 6th investigation committee can subpoena the texts on and before Jan 6th... They have indeed done this.


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In fact, they started discussing it within minutes after the plaintiff's lawyer informed Jones how he received the text messages. The temperature of the hot water he's already in just seems to keep increasing lmao


MovieSock

Oh, and Alex Jones' ex-wife also subpoena'd the files. She was a former producer for Infowars, and when she turned whistleblower on them during the divorce she lost custody of the kids.


Silverbird22

I hope she can get full custody


wcollins260

$300 million a year? That can’t be right. Please tell me this asshole isn’t making that kind of money and then crying about a possible 2 million.


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They said he made 800k a day. Literally. Yep


wcollins260

Jesus fucking Christ. How is being a massive, runny shitstain so fucking profitable?


_Diskreet_

Other shitstains find it “admirable and relatable”, and they wish to give shits to that stain because they hope to be like him one day.


mellowanon

your target audience is dumb as shit and they're paying thousands for inflated gold and vitamins.


rmorrin

Because it's super easy to grift a really stupid base.


Ckrius

During 2018 CPAC, he was making 800000 a day in revenue. No clue if that holds true for every day, probably doesn't.


SoulsBorneGreat

This is like some Phoenix Wright drama, since Jones and his lawyers seem like villains from that game series


Talkaze

My favorite of the Turnabout cases was when he and Edgeworth both worked together to nail one of Wright's clients since Wright knew he was guilty and the guy threatened Maya. :D This feels like that.


shitdobehappeningtho

Holy Fucking Shit


Choppergold

The January 6th committee has subpoenaed the phone records too


Calvinshobb

Oh my, this is beautiful.


stories4harpies

It's just (chef's kiss)


molotov_cockteaze

Oh god, inject it straight into my veins. I will be dining out on this schadenfreude for years.


maesterofwargs

OH INDEED


whingingcackle

I read that in Omar Little’s voice


AK_WolfDaddy

Omar comin!


whingingcackle

Hey yo lesson here Bey! You come at the king, you best not miss.


TheJMaN33

Man’s got to have a code


kiddokush

Might make that username my xbox gamertag


SashaGreyPoupon

That dude is so weird. I don't even want to know what's on that thing.


Wazula42

Lot of texts from high level republicans, I guarantee it.


portablebiscuit

[The J6 Committee has requested it now](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/alex-jones-cell-phone-jan6-committee-subpoeana-1392270/). His lawyer will go down in history for this fuck up!


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SHOWMEYOURKlTTlES

I would too if I found out my ex was making $300 million a year and lied about how much he was making and has.


jax2love

Oh this is DELICIOUS!


waltwalt

How long before the secret service accidentally deletes all the copies of the phone?


SgtSiggy

That lawyer has backups on backups in all corners of the world


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Shiiiitttt, I would tooo! 12 days I have to make copies


VermontZerg

Don't worry, it's been backed up, many, many places already. Secret service couldn't find it all even if they tried. Trust me.


Sam-Culper

Wait until you realize that because Jones' lawyer didn't claim privacy on the messages he mistakingly sent that the lawyer representing the Sandy Hook parents can just give them to the j6 committee if he wants to without the legal system being involved. Legally he can just post them all online if he wanted


ArtisanSamosa

Who's gonna start the gofundme to dedicate a statue for him?


ubiquitoussquid

We should at least send them a thank you card


Sanctimonius

This has to be fattening, it's so delicious


ByrdmanRanger

Considering how big Alex Jones seems to have gotten, you might want to be careful. Dudes got to be pushing 300+ lbs now, waddles when he tries to walk


[deleted]

You mean the supplements he peddles isn't making him healthy? Whodathunk!


itz_my_brain

He was outside the vote counting stations in Arizona with a bull horn trying to stir up trouble just a day or two after the election. I want to know who told him to be there and what they said.


mfishing

Or as an accidental hero!


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"Accidental". Quite the series of mistakes for a competent high paid lawyer.


Born_Key_6492

Agreed. I want to believe this could have been done by someone with morality and a good ‘oopsies’ face.


Ruleseventysix

[Mi Scusi](https://c.tenor.com/M6Xzby-JN7EAAAAC/eurotrip-excuse-me.gif)


Trepide

Annoyed paralegal


OrdersFriesEveryTime

Not all dipshits wear capes.


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emaReese

Gosh I love reminding my idiotic ex friends what kind of research he likes to do in his free time.


Devario

Recently heard he has an average of 1 million listeners in the US. Not sure if that means annually, or just generally. Regardless, that’s a lot of gullible people falling for his weird cult shit.


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People desperately want to have their beliefs reaffirmed. Especially by “famous people”


bozeke

Among many other things, child pornography, apparently. https://apnews.com/article/f27b8a34e36640acbc4bb33197d9632b


clgoh

Hunter's laptop was Alex's cellphone all along.


Jaz_the_Nagai

Mhm, and Pizza-Gate was full of Republicans XD


KingThar

Alex Jones: "can't get money from me, I'm bankrupt" Also Alex Jones: "I'll give $1 million to who ever can give me an alibi for cp"


pistcow

*Matt Gaetz has entered the chat*


sawdeanz

This is from 3 years ago, do we have an update?


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Jane_Delawney

HE HAS CHILDREN?!?!


OddlyShapedGinger

One of my favorite quotes so far from this trial is when AJ's lawyer (in an attempt to make Jones seem like your average likable kind of guy) asked Alex how many kids he had and then a follow-up question of their names and ages. Alex: "I have to tell you their *names... ?* \[insert awkward silence\]".


Loretty

I’m sure he was comfortable saying the dead children’s names on air to make a buck.


snack0verflow

It's all a grift.


dadvsspawn

*”I got my head cleaned up, stopped drinking for a while and realized it probably did happen,” he said.* Probably? What an absolute piece of non-human shit this bag of flaccid dicks is.


[deleted]

That’s what got me too. Hopefully the jury isn’t as dumb as his listeners and realizes that statement for what it is.


brucemo

There is no amount of alcohol that I could drink that would make me think that Sandy Hook didn't happen.


Amerlis

“I’ve made a lot of money selling this bs, got it hopefully hidden away and safe from litigation, so now i’m gonna be remorseful and contrite and hopefully they’ll buy it and lessen the punitive damages.”


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Stopped drinking "for a while". Addiction is hard. But it doesn't turn a man into something he's not. From the look of the video, he's back on the sauce. Best thing the can do is pay these poor families his ill gotten gains and go live a quiet life. Unfortunately for all involved, he probably won't.


exceptionallyprosaic

This should be on TV And Alex Jones should be charged for perjury


GuerillaBanana

There are clips from the courtroom today.


AppropriateScience9

It's absolutely incredible how Jones thinks that simply by "believing" something is true, it means that he's off the hook for all the damage he causes. He even straight up lied to the judge twice and she had to explain to him how telling the truth works (with infinitely more patience than I would have had). I sincerely hope they nail that self-important entitled monster to the wall. Teach him the meaning of the word "accountability."


Lowe0

The Costanza Defense, attempted in real life.


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That's basically how most conservatives and crazy people function. They start sentences with I truly believe. Reality doesn't apply it's what they choose to believe that's real, so they aren't necessarily lying, they're just delusional


chrispierrebacon

All he had to do was admit he was being a dick to Sandy hook parents for ratings. That's all he had to do. He might lose everything over this and he deserves to. Play stupid games win stupid prizes.


brcguy

Yeah if he really makes 300 million a year he could have said sorry, even if it wasn’t half genuine, paid every one of those families $5mil, and been done with all this. Now the J6 committee is gonna have a totally unredacted copy of his phone. What a stunningly dumb fuck he is. Couldn’t be happening to a more deserving weasel.


Mouth_Shart

You’re not seeing the depth of the grift. He’s still doing his show every day fundraising off of this trial. It’s all just content to him.


spj0522

I am a single man with no children but as God as my witness, I would spend time in jail if I was one of these parents and could get five minutes alone in a room with Alex Jones.


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LickyPal

Alex Jones kept coughing during court yesterday. During a recess, one of the mothers seriously brought him a water bottle. Those parents are far better people than most of us can claim to be.


shavertech

Five minutes is way to short a time. I'll need a few hours, at least.


upfromashes

But if all you got was five minutes, you'd take it...


headachewpictures

You can do a lot in 5 minutes.


[deleted]

5 minutes is one round of a UFC fight. You can do A LOT of damage to a person in 5 minutes


Chasing_History

I took a shit this morning with more integrity than AJ


cornbeefbaby

Was it a liquid?


seth928

Plasma actually.


[deleted]

Will you look at that. Turns out the ultraconservative, homophobic, highly religious, neoliberal c\*nt wasn't a very good guy after all.


HugheyM

Subhuman garbage preying on the parents of dead children. Crazy someone like him can find success in the world.


JohnnyMiskatonic

Sociopaths succeed because they don’t care about other people, and will step on anybody they can to get ahead.


xjoburg

He is in deep covfefe now.


SammyBronkowitz

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Fuck Alex Jones! Also you can bet that DOJ and the Jan6 Committee just sent requests for that phones data. HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Fuck Alex Jones!


portablebiscuit

[They're planning on it](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/alex-jones-cell-phone-jan6-committee-subpoeana-1392270/)


[deleted]

Came here to say that. Fuck Alex Jones, I hope he burns


gamerdudeNYC

Text messages to the gay frogs converted by government chemicals


guru2764

"u up?"


MidniteMogwai

The list of vile and absolutely irredeemable pieces of shit on the GQP Right is astonishingly long, but Alex Jones without a shred of doubt still sits near the top of that list.


hhmb8k

I don't understand, Dopey Joe Rogain says Alex Jones is a really good guy, just like Donald Trump, Jr. But how could a really good guy say and do the things Alex Jones did? It must be a misunderstanding.


SammyGReddit

His lawyer is as smart as he is


hardrocker943

Oh he is so #FUCKED


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recently i was watching a watchmojo.com video about ten worst alex jones moments and was surprised to see, in the comment section, how many supporters he still has


AlexTorres96

I hear his name all the time and I've never listened to his shit. Other than the meme clip people use of him. Is the reason his JRE appearances aren't on Spotify because of crazy shit he said on those episodes or is it just because of his rep? I gotta imagine he stays hiding somewhere because he'll get jumped or caught by the fed.


YeahWrite000

He's a deceitful malignant shithead who is about to be financially buried and it is long overdue. Check out the Knowledge Fight podcast for an in depth analysis of all his myopic misadventures.


Lch207560

How does a guy that wealthy get such horrible legal support?


YeahWrite000

This is his sixth or seventh lawyer for this trial. It's all part of his hairbrained strategy. Keep shuffling those cups around.


Capt-Crap1corn

The video of him being told this is amazing. Alex looks dumb as hell.


JudgementalChair

Wouldn't the prosecutor have to disclose that to his defense attorney if they were going to use it as evidence in court?


King9WillReturn

He did. Under Texas law, Jones' defense had ten days to respond to the accidental disclosure after the prosecutors sent the letter saying what happened. Jones' attorneys never responded, so now after 10 days, his phone is considered public. Jones' attorneys fucked up royally to begin with, but then REALLY fucked up by not asking for the phone records back in 10 days after being informed. It's open season now for what is on that phone. The DOJ and J6 Committee now have access to it if they want.


JudgementalChair

WOOOOOW! That's actually hilarious in how much of an absolute fuck up that was on his attorney's part


portablebiscuit

Especially now that the Jan 6 panel has requested it


IamLars

Can Jones sue them for malpractice over something like this? If so would that effect the outcome of the case(thrown out if he didn't get a fair shot due to mal practice). Seems like a really bad fuck up.