“Your lawyers messed around and sent me an entire digital copy of your entire cell phone with every text message you’ve sent in the last two years,” attorney Mark Bankston told Jones during a hearing to decide damages in the civil case. “And that’s how I know you lied to me when you said you didn’t need to send messages about Sandy Hook,” he added. Jones has long touted a theory that the 2012 shooting that killed 20 children and six teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., was a hoax. He was found guilty by default in four defamation cases last year after failing to comply with court orders. Bankston argued Wednesday that Jones lied under oath about searching his own phone for the messages and withheld the evidence in lawsuits brought by the Sandy Hook families. Jones replied that he had given his phone to his team. “This is your Perry Mason moment,” he told Bankston, referring to the fictional TV lawyer who often introduced dramatic trial evidence that changed the proceedings. Bankston is part of the legal team representing Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, parents of 6-year-old Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis. The Washington Post reported that Bankston caught Jones in a similar contradiction over the relevant emails, showing the court copies of emails sent by Jones despite his insistence that he does not use email. Bankston also disclosed evidence indicating that Jones had not been truthful about his financial situation, perhaps in an attempt to sidestep the $150 million in defamation damages sought by Sandy Hook parents, the New York Times reported. Jones’ company, Free Speech Systems, filed for bankruptcy at the start of the trial — and his far-right website Infowars did the same in April. Jones testified Wednesday that he now recognizes the Sandy Hook massacre was real. Judge refuses to delay Oath Keepers conspiracy trial Justice sues Idaho over six-week abortion ban He said meeting the victims’ parents, whom he previously called “crisis makers,” changed his mind. “It’s 100 percent real,” Jones said, according to the Associated Press. Despite this concession, Jones continues to defend his actions and argues that the lawsuit violates his free speech rights. He arrived at the courthouse last week with “Save the 1st” written on a strip of duct tape over his mouth.