NEWTOWN — Attorneys getting ready for a jury trial to decide how much Alex Jones will pay Sandy Hook families he defamed want a judge to bar evidence about “white supremacy and right-wing extremism,” saying such associations would violate his right to a fair trial.
Lawyers for an FBI agent and eight Sandy Hook families who won a defamation case against Jones here last year were yet to respond in court to Jones’ request by Wednesday.
There was no conflict in the trial dates to award damages until Jones filed for federal bankruptcy protection one week before the first Texas trial was to begin.
Jones called the 2012 massacre of 26 first-graders and educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School “staged,” “synthetic,” “manufactured,” “a giant hoax,” and “completely fake with actors.”.
Pattis argued that “sanctimonious outrage jeopardizes (Jones’) rights to a fair trial before the proceedings ever get underway.”.
Earlier this summer, Pattis asked be dropped from representing Jones because Pattis’ firm had not spoken with Jones in a month, following Jones’ unsuccessful bankruptcy maneuver. »