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On the first day of testimony in the first of three trials to determine the damages that Alex Jones and his Free Speech Systems LLC owes to the parents of children murdered in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the host decided to hold an impromptu press conference in the hallway outside the courtroom during the first break of the day. There were cameras there, after all, and he wanted to be on them. Jones ranted, in his trademark gravel-voiced growl, that the entire affair was an attempt to curtail his First Amendment rights. “This is the weaponization of the judiciary,” he intoned. “This is a witch hunt. This is a show trial. This will go down in history as one of the greatest show trials…

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