When Did Alex Jones Become a Russian Agent?

Interesting twitter thread from JJ MacNab--

One day, I'd like to learn what Russia has paid Alex Jones over the years. I've been watching him a very long time (almost 25 years) and I noticed a weird shift in 2008. (snip) "Russia is the new America" has been on going theme in Jones' rants since at least 2012. Here' a more recent example."...

 

Jones visited Russia in 2018 and joked (?) about getting talking points from Putin.

I've noted for a long time how Jones went from somewhat of a reasonable 9/11 conspiracy theorist in the early 2000s to a racist, Islamphobic demagogue when Obama was elected... and has become more of an outright rightwing lunatic in recent years.