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Alex Jones releases secretly-taped audio of Megyn Kelly interview | TheHill

posted onJune 16, 2017
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Article snippet: Alex Jones on Thursday released secretly-taped audio of his interview with Megyn Kelly three days before the official airing was supposed to occur on NBC.  Jones, a conspiracy theorist and Infowars founder, offered a preview of what was going to be released in a 2-minute, 20-second video clip that appears to include off-the-record conversation with the former Fox News host in Kelly. The interview is set to air Sunday. "I've never done this in 22 years, I've never recorded another journalist," Jones said in a Twitter video. "I've never done this, but I knew that it was a fraud, that it was a lie." "It's not going to be some gotcha hit piece, I can promise you that." Kelly is heard saying to Jones.  "What are they going to do, when I've got the tapes of what really happened?" Jones said after playing other snippets clips of Kelly, adding she was "obsessed with him."   Jones once alleged 9/11 was "an inside job" and that the parents of the 20 slain children of Sandy Hook were actors. The controversy comes as Sandy Hook families threatened legal action against NBC News and its president on Thursday.  “Airing Ms. Kelly’s interview implicitly endorses the notion that Mr. Jones’ lies are actually ‘claims’ that are worthy of serious debate, and in doing so it exponentially enhances the suffering and distress of our clients,” said a letter obtained by the Los Angeles Times from Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder.  The letter was sent to NBC News Chairman Andy Lack and other e... Link to the full article to read more

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