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> Did the original offer include shutting down Infowars?

That was part of the SH families' lawyer final argument to the jury.

> There is more to this life than money.

Sure. But there's not much a civil lawsuit can ask outside of damages and reparations.

And yet seeing the case through to the end instead of taking the first offer has seen Infowars taken from Alex Jones. I don't speak for the families, but if I were in their shoes that would be far more valuable to me than maximizing my payout.

Alex Jones just created a new company and be shielded by Texas very protective laws against civil damages. So they accomplished nothing and will get barely nothing after legal costs.

Those Texas laws would only shield him in Texas courts. He can try to use a choice of forum clause in his terms of service to force lawsuits to take place in Texas but that only works with people who are subject to those terms of service.

Unless Jones manages to limit himself to telling lies about people who use his new company he will be open to lawsuits outside of Texas.

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