After calling Sandy Hook massacre a ‘hoax’, Alex Jones admits it’s ‘100% real’

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

• For years, Alex Jones had been saying that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was ‘a hoax.’
• He conceded that he now believes the massacre was “100% real.”
• Jones’ lawyers mistakenly sent two years of his phone records to the attorneys of the parents of a Sandy Hook school shooting victim.

Alex Jones conceded that the Sandy Hook school shooting was “100% real” in a Texas court Wednesday after calling it a hoax for years. The far-right Infowars founder was soon caught in another lie under oath.

Jones’ legal team accidentally released hundreds of his own text messages about the Sandy Hook massacre. Jones, 48, claimed he found zero texts regarding the school shooting.

His lawyers mistakenly sent two years of his phone records to the attorneys for a Sandy Hook victim’s parents who are suing him for defamation.

For years, Jones claimed he found zero texts and emails that mentioned the 2012 school shooting when requested by the court to turn over such records.

The far-right conspiracy theorist continued his lie about the messages under oath at the defamation trial before the parent’s counsel presented the text messages as evidence.

“Do you know what perjury is?” the parents’ lawyer, Mark Bankston, asked Jones, who stated that he did.

Jones is facing trial over a $150 million defamation lawsuit filed by the parents of one of the 20 first-graders killed during the 2012 massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.

Jones also admitted that it was “absolutely irresponsible” to push the false claim that the Sandy Hook shooting was staged as a means to push gun control during his testimony. However, he deflected blame on the media.

“They won’t let me take it back,” said Jones, who claimed he has been “typecast as someone that runs around talking about Sandy Hook, makes money off Sandy Hook, is obsessed with Sandy Hook.”

Jones first took the stand on Tuesday and was slammed by Judge Maya Guerra Gamble for saying his company was bankrupt and maintaining he had complied with pretrial requests for evidence. Jones’ company filed for bankruptcy protection amid a slew of lawsuits, but the bankruptcy file hasn’t been granted.

“This is not your show,” Gamble said after dismissing the jury. “Your beliefs do not make something true. You are under oath.”

Jones told the jury Wednesday that any verdict over $2 million would “sink” his company – although he added, “I think it’s appropriate for whatever you decide you want to do.”

Bankston also showed an internal email that said Jones’ company made $800,000 in a day, which Jones countered was the best day of the year for the company.

One parent testified Tuesday that Jones made his and other parents’ lives a “living hell” by spreading the conspiracy theory, leading to harassment and even death threats.

Source: AOL