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Alex Jones takes stand in defamation damages trial

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Alex Jones arrives at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Tuesday Aug. 2. The father of a 6-year-old killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting has testified that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones made his life a “living hell” by pushing claims the murders were a hoax.
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Alex Jones arrives at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Tuesday Aug. 2.
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Neil Heslin, father of 6-year-old Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis, becomes emotional during his testimony during the trial for Alex Jones, Tuesday Aug. 2, at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin. Jones has been found to have defamed the parents of a Sandy Hook student for calling the attack a hoax.
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Scarlett Lewis, mother of 6-year-old Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis, appears in court during the trial for Alex Jones, Tuesday Aug. 2, at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin.
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Alex Jones takes a seat to testify in court at the Travis County Courthouse, Wednesday Aug. 3, in Austin, Texas.
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Alex Jones attempts to answer questions about his text messages asked by Mark Bankston, lawyer for Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, during trial at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Wednesday Aug. 3. Jones testified Wednesday that he now understands it was irresponsible of him to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax and that he now believes it was “100% real."
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Mark Bankston, lawyer for Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, is pictured during the trial at the Travis County Courthouse, Wednesday Aug. 3, in Austin, Texas.
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Mark Bankston, lawyer for Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, asks Alex Jones questions about an illustration of Judge Maya Guerra Gamble, left, that InfoWars has been showing on air during a trial at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday Aug. 3.
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Judge Maya Guerra Gamble looks at a photo illustration of herself that InfoWars has been showing on air during trial at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Wednesday Aug. 3.
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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones attempts to answer questions about his emails asked by Mark Bankston, lawyer for Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, during trial at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Wednesday Aug. 3.
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Andino Reynal, lawyer for Alex Jones, listens to a video prior to the jury viewing it during a trial at the Travis County Courthouse, Wednesday Aug. 3, in Austin, Texas.
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Mark Bankston, lawyer for Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, asks Alex Jones about the profits he makes a day during a trial at the Travis County Courthouse, Wednesday Aug. 3, in Austin, Texas.
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Mark Bankston, lawyer for Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, asks Alex Jones questions about text messages during trial at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Wednesday Aug. 3.

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