Alex Jones' longtime corporate attorney accused in court of making false statements
The longtime corporate attorney of controversial radio host Alex Jones was taken to court Wednesday for allegations that he intentionally misrepresented some of Jones’ businesses in court during Jone’s defamation lawsuits.
AUSTIN (KXAN) – The longtime corporate attorney of controversial radio host Alex Jones was taken to court Wednesday for allegations that he intentionally misrepresented some of Jones’ businesses in court during Jones' defamation lawsuits.
Jones has lost several defamation lawsuits – including one last August – after claiming the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012, which left 20 children and six adults dead, was a hoax. Jones claimed the mass shooting at the Connecticut elementary school was staged by crisis actors to justify the government taking away firearms. In total, Jones has been ordered to pay nearly $1.5 billion so far.
Attorney Mark Bankston, who represented last August two parents of a child killed at Sandy Hook, filed the motion against Eric Taube, saying Taube acted in bad faith during the lawsuit and made multiple knowingly false statements in court. He said Taube should be disciplined and pay sanctions for the alleged intentionally false statements.
Bankston alleges that Taube said in court that InfoWars LLC did not run the InfoWars website and that the company had no assets, personnel or operations. Bankston alleged through evidence he presented in court -- including an email chain he was on with Jones’ ex-wife Kelly Jones in 2007 -- that the company did have assets and ran the controversial website.
Taube testified in court that at the time of making those statements, he considered them to be true. He continued to testify in court Wednesday that InfoWars LLC has no assets.
“The biggest problem I have is that Infowars representatives never tell the truth,” Travis County District Cout Judge Maya Guerra Gamble said Wednesday.
Sam Stark is in court Wednesday following the hearing. This story will be updated.