Legal experts say Jones probably won't pay the full amount.
against Jones, bringing the total fine to roughly a third of the $150 million the couple had sought.
A Virginia judge did just that in Johnny Depp's defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife, Amber Heard. Under a cap similar to Texas' law, the judge in JulyHe testified that any award over $2 million would “sink us,” and Free Speech Systems — which is Infowars’ Austin-based parent company — filed for bankruptcy protection during the first week of the trial.
"If we don’t get solvent and get enough money to come out of this bankruptcy, they’ll appoint a receiver and start selling off the equipment," he said Monday.There would be extensive court wrangling before the Infowars studio could be sold for parts. But Jones has more immediate risks and may see his legal bills mount.Jones appeared to be caught in at least one lie while on the witness stand, when a lawyer for the parents suing him.
“It would be very hard to imagine a state prosecutor going after someone in a civil case for perjury,” said Benson Varghese, an attorney in Fort Worth, Texas. “The chance are slightly higher for Jones, given the high-profile case.”Aggravated perjury, the charge frequently brought in Texas for lies on the witness stand, is punishable with up to 10 years in prison.
Judges have wide discretion to set sanctions – including fines, imprisonment and other punishments – but it’s rare to see them imposed. The committee, which has spent months showing how former President Donald Trump relentlessly pushed his false claims of a rigged election, subpoenaed Jones to testify. And the panel’s chairman accused him of helping to organize a rally near the Capitol that preceded the insurrection.An attorney for the parents suing Jones, Mark Bankston, gave the committee two years’ worth of Jones' messages,Monday, citing an unnamed person familiar with the matter.
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