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submitted 3 days ago by luthis@lemmy.nz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I'm quite surprised. From the outside, how the US appears, I would have expected Trump to do some BS or the courts threw it out because free speech for psychopaths etc. But somehow that didn't happen?

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[-] HappyCatLuvs_U@lemmy.world 49 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Let us not forget that the lawyer for Alex Jones sent a full copy of all Alex Jones' text messages for the past two years to the opposing counsel and did not claw them back or make any attempt or give any notice until the window passed. Meaning the opposing counsel got to sit there and call Jones out for lying on the stand, using his own words from his own private texts. It really hurt his credibility with the jury, I imagine.

p.s. Sorry you can't read whole source without a work around.

[-] luthis@lemmy.nz 15 points 3 days ago

That is an astonishing fuckup

[-] AMoralNihilist@feddit.uk 11 points 3 days ago

It's very difficult for these asshats to get decent lawyers because most lawyers care about win rates and their public perception to gain clients

Not really that astonishing though...

[-] SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 8 points 3 days ago

So good. Fuck the info-lectual!

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 days ago

Alex Jones had credibility to lose?

[-] galaxy_nova@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Are the text messages not evidence that would have had to be turned over to the opposing counsel anyway? Don’t really know how the whole lawyering thing works

[-] HappyCatLuvs_U@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

To that point, as far as I know, he had denied having any relevant messages and not turned them over, despite being required to.

[-] sudo@programming.dev 28 points 3 days ago

Jones was always just an independent grifter. Its not like he was in Trump's inner circle. Also Jones lost the case over a year ago. I think the verdict came out under the Biden regime.

[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 days ago

Let's just say he made the grave mistake of disrespecting dead children, and that pissed off too many people, prompting a class action.

Let's also not forget the shitshow that is the court proceeding, where his lawyer 'accidentally' leaked his text, and he went with a no-show.

Last but not least, he's never in Trump's circle. He acts like he is, but those people probably don't even know he exists.

[-] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 26 points 3 days ago

Because the country is more divided than ever and Republicans just want you to thunk MAGA has a chokehold everywhere. They dont. Also, Jones is a peripheral not the main cast in Magaland.

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

He was just that egregious. Also fascists don't have solidarity really, he "peaked" a decade ago and no one cares about him anymore, not even his supposed allies. In short, he is a joke and everyone knows it.

[-] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 days ago

Jones has used up all his capital and his buddies are too busy dodging their own lawsuits/criminal charges is how it happened.

[-] IntrovertTurtle@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago
[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 days ago

digging on Magastan!

this post was submitted on 21 Apr 2026
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