Alex Jones Claims 'Psychosis' Made Him A Sandy Hook Truther

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The Infowars host was being deposed for his Sandy Hook truther videos when he made the remark.

By Andy Campbell

Infowars host Alex Jones, who has pushed a gamut of harmful conspiracy theories, is trying to deflect responsibility by blaming temporary bouts of “psychosis.”

Jones is being sued by a parent of a child killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. In a three-hour deposition this month with Mark Bankston, a lawyer representing Sandy Hook parents, Jones downplayed the harm caused by telling millions of people that the parents of dead children are lying, and he refused to apologize. Instead, he tried to blame “psychosis” brought on by the pressures of his job.

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Jones did not provide any proof that he has ever been diagnosed with psychosis, nor does it seem that he has made the claim before.

He told Bankston that he was done lying about Sandy Hook and claimed that he has stopped using bad sourcing to peddle conspiracy theories without confirming them. But only days after the deposition, he was back on the air attacking Sandy Hook parents. In a March 25 Infowars broadcast, he argued that a Sandy Hook father who was found dead of an apparent suicide was actually murdered in order to distract from special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the Russia investigation.

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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alex-jones-blames-conspiracies-on-his-psychosis_n_5c9e1981e4b0bc0daca7202b

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Fuck him. I hope those families take that despicable POS for every ill-gotten dime he has, and then some.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

1. Well then seek professional help Alex

[treestar]

2. What are the "pressures" of that job?

[lunatica]

3. He's fixing for some karmic adjustment.

Let’s hope he gets it in equal measure to how he dished it out.

[Miigwech]

4. Oh, poor liar ... Deep State made him do it

[JHB]

5. How is 24/7 a "temporary bout"?

[TheBlackAdder]

8. His restaurant act seems to be conveniently timed to preceed his deposition.

[TheBlackAdder]

6. He carries a concealed firearm to defend against anyone who attacks him, whether real or imagined!

[Wellstone ruled]

7. Jones as well as the NRA

will finally be hung out to dry in the coming months.

[area51]

9. I've been wondering for a long time why he's not in a "rubber room". n/t

[Turbineguy]

10. Psychosis pays well

if you are a RW nutjob.

[Opel_Justwax]

11. Years ago he disclosed on the air that he had a brain injury.

[JDC]

12. Well, I do believe that he does suffer from psychosis.