family, maybe a country, maybe a democracy. the toll, the human misery. but the question for a texas jury today is what it should cost conspiracy theorist alex jones. we now have our answer. nearly $50,. now, recall jones was already ordered to pay more than $4 million this what s called compensatory damages just yesterday. that to the parents of a beautiful 6-year-old child, a little boy killed in the 2012 attack. but today, they added $45.2 million on top of that, awarded him punitive or the punishment side of damages. why? for spewing lies that have caused unthinkable arm to one family of many families, destroyed by the sandy hook massacre. $50 million. and that s just one case. he has two more defamation trials awaiting him, so this is really far from over for the far-right conspiratorial host of infowars. this has really been a case that centered on lies, and throughout this trial, it felt like so many additional lies kept dpgetting exposed, like those texts that jones s
look, we ve all been waiting to see what lies might cost, eventually. we know what they might cost a family, maybe a country, maybe a democracy. the toll, the human misery. but the question for a texas jury today is what it should cost conspiracy theorist alex jones. we now have our answer. nearly $50 million. now, recall jones was already ordered to pay more than $4 million this what s called compensatory damages just yesterday. that to the parents of a beautiful 6-year-old child, a little boy killed in the 2012 attack. but today, they added $45.2 million on top of that, awarded him punitive or the punishment side of damages. why? for spewing lies that have caused unthinkable arm to one family of many families, destroyed by the sandy hook massacre. $50 million. and that s just one case. he has two more defamation trials awaiting him, so this is really far from over for the far-right conspiratorial host of infowars. this has really been a case that centered on lies, and thr
release the affidavit. several news outlets have asked for it to be unsealed. but the doj says unsealing the document would hurt this and other high profile investigations. the wild card here is all the heat that is coming off the search in mar-a-lago. the death threats to the fbi and government officials. just yesterday, a pennsylvania man was charged for threatening to kill fbi agents. and remember last week, when an ohio man tried to break into an fbi field office with a nail gun and an assault rifle. trump oddly has acknowledged that the temperature needs to be brought down. in the same breath, he s continued to attack the doy and federal agents. while the former president faces mounting legal trouble, he s not the only one on the state level, rudy giuliani, donald trump s personal attorney, is now a target of georgia s investigation into the attempt to overturn the 2020 election. he is set to appear before a special grand jury there tomorrow. and here in new york, long t
That special Council Jack Smith is looking into trumps fundraising off false voter fraud claims. As some of trumps codefendants may be getting ready to throw trump under the bus. Plus, the extreme gerrymandered maps that helped republicans win the house are now rapidly getting struck down by the courts. Alabama is just the latest state to feel the judges wrath. Good evening. Im Jonathan Capehart in for joy reid. We begin tonight with breaking news. The former National Chairman of one of the most prominent neofascist White Supremacist Militia Groups in the country is going to prison. Henry enrika tarrio was sentenced just a short time ago to 22 years in prison for Seditious Conspiracy in connection with the january 6th attack on the capitol. That is the longest sentence in any january 6th case so far. But notably less than the 33 years prosecutors were asking for. Judge Timothy Kelly told the court, quote, i dont have any indication that hes remorseful for the actual things that hes con
Cite as the other crime trump allegedly intended to commit or conceal . And second and perhaps most important, will the jury be allowed to consider misdemeanors as well . I want to bring in nbcs Vaughn Hillyard live outside the courthouse. Chuck rosenberg and Catherine Christian are both with us here in the studio. So chuck, explain how this decision may go and how the judge may frame the instructions, which could be really determinative as to whether a jury that might be confused or conflicted might be looking for an Exit Strategy other than a guilty verdict. So some context might be helpful. The jury has heard all the facts. The judge will now instruct the jury on the law. Itll be their map to apply the facts that they heard to the law as they are instructed. The way the two sides, the prosecutors and the defense sort of fight it out, andrea, to get their preferred Jury Instructions read to the jury. This all takes place at the thing thats about to start, a charging conference. A lot