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Was hyperbole and protected free speech. the damages awarded by the jury means a judgment against some of the most notorious white nationalists. the damages will go to the plaintiffs who include some of those most severely injured in the car ramming and brawling. >> i think we did a descent job on the defense side cutting the damages down to size even though it is many millions of dollars. >> reporter: this civil trial an effort to financially cripple the white nationalist movement. >> if you co...

Plaintiffs are going to get anything. >> reporter: the jury was deadlocked on the first two claims, that organizers conspired to commit racial violence or failed to prevent it. private communications allegedly showing organizers discussing the potential for violence, quote, cracking skulls and even whether its legal to drive into protesters. >> jews will not replace us! >> reporter: but the defendants said they didnt plan the violence. it wasnt their fault, and that what they said before the ral...

Failed to prevent it. it included victim testimony about the injuries they sustained from brawling at the rally and fields car that rammed through the field. and private communications showing organizers the potential for violence, cracking skulls and whether its legal to drive into protestors. but the defendants said they didnt plan the violence. it wasnt their fault, and what they said before the rally was hyperbole and protected speech. the damages will go to the plaintiffs, who include some ...

Found liable for $12 million for assault and battery and inflicting emotional distress. >> theres going to be accountability for the people who did this. >> reporter: more than half of the damages against fields, the rest spread among various defendants from the white nationalist movements. >> none of them have money. i dont know how any of the plaintiffs will get any money from any of this. >> reporter: the jury was deadlocked when organizers conspired to commit racial violence. it included tes...

Prosecutor just trustee with me now. obviously everybody is making comparisons, jim. what should we know, what are the -- where do you think people are making the mistakes? >> well, i think theres a bottom line similarity in terms of the presence of video. thats the only thing that is perfectly consistent. that is an interesting phenomenon with the injuries now. theyre not being called upon to weigh credibility of witnesses as much as to assess the legality of videos. when you look at the eviden...

Testimony about the injuries they sustained from brawling at the rally and fields car that rammed through the crowd and private communications allegedly showing organizers discussing the potential for violence, quote, cracking skulls. and even whether its legal to drive into protesters. >> you will not replace us! >> reporter: but the defendants didnt plan the violence. it wasnt their fault and that what they said before the rally was hyperbole and is protected free speech. the damages awarded b...

And injuring dozen its was found liable for more than $12 million for assault or battery and for inflicting emotional distress. >> theres going to be accountability for the people who did this. >> reporter: more than half of the damages against fields, the rest spread among various defendants among the white nationalist movement. >> the defendants are dst constitute. i dont know how the plaintiffs are going to it get anything. >> reporter: the jury was dead locked on the first two claims that th...

>> this is unbelievable. steve schmidt, you tweeted, a tide of extreme has risen from the ashes of a failed american coup. what strikes me is how much more extreme our broken politics has gotten since the trump coup and there is an absolute black hole of nothingness. where there should be focus and a passion around defending american democracy and the birth right of freedom that should be the envy of people all around the world. >> good afternoon. everything jackie just said there is startling t...

So i think the broader argument is really more about, say, gun control, vigilanteism, and the like. why he was there in the first place. that the prosecution bears this burden -- youre right, kim, that not all state s -- not all states do it that way, but many do and they do it for defenses across the board. to me thats part of whats entailed in being a prosecutor and standing up and arguing for someones liberty to be taken away. >> yeah. well, on the point of encouraging vigilanteism, i mean th...

Fell into the vortex of exaggeration, obfuscation and hyperbole. for four years and counting, america is playing a game of hide and seek. donald trump hides the truth, the rest of us fight to defend it. tax returns, never seen them. january 6th, former liar in chief wont give up his records. and lets not forget, the president of the united states spent three days at walter reed last year battling covid-19 at the height of the pandemic and we still dont know what happened there except that he mad...