In a surprise move, Alex Jones has agreed to liquidate his ownership of Infowars. He joins as a guest on the Glenn Beck Program for the first time to explain why: Just a few days ago, according to Alex, the chief restructuring officer overseeing Infowars after his $1.5 billion Sandy Hook case “got so desperate” that he tried to go around the court and seize Infowars. But this is just the latest stage in a massive series of lawfare attacks against him, Glenn and Alex believe, which also included an attempt to get Alex to “sell out” and let a board control Infowars. So, why are they trying to destroy him? Glenn argues that Alex was the guinea pig for the Left’s lawfare machine that it’s now turning against former president Donald Trump...and then, against the American people. So, what’s next for Infowars? Why did they try to silence him NOW? And is the Left now beta-testing a new kind of attack that’s “outside the law?”
TranscriptBelow is a rush transcript that may contain errors
GLENN: This weekend, I read that Alex Jones is having to divest himself of Infowars, released his share in it.
I don't know what that exactly means. He also said that the feds were going to seize it, if he didn't do something.
I read that yesterday.
We wanted to have Alex Jones on.
We have a podcast planned in September. So I want to kind of keep this narrow here, on what's going on, with him. Because I think this is -- I think this is -- he was the guy, the left tried law fare out on.
You know, the -- the early days of boycott, Sharyl Attkisson said, that trying to get somebody off a network and mainstream media. They tried to perfect that on me.
I was their -- their first real to guinea pig.
I think Alex Jones was the first guinea pig in lawfare. And it's exactly the same thing that's happening to Donald Trump now.
This is -- this is the way they're going to fight in the future.
And if anybody thinks.
You know, whatever you think of Alex Jones. What he said. He's apologized for.
And he said, he shouldn't do it. Their damages. I don't know.
But certainly, not 1.5 billion. What is Dr. Evil.
Was he in the jury box.
What the hell was that?
$1.5 billion. We talk to Alex Jones.
So, Alex. What -- what is going to happen now?
Because I read you are going to sale your assets. But if you sell. There's nothing left.
And, you know, who is going to -- honestly, Infowars without you, is nothing.
You are the asset of Infowars. So what -- what do you have -- are they forcing you to sell all of this stuff?
ALEX: Yes. And thanks for letting me give you the backstory so it makes sense.
So I told you exactly what is happening. Okay. I'm an LLC sole proprietorship. And so I own 100 percent of the shares of the company. That's why under law, the CRO cannot just shut this place down.
That's illegal. And so that's what my lawyers have told them. So I agree to pay 55 million over ten years. Which is protected. What extra revenue there would be. They said, no.
We want a board. We want to control what he says.
This is in meetings he had. But I couldn't talk about it, until outside of me, they now told my lawyers, a few weeks ago.
Right to their faces. My lawyers said, you can talk about it now. We can't believe it. They want you to start by talking about the Second Amendment.
They wanted me to he sell out.
So they told lawyers. They told Reuters, the most accurate story out there.
Some of it is wrong. It's still pretty much true.
The headline is: Sandy Hook families agree to Alex Jones' bankruptcy liquidation. Well, they had already filed for that.
And then in the article, they say, while liquidation will yield only a fraction of the money he owes the families. They have objected to his proposal, because it would have kept him in control of both Infowars and his wealth for years.
While also tapping the total amount to be paid towards the defamation claim. So they refused. And it goes on, that they wanted to have a board control this place. That they appointed, where I would work with them.
And, of course, if I would play ball. Then, of course, I can make money.
So my operation has been taken over. For whatever reason, they decided to try to shut it down eight days ago, outside of court. Which is totally insane. Because they feel like, well, this guy is a target. And we can do what we want.
And now they're so panicked to get me off the air, for whatever is coming for the rest of the country. So that's what's happening. So what's going to go down is, the judge will either give it back to me on Friday.
And it will just come to the state and shut it down, in a week or quicker. Because Austin is as bad as New York or DC. One of the worst in the country. I'm going to move out of here. Even though my family is from here.
GLENN: Austin is awful.
ALEX: It is. It is. It's all woke. Soros controls the DA on record --
GLENN: Yeah, it's awful.
ALEX: It's totally controlled.
So Infowars will --
GLENN: So hold on. Hold on just a second. I'm sorry to do this to you, Alex. I have to take another network break. Back with Alex Jones to see where he's headed they can say. What his options are.
And where the country is headed. Because of all of this.
Make no mistake. What they did to Trump, they first tried on Alex Jones.
And they will do anything to silence anyone that has impact.
For the first time, I've asked Alex Jones to come on the program.
I know Stu heard inklings of this last week, and did probably about 20 minutes of tremendous defense of -- of you, Alex. On this whole case.
Being just nothing, but -- just a show trial. That's all it is.
What they did to Donald Trump. They first tried out on you. And they're still going for it.
So I don't understand how a judge could suggest that we violate your First Amendment right, by forcing you to not talk about the Second Amendment. I don't know how that's even possible.
But is this something that they suggested, will stop demanding the billion dollars, billion and a half dollars, if you let us control what you say and don't say?
ALEX: Yes. Before I got sued, now six years ago, I was in DC for meetings. And I had meetings with some of the Bilderberg members. Some major billionaires. I'm sure you got reached out to by as well, when you were exposing Soros and trailblazing on Fox, before they targeted you. And they literally would beat around the bush. And say, well, this major billionaire, richest man at the world around the time, he wants to give you $50 million a year for a free speech foundation. And you can still do your show, if you just talk to us about, you know, cleaning up what you do. And so it was all thinly veiled payoffs.
And then when I wouldn't do it, that's when they cooked all this up. And the project veritas spin-off group. FBI. CIA agents all admitted, bragging how they engineered all this.
And then, again, even in the Sandy Hook show trial case, they got the FBI agent up, won $95 million from me. I never said his name. Didn't knew who he was, until he sued me.
And he said, the reason he was suing, was one person called him office, that was real one time. But he admitted that he basically helped organize, organize all of this. So as we said before on the break. This is all about targeting the American people.
But even in Connecticut and Texas. This is all on TV. This is all on the record.
The lawyers for the case, this all worked for high-powered Democratic law firms. The same ones suing you on Musk right now.
They went on TV at press conferences when they won. Because the judge already said they won.
But definitely on our show trial.
Never sent Alex Jones money. Don't buy his products. We don't want money. We want to shut him down.
And so they make good on this. The judge is appointed by Trump.
He's just following the law. They won't settle.
So they have this judgment.
And so he said, he was just kicking back in the state court.
Which they'll just instantly grab on operations. Or they have to settle. And they just admitted in the newspapers, they don't want money.
He's a bad person. We want him off-air. They're so arrogant. Just like what we see with AOC, and a bunch of other Democrats last month. Say, we have to keep Trump in court, so he can't campaign.
And said, it's an ankle bracelet. So they're so pained. But also a mix of hubris at the same time. They're admitting what they're doing.
That's what -- what -- is so crazy.
STU: But, Alex, they can't -- I mean, maybe they can.
They can't hold a judgment, that you have no way to ever pay. Nobody -- no individual -- you know, unless you're Bill Gates.
Is paying $1.5 billion in a judgment.
Especially this one.
And I contend. No matter what, Bill Gates could have been on pedophile island, on TV. Doing whatever he was doing.
And he still wouldn't have to pay 1.5 billion, for that.
And I'm obviously not saying he was doing anything on pedophile island.
I'm just making that as an example.
Anyway, so they can't keep -- they can't force you to not make any money at what you do for a living. Can they? For the rest of your life?
JULIO: No, you're totally right. They're showing they don't want money.
But let me just explain this quickly. One week after they won the fake show trial, where the judge already said I was guilty. She issued an order, to seize all my assets. Even stuff under the Texas Constitution on my house. That was protected. And immediately ordered me to, quote, bring all my property and my keys to Connecticut or face imprisonment. That's why I had to file bankruptcy, hoping the federal courts would be better. So the last two years, I've been battling there. Then they got so desperate eight, nine days ago. Two Fridays ago, to literally have the federally appointed COO close the and building kick me out. So that's the level of this.
And that's why I go back to this, Glenn. This is totally desperate. You're absolutely right. They beta tested getting people off networks with you. They bragged about it.
They made a test against the law fare against me for Trump. Now they're beta testing, just grabbing stuff outside of law. That's -- this is just -- it's probably said a thousand times.
They're not trying to get me. They're trying to get through me, to get to you.
And that's why -- I'm a canary in the coal mine. They take me in the big audience. I'm also flamboyant. I've been on here thirty years, and you can dredge up some stuff and make me look nuts.
Because I have said I wasn't joking around or whatever, being a jerk. That I'm a different guy.
That's taught me a lot. Before this, I was already cleaning up my act. But now, I'm like a totally different gray-haired attitude, who just tries to do a professional show.
And these people are so wild-eyed they don't care. So I appreciate you standing up for the first Amendment. I don't know where I'll be. I haven't entertained other jobs.
I've tried to save this. I feel like I have a family member that's on death's bed. People can find me @RealAlexJones on X.
And, you know, they've said they will hunt me down, and try to shut me down. No matter where I go.
But the law is very clear in Texas, and federally.
I will be able to work for somebody in the future. Glenn, with this billion and a half dollar fake judgment, I won't be able to ever own the company, which is fine with me.
But here's the larger issue. We still have appeals at the state of Texas and Connecticut. And even part of the judge's ruling, taking the law license of my lawyer, who did a good job, as a criminal lawyer. The Supreme Court of appeals, overturned, her -- her suspension of his law license.
So people are starting to wake up. Mark Twain said a lie goes halfway around the world, before the truth puts its pants on.
But once the truth puts its pants on, it tends to win, and catch up. So people are getting this danger now. And if we can just get Trump in, if we can just not let them stage a race war and all this stuff, that they're trying to cook up.
And conservatives. You just pray, and be focused and be vocal. And just move forward and stay non-violent in the face of a mostly peaceful summer. That we know is coming. We're going to take this country back if we have to.
GLENN: Yes. Yes. It's already happening in Europe.
Alex, one thing. I want you to look -- have your lawyer look into a case. Disney against digital -- not Digital Angel. It was. It became Angel Studios. What was that thing called Stu?
STU: VidAngel.
GLENN: Look for a court case against VidAngel and Disney. They said that they were going after VidAngel over copyright, but they weren't.
They were going after them. It was a personal vendetta. A lot like this. Disney was going to put these people out of business, forever.
And the court appointed a restructuring. Because Disney won.
And the guy who came in said, one of you is lying.
Either Disney is lying. And they just want to put you out of business. And they just want total control.
Or you're lying. But when I find out which one it is. I'm going back to the judge.
And the judge ruled against Disney, and changed everything. Okay?
You -- you could prove.
Just look at that case.
Because I think if you have somebody who is intent as you're restructuring. Their job is to not put you out of business.
Their job is to restructure and get their clients, or their people they're supposed to be working for, money.
If this -- if their intent is to shut you up. I bet you, the Disney versus VidAngel court case, may help you.
ALEX: That's why I love listening to your show. And that's why I love being here. Because, Glenn, I would have never thought of that. One of my lawyers did -- did basically file something a year and a half ago to the judge.
Saying, look, here's the video. Here's the links where they say they don't want money. They're here to shut him down.
And then the judge said, I'll hear that later. But I think it's time to add Disney versus VidAngel with that. We have them saying. We have like 20 minutes of them saying in the courthouse, in front of a huge --
GLENN: They can't do that.
ALEX: Saying, this is not about money. We want him off the air. Boom. There you go. That's genius. Thank you so much, Glenn.
GLENN: Yeah. Thank you, Alex. And we will sit down for a longer conversation. When I get back to Texas in September. So I appreciate it.
Thank you so much. God bless.
ALEX: Thank you so much, Glenn. God bless you.
GLENN: By the way, I would -- look, I stood for Bill Maher, when he was fired in ABC, and what I said at the time was, what part of politically incorrect ABC do you not understand?
They fired him because he said something politically incorrect. I took a lot of heat.
It was new in my career, and people didn't trust me as a conservative then.
And I started sticking up for Bill Maher.
And I took a lot of heat. But it was right, because it was about the First Amendment.
I did the same thing for Roseanne Barr. I did the same thing for, what was his name? James Gunn. The guy who was the writer/director of Guardians of the Galaxy. You cannot only stand up for the people you agree with.
You must stand up for those people you disagree with.
Otherwise, the First Amendment, second. All of the amendments, mean nothing.
I -- I don't care what you think of Alex Jones. And I say this to every conservative outlet.
You should stand by the case of Alex Jones.
To make sure this injustice. Because this is law fare. And if you think they won't do it to you.
You are sadly mistaken. And unless, each one of us, at each of our own locations, stand up, and say, this is an injustice!
This is wrong. They'll put each one of us out of business. And silence us.
And it will happen faster than you can imagine.
I challenge every podcaster. Every radio broadcaster.
To stand up and defend the right for a man to be able to speak.