The January 6th House committee is preparing to request the trove of Alex Jones’s text messages and emails revealed Wednesday in a defamation lawsuit filed by victims of the Sandy Hook massacre, Rolling Stone has learned.
On Wednesday, Sandy Hook victims’ attorney Mark Bankston told Jones that his attorney had mistakenly sent Bankston three years worth of the conspiracy theorist’s emails and text messages copied from his phone.
Now — a source familiar with the matter and another person briefed on it tell Rolling Stone — the January 6th committee is preparing to request that data from the plaintiff attorneys in order to aid its investigation of the insurrection. These internal deliberations among the committee, which is probing former President Donald Trump’s role in causing the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot, began within minutes of the lawyer’s revelation being heard on the trial’s livestream on Wednesday afternoon.
Jones has already featured prominently in the panel’s investigation for his role in whipping up public support for the insurrection and for his close ties to alleged conspirator Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the Oath Keepers militia. Jones frequently hosted Rhodes as a guest on his InfoWars channel and his militia provided security for the Texas-based conspiracist.
The committee initially subpoenaed Jones in November 2021 and asked for him to turn over documents and participate in a deposition. Jones, according to a letter sent by the committee, was initially told by the White House on January 3, 2021 that he was “to lead a march to the Capitol, where President Trump would meet” with protesters.
It’s unclear what, specifically, the committee will be looking for in Jones communications but attorneys for the Sandy Hook plaintiffs have accused the InfoWars host of intentionally withholding relevant communications about the Sandy Hook shooting and lying about having conducted a search for them. A committee spokesman declined to comment.
The documents were turned over after Jones’ attorney “did not take any steps to identify it as privileged or protected in any way and as of two days ago it fell free and clear into my possession,” Bankston told Jones in court Wednesday. “That is how I know you lied to me.”
Dibble_Dabble_Doo on August 3rd, 2022 at 19:55 UTC »
I hope the Secret Service is shitting in their pants right now.
DeepDarkPurpleSky on August 3rd, 2022 at 19:25 UTC »
For anyone who isn’t aware or doesn’t remember, Alex Jones was present at that infamous January 5 “War Room” meeting at the Willard Hotel where Michael Flynn, Roger Stone, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, and multiple members of the Oath Keepers terrorist organization (among other lawyers and political operatives) all conspired together.
None of these people have been cooperating in any way with the Committee so far, so the Committee has received very little information (released publicly, at least) about what this group of people was talking about or planning for the next day.
These communications could quite literally be the smoking gun that brings down the entire group.
Caucasian_Fury on August 3rd, 2022 at 19:02 UTC »
In case anyone missed this.