Alex Jones Puts The 'E' In 'Bankeruptcy'
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Noted loon Alex Jones owes a lot of people a lot of money after spending years calling the parents of Sandy Hook victims liars for fun and profit. That his ranting ginned up his demented fanbase to threaten and harass the families as “crisis actors” didn’t matter to Jones as he raked in millions selling supplements on his show.
He’s tried using his alphabet soup of corporate entities to declare bankruptcy and now claims to be both personally bankrupt AND owed millions from one of his companies. He also says he cannot survive on a mere $10K/week. It’s all a neat trick that also seems unlikely to persuade the Bankruptcy Court.
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Meanwhile, he’s also suing to prevent the January 6 Committee from getting his phone records from AT&T under a subpoena. His latest filing in that matter makes the curious claim that his bankruptcy shenanigans impose an automatic stay on this case. That he brought. To prevent Congress from collecting third-party documents under a legally issued subpoena.
He cites 11 U.S.C. § 362, which stays proceedings against a debtor that could dilute the estate during a bankruptcy proceeding. What it conspicuously does not do is stay proceedings by the debtor that have no impact on the estate.
But as legal boners go, that’s not even the best one in this filing. Because Norm Pattis, lawyer for Alex Jones and amateur racist comic, delivered this to the court:
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No, I’m sorry, you can’t buy a vowel once you’ve spun a bankrupt. We’re going to have to take back that million dollar tile too.
Joe Patrice is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. Feel free to email any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on Twitter if you’re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news. Joe also serves as a Managing Director at RPN Executive Search.
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