# I am confused about Alex Jones' lawyer's "mistake" in sending all of Jones' phone contents to the plaintiffs **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 4, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-confused-about-alex-jones-lawyers-mistake-in-sending-all-of-jones-phone-contents-to-the-plaintiffs/969096 "2022-08-04T15:34:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-confused-about-alex-jones-lawyers-mistake-in-sending-all-of-jones-phone-contents-to-the-plaintiffs/969096/290 "2022-10-17T18:58:09Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > I didn’t watch but heard that he was laughing his head off about the verdict and telling his followers that he wouldn’t have to pay. He has the idea that if he ignores problems they just go away. Which is why he got multiple summary judgements against him, which are typically very rare in the legal system. > [@Skypist](#): > > And moving his assets into shell companies. As the video showed, by going into bankruptcy he is both putting a lot of scrutiny on those corporations, and he has largely ceded control of them, so his plans might not work out the way he thinks. ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-confused-about-alex-jones-lawyers-mistake-in-sending-all-of-jones-phone-contents-to-the-plaintiffs/969096/291 "2022-10-17T19:45:25Z")
I really hope so. I wonder how he can still believe that ignoring things you don’t like makes them go away? Like, really believe it, not just bravado in front of his fans? I’ll have to check this video out this evening. I’ve been concerned that he might get away with any assets he’s hidden before the judgment or the bankruptcy filing, whereas anything he is trying to hide now might get him in more trouble. I want to see the smirk wiped off that POS’ face. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-confused-about-alex-jones-lawyers-mistake-in-sending-all-of-jones-phone-contents-to-the-plaintiffs/969096/292 "2022-10-17T22:12:03Z")
I’m really hoping he serves prison time. I don’t even care what for. Perjury, financial shenanigans, whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-confused-about-alex-jones-lawyers-mistake-in-sending-all-of-jones-phone-contents-to-the-plaintiffs/969096/293 "2022-10-17T22:18:07Z")
I could settle for him being drawn and quartered by Galapagos tortoises. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-confused-about-alex-jones-lawyers-mistake-in-sending-all-of-jones-phone-contents-to-the-plaintiffs/969096/294 "2022-10-17T22:40:10Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > I wonder how he can still believe that ignoring things you don’t like makes them go away? Like, really believe it, not just bravado in front of his fans? Because at the end of the day he’s a dolt? I mean he might manage to squirrel some cash away, so he might not be a complete dolt. But that $53 million he transparently owes to himself and his parents via a shell company? Yeah, I don’t think he’s going to get to keep that at the end of the day. Sure hope not, anyway. The thing is, however much of a grifter he may be, he still has immersed himself in shrieking about conspiracy theory lunacy for decades. You can’t do that and not acquire at least a little bit of mental dysfunction, no matter how disingenuous you started out as. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-confused-about-alex-jones-lawyers-mistake-in-sending-all-of-jones-phone-contents-to-the-plaintiffs/969096/295 "2022-10-18T00:38:31Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I’m really hoping he serves prison time. I don’t even care what for. I linked earlier where he was arrested for drunk driving, though the charges were later dropped. I imagine after he goes broke, he’ll probably climb in a bottle and might never come out. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-confused-about-alex-jones-lawyers-mistake-in-sending-all-of-jones-phone-contents-to-the-plaintiffs/969096/296 "2022-10-18T00:50:38Z")
What happens is someone wants to help him out? How does the grift go now? Is it just impossible? What can he keep for himself now? ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-confused-about-alex-jones-lawyers-mistake-in-sending-all-of-jones-phone-contents-to-the-plaintiffs/969096/297 "2022-10-18T00:51:41Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > The thing is, however much of a grifter he may be, he still has immersed himself in shrieking about conspiracy theory lunacy for decades. You can’t do that and not acquire at least a little bit of mental dysfunction, no matter how disingenuous you started out as. “Crazy people make sane people crazy.” _Winter House_, Carol O’Connell. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-confused-about-alex-jones-lawyers-mistake-in-sending-all-of-jones-phone-contents-to-the-plaintiffs/969096/298 "2022-10-18T14:48:10Z")
I’m hoping all the dolts that donate to the upper-case Dolt will see that money funneled directly to the families awarded money. This might actually help them get more of their restitution. Thank you dolts of the world! ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-confused-about-alex-jones-lawyers-mistake-in-sending-all-of-jones-phone-contents-to-the-plaintiffs/969096/299 "2022-10-18T14:56:02Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > he was laughing his head off about the verdict and telling his followers that he wouldn’t have to pay. And moving his assets into shell companies. Great that he is informing authorities about the crimes he is planning to commit, so they can watch for them. What an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-confused-about-alex-jones-lawyers-mistake-in-sending-all-of-jones-phone-contents-to-the-plaintiffs/969096/300 "2022-10-18T15:03:14Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Great that he is informing authorities about the crimes he is planning to commit, so they can watch for them. He could at least couch them in riddles to make it more interesting (skintight costume covered with question marks (or perhaps "Q"s) optional). ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-confused-about-alex-jones-lawyers-mistake-in-sending-all-of-jones-phone-contents-to-the-plaintiffs/969096/301 "2022-10-18T16:33:47Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > He could at least couch them in riddles to make it more interesting (skintight costume covered with question marks (or perhaps "Q"s) optional). And have either the lawyers at DC Comics or the ghost of Frank Gorshin after him as well? I’ll take it. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-confused-about-alex-jones-lawyers-mistake-in-sending-all-of-jones-phone-contents-to-the-plaintiffs/969096/302 "2022-10-18T17:18:27Z")
Maybe Jim Carrey can take a whack at him. Wouldn’t even have to be as The Riddler. That can be Alex’s punishment: having Jim Carrey annoy him for the the rest of his life! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-confused-about-alex-jones-lawyers-mistake-in-sending-all-of-jones-phone-contents-to-the-plaintiffs/969096/303 "2022-10-18T17:20:59Z")
But then, Jim Carrey would annoy _me_ as well. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-confused-about-alex-jones-lawyers-mistake-in-sending-all-of-jones-phone-contents-to-the-plaintiffs/969096/304 "2022-10-18T18:34:14Z")
With this statement I think he has really set himself up for a legal catch 22 with regard to these donations. If he keeps them from the families then he’s guilty of hiding his assets, if he gives them to the family then he’s guilty of fraud for misusing donations. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-confused-about-alex-jones-lawyers-mistake-in-sending-all-of-jones-phone-contents-to-the-plaintiffs/969096/305 "2022-10-22T20:38:14Z")
Alex Jones is seeking a new trial after the $965,000,000 verdict. It’s a little late to try to defend yourself now, isn’t it? > **[Alex Jones seeks new trial after $965 million verdict in Sandy Hook lawsuit](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/alex-jones-seeks-new-trial-after-965-million-verdict-in-sandy-hook-lawsuit)** > > Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families, who say they were subjected to harassment and threats from Jones' lies about... ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-confused-about-alex-jones-lawyers-mistake-in-sending-all-of-jones-phone-contents-to-the-plaintiffs/969096/306 "2022-10-22T20:39:07Z")
Life ain’t golf. You don’t get a mulligan. ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-confused-about-alex-jones-lawyers-mistake-in-sending-all-of-jones-phone-contents-to-the-plaintiffs/969096/307 "2022-10-22T21:38:36Z")
Nobody told me I had to respond to the lawsuit! My lawyer told me I didn’t! I swear I’m not an arrogant, lying asshat! - Then goes on his website and makes fun of the proceedings. I’m just afraid some trumpist judge is going to be like, yeah, you totally relied on your garbage lawyers! I hereby vacate this suit! Or similar. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-confused-about-alex-jones-lawyers-mistake-in-sending-all-of-jones-phone-contents-to-the-plaintiffs/969096/308 "2022-10-24T14:05:51Z")
How ironic it would be if someone gets fed up enough to take direct action\* and the alt-right claims it was all a fake – Jones is alive and well, living in Barbados somewhere. That or make him John the Baptist to Trump’s Jesus, a martyr who foretold His coming. \*A hypothetical, not a suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-confused-about-alex-jones-lawyers-mistake-in-sending-all-of-jones-phone-contents-to-the-plaintiffs/969096/309 "2022-10-24T14:29:28Z")
Well that’s (one of) the sad things here. If Jones were to make a special broadcast where he admitted to his viewers he made everything up, and apologized to the families, the vast majority of his viewers would immediately conclude that he was now part of the conspiracy. He couldn’t stop the madness now even if he had any such decency within him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-confused-about-alex-jones-lawyers-mistake-in-sending-all-of-jones-phone-contents-to-the-plaintiffs/969096.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-confused-about-alex-jones-lawyers-mistake-in-sending-all-of-jones-phone-contents-to-the-plaintiffs/969096.md?page=16)