Price in “Free Speech”

Inventing mythical enemies is part of the defendant's business model. He creates clickbait. He provides exciting liberal enemies for his followers to hate. He then posts about these dangerous fascists and anti-Americans on his websites, talks about them on his streaming platform and podcasts. But the only thing he really cares about is money. Monetizing the outrage and venom, that's how the defendant builds his billion dollar media empire. In simplest terms, he made Derek Hoyt an enemy of the far right, then offered Manny Lopez, a misguided but intelligent, patriotic ex-Marine, a financial reward to kill that enemy. And Manny Lopez did. He pushed Derek Hoyt in front of a bus. Tomorrow, you'll hear Mr. Lopez describe this murder for hire in greater detail, and make it clear that the defendant should be held accountable for Mr. Hoyt's death.