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BRIDGEPORT - Conspiracy theorist and InfoWars host Alex Jones sent child pornography to the lawyers for the families of the Sandy Hook tragedy, their lawyers said.
The law firm representing the families of the 2012 mass shooting, stated in court documents filed Monday they have contacted the FBI after discovering child porn in electronic files Jones recently turned over to the Sandy Hook families as a result of their lawsuit against him for calling the tragedy a hoax.
[link:https://www.ctpost.com/local/ctpost/article/Lawyers-Alex-Jones-sent-child-porn-to-Sandy-Hook-14005437.php|
REPUGNANT!!!!
Javaman
(62,530 posts)malaise
(269,054 posts)Throw away the keys.4
Someone should list the names of this gang of sick men
wryter2000
(46,051 posts)This has to be all kinds of illegal as well as disgusting.
OMGWTF
(3,959 posts)maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)Or punish them for standing up to his slander.
Regardless, this is a Civil suit. He's not in danger of going to prison, and therefore won't be prison-raped.
Much to your disappointment, no doubt.
mucifer
(23,550 posts)People spend decades in prison for having it.
maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)I consider them officially subservient to Trump now. they've been cowed.
Trump will probably pardon Jones and give him the Medal of Freedom.
get the red out
(13,466 posts)And how did he have it to begin with? All that is illegal, getting it, having it, sending it.
quakerboy
(13,920 posts)Why did he have it to send in the first place?
maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)Accuse the Sandy Hook parent of having it.
It's been an extensive campaign against them.
quakerboy
(13,920 posts)That means one has to acquire it.
I could be wrong, not being in any line of work that deals with this, but I've always understood acquiring kiddy porn to be something that is a) illegal and b) something that people other than pedophiles have strong feelings about avoiding.
cab67
(2,993 posts)People are charged for having child pornography. They aren't charged for wanting to see it, or for being aroused by it.
Having child pornography is a criminal offense regardless of intent. I suspect sending it to someone else is also a crime.
Whether the FBI does something about it is another matter. I actually suspect they will - Jones may be tight with the Orange One, but there are a lot of conservatives who see Jones as a liability.
maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)And that he would face extra-judicial punishment in prison.
That's not what Jones' purpose was. It was harassment and slander.
cab67
(2,993 posts)SCVDem
(5,103 posts)He is only one of many sick degenerates!
Delmette2.0
(4,166 posts)He needs to be in jail pending trial, NOW!!
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)And I can't say that the idea of Alex Jones being locked away in prison for trafficking child pornography isn't fitting, final justice.
Lars39
(26,109 posts)Perp walk time
jmowreader
(50,560 posts)It is a lot more complex than that.
Lets say he has 25 images that he was sending around.
Its one count for each image he received.
25 more counts for possessing those images.
And if he sends all 25 images to 50 people, theres another 1250 counts of distributing child pornography.
The feds DO NOT PLAY when it comes to child porn. And better, this isnt something Trump is stupid enough to pardon.
If this is actually true, Alex Jones will die at a very old age in a very small cage.
MissB
(15,810 posts)And Im glad the feds dont play around with this crime.
volstork
(5,402 posts)We can only hope so...
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Even more fitting.
jmowreader
(50,560 posts)It would not bother me at all to know Alex Jones died after fifty years in solitary confinement...which is what they'd have to do with the guy; inmates convicted of crimes involving children have a very rough time in penitentiaries.
volstork
(5,402 posts)he's not the healthiest-looking dude on the planet...
Lars39
(26,109 posts)still_one
(92,219 posts)Sanity Claws
(21,849 posts)He just opened himself up to a far more serious matter, a federal criminal prosecution.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,007 posts)Voltaire2
(13,061 posts)Lock him up.
TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)DetlefK
(16,423 posts)According to Alex Jones, NASA kidnaps children and flies them to a secret base on Mars, where they eat them. But before NASA eats the children, they terrorize and frighten them, because, according to Jones, that makes the children taste better.
Then there was Pizzagate.
Then there was this weird artist who was friends with Democrats and had an art-installation involving dried blood. The installation was titled "spirit-cooking" or something like that. That was taken as proof of cannibalism.
MontanaMama
(23,322 posts)Just like MF45. Just like all holier than thou repukes who are doing whatever they accuse others of doing but so much worse. Lock him up!!
trev
(1,480 posts)Same MO.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)If so, time for a drug test. that is just toooo bizarre.
Niagara
(7,627 posts)He's extremely unstable and has a mental problem. He actually might need to take drugs, particularly lithium.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)That's trump's link to wrestling, another thing he is vicariously interested in.
Jones would sign visitor logs with names of old time wrestlers, an in-joke between him and trump.
misanthrope
(7,418 posts)Why would we fly them to Mars when the base on Mercury is closer to the Earth most of the time anyway?
Blue_playwright
(1,568 posts)The split second I click through the channels and see it is always repulsive and shocking.
ck4829
(35,077 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)MagickMuffin
(15,943 posts)WTG, Alex Jones. You just gave away your true intentions!!!
Midnight Writer
(21,768 posts)What could possibly be going through your mind to even think to do this? And how in Christ's name do millions of people follow and approve of this abomination?
wryter2000
(46,051 posts)And not the families.
("Thank God" not meant to be religious here.)
tymorial
(3,433 posts)By exploiting victims of other horrible and horrendous acts. He chose child porn, using those images for ANY reason is continued victimization of the children within the images. It doesnt matter if the purpose is sexual. Jones used the loss of innocence and sexual exploitation of children as revenge. The only person more disgusting than Alex Jones is the person who took the pictures in the first place.
durablend
(7,460 posts)Bet if someone dug around they'd find Mr. Jones was involved in a little "play time" himself.
dalton99a
(81,516 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Ugh.
I had a neighbor with some very questionable friends, one of whom had a white truck with an InfoWars bumper sticker. Im so thankful theyre gone.
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Chakaconcarne
(2,454 posts)barbtries
(28,799 posts)if this is true and proved, prison. that bastard.
Oppaloopa
(867 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)White House Press Secretary?
SWBTATTReg
(22,143 posts)are on the filthy materials. Nail his a&&!!! And what does he get with rocking his boat in mailing crap like this to kids?
marble falls
(57,106 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)He's hoisted himself into a prison sentence if there's any justice.
klook
(12,157 posts)The files were on their computers! They cant trace them to me!!
Me.
(35,454 posts)He is really stupid
LiberalArkie
(15,719 posts)Court documents stated that the Sandy Hook lawyers had begun reviewing the electronic files that Jones had turned over when they found child pornography in the files. They immediately contacted the FBI.
The FBI advised counsel that its review located numerous additional illegal images, which had apparently been sent to InfoWars email addresses, they stated.
Not from Infowars. ???
MissB
(15,810 posts)They found the child porn on his computer then the FBI found evidence of incoming images (assume from email). Id think one could be charged with possession and encouragement of child porn with those two actions. But Im not a lawyer - just reading and providing my own opinions.
underpants
(182,829 posts)Either internally or to people who have an account through infowars.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)That wasn't a joke. That's his excuse.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/alex-jones-offers-dollar1m-reward-after-alleged-malware-attack-that-he-says-planted-child-porn-on-his-servers
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Much as I hate Jones, I'd still like this to be properly investigated.
It's totally possible to do this to someone, and ruin their life.
TexasTowelie
(112,252 posts)Yes, it could have been a retaliatory setup. However, doesn't the old saying go, "possession is nine tenths of the law?"
Let's see if anyone is willing to get to prison for Alex in order to get the $1 million.
oldsoftie
(12,555 posts)Tarc
(10,476 posts)If the hacker knew what they were doing, covered their tracks, and Alex Jones is up shit creek without a paddle, I can live with that.
Maraya1969
(22,483 posts)opened them. Well then why the fuck did he forward them to the Sandy Hook attorneys?
I don't think I have ever forwarded an email with files on it that I don't know what they are about.
Volaris
(10,272 posts)And handed it over to them.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)This was a bulk production of electronic records during discovery.
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tymorial
(3,433 posts)That asshole re-victimized those children by obtaining and sending those pictures. That is way worse than his poisonous rhetoric and lies. Alex Jones needs to be sent to the nastiest and grossest roughest facility without 23-hour lockdown. You should get no Ad seg because he's a celebrity and no club fed bullshit.
IronLionZion
(45,457 posts)vile piece of shit.
This seems like a very strange story. Jones is claiming malware planted it on his servers, which are more secure than Hillary's
https://www.thedailybeast.com/alex-jones-offers-dollar1m-reward-after-alleged-malware-attack-that-he-says-planted-child-porn-on-his-servers
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Eugene
(61,900 posts)Performance art? Bullsh*t!
infinite_wisdom
(73 posts)...not sure what the situation is in Texas.
This didn't look like an offhand "Im gonna kill him" comment. It seemed credible because Jones is so unglued.
But he'll just claim it was only performance art so "nothing to see here. I'm a nice guy and by the way your potato chips are making you gay".
I guess it would all depend on the judge.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)He is a sick bastard.
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njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)Washington (CNN)Donald Trump is heaping praise on a radio host who has asserted that the U.S. government was involved in the Oklahoma City bombing and the September 11 terrorist attacks.
"Your reputation is amazing. I will not let you down," Trump told Alex Jones during a Wednesday afternoon appearance on the Infowars.com proprietor's show. 12/2/2015
no_hypocrisy
(46,128 posts)That's what I expect.
jmowreader
(50,560 posts)Not even the Trump-fellating Senate Republicans are going to sit still for Trump being involved in any way, shape or form with child pornography.
Gothmog
(145,321 posts)I just talked to Juanita Jean and Mark has not received any kiddie porn from Alex Jones. Mark is relieved but is wondering why he was excluded
Niagara
(7,627 posts)coming from this nutcase.
Nitram
(22,822 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)all the things he did and said, topped off by this? He belongs in prison.
ck4829
(35,077 posts)ck4829
(35,077 posts)Initech
(100,081 posts)Reporters need to hammer Trump's connection to this monster.
47of74
(18,470 posts)Calling Alex Jones a sick fuck is insulting to all other sick fucks. Alex is a far more vile creation.
VOX
(22,976 posts)Just on this incident alone, Jones's "strategy" proves him to be thoroughly insane and a menace to society. He belongs in prison, for a long, long time.
Alwaysna
(574 posts)Miigwech
(3,741 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,174 posts)I was wrong.
bitterross
(4,066 posts)I despise Jones, but if it turns out that some of his fans sent him child porn and no one opened the email or attached files then he's not guilty. It is very possible that is what happened. Given the amount of email he gets it would be entirely possible no one had read the emails with porn attached. Or they may have read the email and never opened the attachments. It is entirely possible that Jones and his attorneys had no idea that was in the large data dump they turned over.
Too many unanswered questions to be answered before we can celebrate.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Ha!
Facts.
Lol.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)It pains me to defend Alex Jones, but yeah.
cab67
(2,993 posts)He comes across like a professional wrestler - it may look real (sort of) on TV, but it's scripted. I'm not sure how much of his shit he actually believes.
This, on the other hand, is a crime no matter how serious he was.