let s talk about this. the alex jones case was, lik tennis, it was obvious it was not complicated stuff and yet, people had intel thes liars to account until those sandy hook families decide that they would. tell me how you won that cas and what was novel about it? what is novel about holdin letters to account well, the reality is that w had a defamation cases going back before the constitution was even signed. because our founders recognize that allies deserve no protection in a democracy. and so, what we looked at wher the statement alex jones had made over many years, callin the families actors, sayin that they were a part of a plo to strip americans gun rights. and we knew that nobody in the right mind would ever believ that the shooting was faked. and so when we brought ale jones to trial, he was force to defend those lies not a fan of his audience whic takes what he says chapters, but in front of a neutral jury that used their common sense
dollars. $274 million.33 million dollars. the only higher figure came in the alex jones case. jury awarded $1.4 billion. ever that needs to be split between about 20 different plaintiffs. and realistically, alex jones is not going to pay that money. fox is going to have to pay all $787.5 million. it s also important to keep in mind exactly what dominion voting systems is. it s a modest sized company they re privately held they have about 250 employees. the current total valuation of the entire company is under $100 million. so, poppy and don here they ve received more than 10 times the value of the entire company. it s a big big number. so what does what does fox get out of this deal except for a lighter pockets, but still they have enough money. they ll be fine. why would they agree to pay so much here? on the one hand on they could have got hit, theoretically, with an even heavier verdict if this had gone
families and these cases was that he had spent almost four years saying, i have no text messages. i don t have anything in my phone. i might have changed my phone, blah blah. there he was, sitting there, he s a typical lawyer, that is your perry mason moment. the guy was sweating through his shirt. he just could not believe this. it was sort of like truth is hard, truth is really hard. the world got to see alex jones finally confronted with it, and he had nothing to say. people are going to mind those text messages, including, potentially, the january six committee. elizabeth williamson, thank you so much for all your down on the story, i appreciate your insight tonight to. coming up, as we saw with the alex jones case, the total of gun violence goes well beyond
but i think the really interesting moment for the families and these cases was that he had spent almost four years saying, i have no text messages. i don t have anything in my phone. i might have changed my phone, blah blah. there he was, sitting there, he s a typical lawyer, that is your perry mason moment. the guy was sweating through his shirt. he just could not believe this. it was sort of like truth is hard, truth is really hard. the world got to see alex jones finally confronted with it, and he had nothing to say. people are going to mind those text messages, including, potentially, the january six committee. elizabeth williamson, thank you so much for all your down on the story, i appreciate time tonight to. coming up, as we saw with the alex jones case, the total of gun violence goes well beyond the immediate physical aftermath. what we are learning from a new