Families Sue Alex Jones For Defamation Over Sandy Hook Conspiracy Claims | NBC Nightly News — Transcript

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1. 0:00I don't know exactly what happened San
2. 0:01Jose inclusive for years Alex Jones was
3. 0:04the most powerful voice behind a
4. 0:06disturbing conspiracy theory that the
5. 0:08Sandy Hook shooting was a massive hoax
6. 0:10they've got in one shot leaves blowing
7. 0:13and flowers that are out and you see the
8. 0:15leaves blowing and they go they glitch
9. 0:17they're recycling of the green screen
10. 0:20behind him a theory that Leonard Posner
11. 0:22and Veronique dilarosa's say turned
12. 0:23their lives upside down their
13. 0:26six-year-old son Noah was killed during
14. 0:28the mass shooting in 2012 ever since
15. 0:31they say they've been harassed the abuse
16. 0:33so bad they've had to move seven times
17. 0:36now they're suing Jones for defamation
18. 0:39his lawyers are asking the judge to
19. 0:41dismiss the case della Rossa spoke to
20. 0:43CNN about the lawsuit in April if
21. 0:46there's a choice that's made over a
22. 0:48relentless period of years to peddle
23. 0:51falsehoods and to profit from them then
24. 0:55there has to be a day of reckoning in
25. 0:58the lawsuit della Rossa and Posner say
26. 1:00Jones's comments have caused them a
27. 1:02severe degree of mental stress and
28. 1:04anguish which have disrupted their daily
29. 1:06routine and caused a high degree of
30. 1:08psychological pain Jones discussed his
31. 1:11controversial views with megyn kelly
32. 1:13last year what do you do when they've
33. 1:15got the kids going in circles in and out
34. 1:17of the building with their hands up I've
35. 1:18watched the footage looks like a drill
36. 1:20Jones says he now believes Sandy Hook
37. 1:23did happen but argues his comments are
38. 1:25protected by the First Amendment today
39. 1:27Spotify pulled multiple episodes of his
40. 1:30podcast for violating its hate content
41. 1:32policies Jones's lawyers will be back in
42. 1:35court for a separate defamation case
43. 1:37related to the parkland shooting
44. 1:39tomorrow Morgan Radford NBC News NBC
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