2:47:12 Of course, he starts at 8 a.m. I'll be back at 11 a.m. tomorrow. Great job, the crew. Great job, everybody. I love you. I appreciate you. We're going to make it through this with God. God bless. The following is a clarification correction issued by myself, Alex Jones, here on InfoWars. As many know, I was sued by Miss Scarlett Lewis concerning certain remarks I had made about the shooting and death of her son at Sandy Hook Elementary School. In early August of 2022, we were in trial in Austin, Texas on Ms. Lewis' claims of defamation she filed against me. During that trial, Ms. Lewis and her ex-husband approached me to talk, which we did, and after a brief conversation, we shook hands. Later, I appeared on Piers Morgan's television show talking about the trial and recounted the brief conversation I had with Ms. Lewis.
2:48:02 Recently, I received a letter from Mark Bengston, one of the lawyers for Ms. Carla Lewis in the Texas Sandy Hook trial, in which Ms. Lewis' lawyer demanded from me a correction, clarification, or retraction of those few statements I had made in January of 2023 on the Piers Morgan Show about the courtroom conversation with Ms. Lewis, and I'm happy to oblige. First, I want the viewing audience to understand what I said and what Mr. Bankson has demanded of me so that my remarks today will clarify my retraction I'm going to make. It's important to keep in mind that during the trial, I continued to produce my live talk radio show.
2:48:44 On the morning of August 2nd, 2022, I made certain comments about the tragic nature of the Sandy Hook shooting, where I confirmed that Miss Lewis was real and the shooting was real and the death of her son was real. Ms. Lewis, however, was incorrectly told that I had attacked her as an actor in my broadcast and she so testified, not having actually heard my on-air statements from that morning's broadcast. I was called to testify immediately after Ms. Lewis, and I immediately corrected her misperception. Later that afternoon at a break, Ms. Lewis and her ex-husband walked over to me in the courtroom.
2:49:22 Ms. Lewis handed me a bottle of water and as I recall a cough drop. We shook hands and we exchanged cordial words. Attorney Mark Bankston now wants me to retract what I remembered she said to me in that exchange, not what I told Piers Morgan's audience that I said to Ms. Lewis. I am going to quote from the letter Attorney Mark Bankston sent me where he repeats my words from the Piers Morgan show. When I was in the Texas trial, you can look at this, they had one of the mothers on who lost her son and I went on my show that morning and taped it before I went to the court and I said, I think she is real. I think her son died. I'd seen her testimony the day before and I'm very sorry that Adam Lanza did this. And then she went on the stand and said, Jones attacked me and said, I'm an actress and it's all fake today.
2:50:10 I walked over to her during the break and I said, watch my show from today, your lawyers lied to you. And the next day she came up and cried and shook my hand and it was Scarlett Lewis and said, oh my God, it's true. I saw you did say that. And then, Angston incorrectly quotes something I said after that as a quote attributed to her. I said, so there's a lot of manipulation there. But they attribute that in their letter to something I'm saying she said. Attorney Bankston's demand letter sets out his complaint as follows. Ms. Lewis never spoke those words or anything similar to Mr. Jones, and Ms. Lewis is disturbed that this lie was broadcast to millions of people, exposing her to contempt and ridicule. Finally, Attorney Bankston's demand letter concludes with criticism of my recollection of my conversation with Ms. Lewis, writing to me as follows.
2:51:05 And I quote, Mr. Jones has now decided months later to lie about Miss Lewis again by manufacturing a fantasy conversation and spreading it to an audience of millions to a reputational and emotional detriment. Attorney Bankston now demands that I retract my recollection of Ms. Lewis' response to me, which I am going to do. But first let me say that I truly feel sympathy for Ms. Lewis and her ex-husband. They did suffer the death of their child, and I have repeatedly said this, so if my comments upset them, this was the last thing I wanted to do. Now as to Attorney Bankston's demand,
2:51:41 that I retract my statement he quotes regarding Ms. Lewis's response to me on August 2nd, I have gone back and reviewed the video available of that day's event and I want to show five relevant clips from these videos. These clips come from August 2nd, 2022. Number one shows Ms. Lewis's trial testimony. The second video, my response in trial testimony. Third video, my actual morning on air statements. Four, the end of day brief courtroom conversation and handshake I had with Ms. Lewis. And finally, number five, my August 3rd, the following morning, my court testimony about Ms. Lewis shaking my hand and how much I appreciated that handshake.
2:52:28 I wanted to tell you to your face because I wanted you to know that I am a mother first and foremost. I know that you're a father and my son existed. You're still on your show today trying to say that I'm implying that I'm an actress, that I'm deep state. You have this week and I don't understand. Truth is so vital to our world. Truth is what we base our reality on. And we have to agree on that to have a civil society. Sandy Hook is a hard truth, hard truth. Nobody would want to ever believe that 26
2:53:20 Kids could be murdered. Nobody would ever want to believe that. I understand people not wanting to believe that, actually. I don't want to believe it. Jesse was real. I am a real mom. There's nothing out there. Nothing. There's records of Jesse's birth, of me. I mean, I have a history. And there's nothing that you could have found. Because it doesn't exist, that I'm deep state. It's just not true. I know you know that. That's the problem. I know you know that. And you keep saying it. You keep saying it. Why? Why? For money? You've made a lot of money while you've said it. I know you're... I mean...
2:54:15 I know you believe me. And yet you're going to get, you're going to leave this courthouse and you're going to say it again on your show. You're saying no. You just did it. And before we do that, I just do want to say this on the air, because I've said it many times. I apologize to both. Sustained. So Mr. Jones, one of the instructions I just gave you is that this is not a conversation. That I never intentionally tried to hurt you. I never even said your name until this case came to court. I didn't even really know who you were until a couple years ago when all this started up.
2:54:59 The internet had a lot of questions, I had questions, and over that six, seven year period before I got sued, or six year period, it's clear you can see the whole progression of us, the few times we covered it, trying to actually find out what happened. And that's really been my big frustration is that People have said that I'm personally trying to hurt them or coming after them. When I question every big event, a lot of times it turns out that we've not been told the truth. And a perfect example is today where they play a 30 or a one minute clip. And I had just done that this morning and I knew that I said I believe that
2:55:41 Scarlett Lewis is real and she's a really nice person and she's really a sweet person. And then I went through and talked about her ex-husband too. And then I said, I believe they're being fed and manipulated. And this is a perfect... Sustained? Do you feel that the video clip was a fair representation of what you meant to convey? No, it had the front and back... no. Okay, and why wasn't it fair? Because it had the front and back cut off of it to totally misrepresent the apology at the end and at the first where I said I believe she's a real person and lost her child. So someone edited that and then showed it to her and then they brought it in here and played it to show it to you. And I think you should ask to see the full segment.
2:56:34 I've now met Neil Heslin and his ex-wife. Those people are real. Once I saw them in person. A lot of anomalies, the government lies so much. They have a right to question things. I thought Jussie Smollett was a lie. I said it first, went out on a limb. I was right. Most of the time I'm right. We saw anomalies. I wasn't the first to bring up the anomalies. Some of the anomalies are gonna be a fraud. I've spent days, literally, seven feet, eight feet away from Heslin. Because we're sitting right there, they're sitting right there, that guy's real. If my asking questions about public events hurt these people's feelings, I'm sorry.
2:57:22 Perfect. I hope you're sat down. And then slowly. No, I'm slow. I'm not sure. Yeah, that's it. That's it. You're not doing this. That's not even a thought. That's not the way to stand. Why? Because you can't feed them fake videos anymore?
2:58:11 Yeah. I'm actually proud of the fact that I got a chance to
2:59:02 have Neal and Scarlett come over to me and shake my hand and talk to me yesterday so I can tell them face to face that I'm sorry. Hopefully after watching these actual video clips, several matters are clear. First, it shows that the trial testimony of Miss Lewis about her understanding of my on-air statements earlier in the morning of trial was wrong. I told her in the courtroom that I had not attacked her that day as the video of my actual on-air statements that morning demonstrate. Second, my on-air video clip that morning demonstrates that I clearly said that I know you're real and I know that the death of your son is real. Third,
2:59:48 These clips show that after my testimony that day in the courtroom, I had a conversation that was initiated by Ms. Lewis that ended with Ms. Lewis and me shaking hands and her ex-husband and I shaking hands. Unfortunately, the audio I have of these changes is poor and you cannot hear much of what we're saying, but it seems clear that while we were shaking hands, we were talking. And while they are not all recorded as the one I just showed, I had several courthouse conversations with Ms. Lewis and all of them were polite and civil. To be clear and clarify, I had multiple discussions, at least three, with Scarlett Lewis and her husband. We only caught it on tape one time. And what I said on Piers Morgan was a composite of those discussions. It is the precise words that Ms. Lewis and I exchanged before and after our handshake that Attorney Bankson now objects to and wants me to retract, which I am glad to do.
3:00:44 I do not wish to harm or damage Ms. Lewis in any way, and if she does not agree with my recollection of her response to me, I will defer to Ms. Lewis' recollection of her statements, and withdraw and disclaim my recollections of what she said in our conversation. While I am sure of what I told Ms. Lewis, I defer entirely to her recollection of what she said in response, and if she disagrees, then I will withdraw and retract my recollection of her comments. In conclusion, I want to emphasize that I have no ill will, ill feelings or any malice towards Miss Lewis or her ex-husband.
3:01:20 I know and understand they have suffered a tragedy with the murder of their son, and I do not wish to cause them any further grief, harm, or embarrassment. I once again would like to invite them to come on my show to promote their charity and to talk about their son's life if they so choose. I am also trying to reach an agreement for another appearance on Piers Morgan's show to let his audience hear this clarification and correction. InfoWars. Tomorrow's news. Today.