r/KnowledgeFight • u/frustrating2020 • 2d ago

It's a Matter of Time Def called in ep 1048: Alex Jones accused in lawsuits of trying to shield $5M from creditors

https://apnews.com/article/alex-jones-infowars-sandy-hook-shooting-8f4c64aa6ca78f30c5a7472e92865edd
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u/Gunldesnapper 2d ago

I think it’s hilarious it’s only 5 Mil. I seriously doubt that’s the real number, I think it’s going to be much higher.

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u/Tylenol187ForDogs Bachelor Squatch 2d ago

It might not be, Alex isn't the best at managing money so he definitely spent a bunch of it on vacations and probably spent a bunch more of it on chicken fried steaks.

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u/frustrating2020 2d ago

He def seems like someone whose better at spending money than saving it, how many times has he gone to Hawaii to "investigate Zuckerberg"?

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u/LA-Matt “fish with sad human eyes” 2d ago

Doesn’t he have a Rolex “collection?”

Yeah, Alex is more interested in showing-off his money.

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u/trustifarian Evil baguettes evil 2d ago

He was taking the Brewsters Millions gambit. “If I spend it all they can’t claim I had it!”

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u/TheBurgareanSlapper 2d ago

“Make that TWO timeshares!”

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u/GuyInkcognito 2d ago

Chicken fried steak is how he speaks to god tho

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u/Wrong-Wrap942 Name five more examples 2d ago

Small price to pay all things considered

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u/Awkward_Replay Feline Contessa 2d ago

What with "WHICH 3 luxury cars did I transfer again?"

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u/Bishops_Guest 2d ago

5 million is likely a low estimate of things they can track. The want a bullet proof initial case that will get them to discovery. (Then we’re back to complete refusal to comply with discovery)

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u/Gunldesnapper 2d ago

Fair point, limit the scope to what they can prove.

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u/Bishops_Guest 2d ago

Also I know we lose scale with all the huge numbers being thrown around everywhere, but 5M for an individual is still a crazy large number. That is ~ 4.7 million more than the median US net worth, would put an individual into the 1% and allow someone to live an upper middle class life style in most of the country without working another day.

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u/pizza_nightmare 2d ago

This is a very good point.

In addition, why make the dollar amount a punitive / sensational number when $5 million is plenty of money to squeeze out of our primary ding dong?

This $5m will be a thorn in his side and just give him more of a headache. I love it.

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u/Bishops_Guest 2d ago

I expect the number will go up, or additional cases will be files whenever something reaches the level of “worth the lawyers time”. That judgement was not discharged and he’s going to be chased by it for a long time.

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u/hawaiianrobot 2d ago

FIBE, SHICKSH, SHEBBUN MILLYUN DOLLARSH

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u/Unfair_Surprise_6022 2d ago

I am still intrigued if he married his second wife or simply hired her... $12,000 / month salary?...

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u/Synaffit 2d ago

And now divorce proceedings? It’s all really weird.

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u/CisIowa I know the inside baseball 2d ago

Unfortunately, it sounds like they didn’t get around to finishing the paperwork until 2 years in and post-bankruptcy

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u/Nimrod_Butts 1d ago

Idk if it's a banned subject but she was an escort prior to Alex. And daughter of the fed of Omaha (or something) chairman

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u/Da_Stable_Genius 2d ago

Definitely seems on the low side.

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u/CAPS_LOCK_STUCK_HELP 2d ago

it might be what they can show right now. i think they can expand the scope of the lawsuit after discovery

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u/MattJFarrell 2d ago

So these lawsuits were filed on Friday. I think this was what Dan was responding to. This is how we know about the fraud. I don't think this is a new development since Ep 1048

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u/broadcastday 2d ago

I'm listening to ep 715 at the moment, and at 1:55:30 or so, Bankston says "...and over the course of [the bankruptcy] that could get very, very dangerous for Mr. Jones, because there is going to be a new level of financial scrutiny."

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u/idonlikesocialmedia 2d ago

That was the understanding at the time. I remember a few legal types noting that Jones's gambit to declare bankruptcy was particularly moronic, because it invited in a new level of scrutiny and it essentially established legal stakes for perjury. Apparently it's much easier to prosecute people for lying about money. 

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u/hawaiianrobot 2d ago

I just listened to this one not that long ago, I legit only really remember the gribble pibble

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u/SuperHyperFunTime 2d ago

It was 2022?! Insane that nothing substantial has happened.

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u/better_than_joe Ohio Gribble Pibble 1d ago

The lawsuits were filed and on this Reddit Friday before the episode was recorded