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Alex Jones testifies in trial over his Sandy Hook hoax lies

Families of Sandy Hook victims sit in the front row as Infowars founder Alex Jones testifies during the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn. Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Jones was found liable last year by default for damages to plaintiffs without a trial, as punishment for what the judge called his repeated failures to turn over documents to their lawyers. The six-member jury is now deciding how much Jones and Free Speech Systems, Infowars’ parent company, should pay the families for defaming them and intentionally inflicting emotional distress. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool)

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is shown a photo of Judge Barbara Bellis with laser beams coming out of her eyes from his website during his testimony as Judge Bellis listens beside him, right, during the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn. Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Jones was found liable last year by default for damages to plaintiffs without a trial, as punishment for what the judge called his repeated failures to turn over documents to their lawyers. The six-member jury is now deciding how much Jones and Free Speech Systems, Infowars’ parent company, should pay the families for defaming them and intentionally inflicting emotional distress. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool)

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones takes the witness stand to testify at the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn. Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Jones was found liable last year by default for damages to plaintiffs without a trial, as punishment for what the judge called his repeated failures to turn over documents to their lawyers. The six-member jury is now deciding how much Jones and Free Speech Systems, Infowars’ parent company, should pay the families for defaming them and intentionally inflicting emotional distress. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool)

Plaintiff's attorney Chris Mattei, left, questions Conspiracy theorist Alex Jonesduring testimony at the Alex Jones Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn. Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Jones was found liable last year by default for damages to plaintiffs without a trial, as punishment for what the judge called his repeated failures to turn over documents to their lawyers. The six-member jury is now deciding how much Jones and Free Speech Systems, Infowars’ parent company, should pay the families for defaming them and intentionally inflicting emotional distress. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool)

Alex Jones enters Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Jones is going to take the stand to testify in a trial in Connecticut over how much in damages he must pay for calling the Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax. (H John Voorhees III /Hearst Connecticut Media via AP)

Alex Jones speaks with the media outside of Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Jones is going to take the stand to testify in a trial in Connecticut over how much in damages he must pay for calling the Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax. (H John Voorhees III /Hearst Connecticut Media via AP)

Norman Pattis, attorney for Alex Jones, arrives at Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Jones is going to take the stand to testify in a trial in Connecticut over how much in damages he must pay for calling the Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax. (H John Voorhees III/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP)

Family members walk to Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Alex Jones is going to take the stand to testify in a trial in Connecticut over how much in damages he must pay for calling the Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax. (H John Voorhees III /Hearst Connecticut Media via AP)

Alex Jones speaks with the media outside of Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Jones is going to take the stand to testify in a trial in Connecticut over how much in damages he must pay for calling the Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax. (H John Voorhees III /Hearst Connecticut Media via AP)

Alex Jones speaks with the media outside of Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Jones is going to take the stand to testify in a trial in Connecticut over how much in damages he must pay for calling the Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax. (H John Voorhees III /Hearst Connecticut Media via AP)

Alex Jones speaks with the media outside of Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Jones is going to take the stand to testify in a trial in Connecticut over how much in damages he must pay for calling the Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax. (H John Voorhees III /Hearst Connecticut Media via AP)

Judge Barbara Bellis listens to an argument by an attorney for the families during the Alex Jones Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (Christian Abraham/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool)

Alex Jones testifies in trial over his Sandy Hook hoax lies