Alex Jones says he’s ‘done saying sorry’ for Sandy Hook lies in courtroom outburst

The Infowars host gave testimony in a Connecticut defamation trial that is being held about 32 kilometres away from Newtown, the site of the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre.

Alex Jones is “done saying I’m sorry” for spreading the hoax that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting never happened, he said during an angry outburst on the stand. It was the first time Jones appeared in person at his latest defamation trial on Thursday.

The Infowars host and far-right conspiracy theorist gave testimony in a Connecticut defamation trial that is being held about 32 kilometres away from Newtown, the site of the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre that claimed the lives of 20 children and six educators.

After being sued for defamation, Jones finally acknowledged in 2019 that the Sandy Hook shooting was real and that the distraught parents of children who died that day were not crisis actors. But on Thursday, he angrily refused to keep apologizing for the lies he spread.

In Connecticut, Jones is being sued for damages by the families of eight Sandy Hook victims and an FBI agent who responded to the attack. They testified earlier in the trial that they received death threats, abusive messages on social media and in-person harassment from Jones’ followers who believed the conspiracy theory. Some were even forced to move to escape the abuse.

Plaintiff lawyer Christopher Mattei accused Jones of putting targets on the parents’ backs, pointing to the family members in the courtroom and saying “these are real people.”

“Just like all the Iraqis you liberals killed and love,” Jones responded. “Just, you’re unbelievable. You switch on emotions, on-and-off when you want. You’re just ambulance chasing.”

“Why don’t you show a little respect?” Mattei shot back, as Jones’ lawyer, Norm Pattis, shouted objections and several family members shook their heads in apparent disbelief.

The exchange went on with Mattei pointing out that the families in the courtroom had “lost children, sisters, wives, moms.”