Following the early adjournment of the Friday Alex Jones Sandy Hook trial in Connecticut, a writer for the New York Times posted a false claim about Jones to her Twitter account before speaking with the Infowars founder’s lawyer and ultimately removing the post.
Elizabeth Williamson, the NYT writer, incorrectly wrote “Jones could have testified today, but as his lawyer said in court this morning, he so badly damaged himself yesterday that he needs time away from the jury.”
Next, Williamson deleted her first remark and posted, “Folks, I’m going to delete this tweet after talking with @PattisNorm Jones’s lawyer, who raised it in the courtroom, tho not with me–I asked him afterward what’s wrong. He makes the accurate point that he did not SAY this, as I wrote here. I apologize for that error.”
The entire trial has been streamed live online, so Williamson could have easily verified her claim before sending it out to her followers.
