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Jury awards $1 billion to Sandy Hook families in Alex Jones case

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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What's Your Big Takeaway From This?

Prince J. Grass: The jury ordered Alex Jones to pay nearly $1 billion in damages. He says the verdict sends a message that while we all enjoy, under the First Amendment, wide latitude to speak freely, you can't lie. "You cannot go way over the line and say lies about someone and inflict emotional distress upon people," he says.

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