According to texts cited by prosecutors, Welch believed he was doing a public service. In his guilty plea, Welch agreed to pay about $5,700 for damage done to the restaurant. “I made comments about Mr Alefantis that in hindsight I regret, and for which I apologize to him,” Jones said. He said that he did not believe Alefantis had any legal claim against InfoWars, which has taken its relevant broadcasts offline. After five years of promoting the falsehood about Obama’s birth certificate, Trump admitted last fall that Obama was American.

Source: The Guardian March 25, 2017 17:26 UTC