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Despite my strong belief that he be strongly punished for his lies, I agree with you. It's so over the top that it discredits the whole process for me.

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I think you should look at the theatrics Alex engaged in during the trial as well as his repeated failure to provide documents during discovery. He was arguably incompetently represented[1] (Infowars is probably going to sue their lawyer[2]) while treating the trial(s) as both a joke or a conspiracy against him. With that kind of behaviour, I'm not sure what kind of outcome he expected - him and his legal team failed to mount a serious defence of his actions.

[1] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alex-jones-lawyers-acci...

[2] https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/alex-jones-turning-own-lawyers-0...

I am explicitly not siding with Alex Jones in any way.

Not saying that you are. But if Alex tried to make a mockery of the litigation he was facing why is the outcome disproportionate in your opinion? Didn't he undermine the process with his own actions here?

They're compensatory damages, not puntive damages. His trial behavior should be completely irrelevant, as should his level of wealth for that matter.

You think he should be fined less. That is siding with him in result.

They're saying that the compensation for damage ought to be less. This doesn't say anything about punitive damages, however.

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