Far-right extremist and Sandy Hook denier Alex Jones claimed he was “too stressed out” to spell his own name during testimony before the January 6 House select committee, according to his interview transcript.
The committee investigating the Capitol riot released a trove of interview transcripts from 34 Donald Trump supporters and allies on Wednesday, ahead of the release of the full report on Thursday.
All 34 witnesses pleaded the Fifth throughout part – if not all – of their interviews in a refusal to cooperate with the probe.
When Mr Jones testified before the panel on 24 January 2022, the right-wing conspiracy theorist largely followed the pattern of his right-wing allies but at points couldn’t resist speaking – much to his attorney’s despair.
In one bizarre moment at the start of his testimony, Mr Jones claimed he couldn’t spell his own middle name because he was “so stressed out”.
The panel had asked Mr Jones to spell his middle name – Emerick – for the record, the transcript reveals.
“You guys know what my name is. It’s on the record,” he initially responded.
When the interviewer told him that it was for the benefit of the court reporter, Mr Jones replied: “E-m, I’m so stressed out, I can’t even spell it for you so –.”
Later in the interview, the Infowars host also launched into a rant about Rep Adam Schiff.
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