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Alex Jones Renews ‘Deep State’ Claim at Defamation Trial
- Infowars host testifies to jury that decides how much he pays
- Jones found liable for defamation by judge he called ‘tyrant’
Alex Jones
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Combative conspiracy theorist Alex Jones doubled down on his claim that defamation lawsuits filed by the families of 26 children and educators gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School are part of a liberal plot to destroy him.
“I think this is a Deep State situation,” Jones told jurors Thursday during the second week of a civil trial in Connecticut. When asked if his credibility is the most important thing to him, the Infowars host replied: “No, crushing the globalists.”