Jerome Corsi sues InfoWars and claims it's conspiring to force him to lie to Robert Mueller
On Thursday, far-right activist Jerome Corsi filed a lawsuit against his former employer, conspiracy theory broadcaster InfoWars, alleging that host Alex Jones is part of a plot to strong-arm Corsi into lying to special counsel Robert Mueller to help President Donald Trump's former campaign adviser Roger Stone in his upcoming trial.
"Defendants, each and every one of them, in concert, do substantial business and promote and sell various goods in this judicial district and nation-wide, including medicine, supplements, and 'tchotchkes' with InfoWars branding," says the brief, written by antigovernment lawyer Larry Klayman. "The money earned from these sales funds the conspiracy between Defendants and Stone to defame, intimidate, coerce and threaten Plaintiffs in order to try to improperly influence the Mueller Russian collusion investigation and to coerce false testimony from Plaintiff Corsi favorable to Stone in his upcoming criminal prosecution."
The lawsuit seeks a minimum $50 million each from Jones, InfoWars, Free Speech Systems, Jones' father, and one of his reporters, plus attorney's fees and other relief.
It is a bizarre 180-degree turn in legal strategy for Corsi, who was previously a business associate of Stone. As Mueller investigated the pair of them for their potential role in facilitating the Trump campaign's use of stolen Democratic emails that were posted by the radical vigilante intelligence service WikiLeaks, Corsi initially tried to fight Mueller. Klayman submitted a bogus "criminal complaint" to the Justice Department on behalf of Corsi, accusing Mueller of blackmail and racketeering, and filed a lawsuit seeking $350 million in damages for injury to Corsi's reputation.
But in recent weeks, Corsi and Stone have had a falling out, with Stone accusing Corsi of working with Mueller to "sandbag" him.
In January, Stone was arrested at his home in Florida after a grand jury indicted him for false statements, obstruction, and witness tampering.
It is unclear whether Corsi's lawsuit will go anywhere, but it adds to the mountain of legal headaches for Jones, who is also currently facing a lawsuit by the parents of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims after Jones claimed for years that their children were actors in a false flag operation. On top of this, Jones' broadcasting and health supplement business are floundering after increased scrutiny of his fake news, hate speech, and harassment campaigns led to a ban by most major social media sites.
