Infowars founder Alex Jones speaks to the media after appearing at his Sandy Hook defamation trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S., October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
MAGA influencer and network owner Alex Jones has nowhere to turn now that the Supreme Court has declined his appeal Tuesday to overturn a $1.4 billion libel judgment a lower court ordered against him over his false comments about the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre.
CNN reports Jones faces intense legal pressure after juries in Connecticut and Texas found him liable in 2022 for defamation and emotional distress over his lies about the Sandy Hook massacre, in which 20 first graders and six educators were killed. The steep $1 billion-plus decision is forcing Jones to sell his far-right platform, Infowars, to pay damages. A separate emergency appeal Jones filed at the Supreme Court claims Infowars has an average of 30 million daily listeners
“The result is a financial death penalty by fiat imposed on a media defendant whose broadcasts reach millions,” Jones told the Supreme Court in a September appeal.
MAGA elements on social media raged against what they purported to be the Supreme Court’s attack on free speech.
“The US Supreme Court rejecting Alex Jones's appeal is a punch in the face of free speech!” posted one critic on X. “The guy may have exaggerated with the Sandy Hook theory, but punishing him with $1.4 billion is just another censorship move disguised as justice. Outrageous!
“Violation of free speech. All of you [complaining] about free speech and not [complaining] about this are hypocrites,” posted another X user — who incongruously reposted a Sept. 11 call to “expose” another user who’d relished the assassination of Charlie Kirk. “Expose him. He doesn’t deserve to counsel anybody,” the user shared.
Other X commenters delighted in Jones’ depleted options.
“Cry me a river Alex!” posted one commenter.
“Good. The foot of justice should remain on his fat a—— neck,” said another.
“What's next for Alex Jones?” asked still another. “Appeal to the European Court of Human Rights?
Earlier this year, a federal judge ordered that Infowars’ parent company, Free Speech Systems, be turned over to a court-appointed receiver, who would be responsible for selling the assets. The order paves the way for satirical news outlet ”The Onion” to revive its bid for the platform.
Read the CNN report on the Supreme Court development at this link.
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