In 1998, he released his first film, America Destroyed by Design.
He did not believe the bombing had been the responsibility of McVeigh and his associate Terry Nichols. Jones began accusing the federal government of having caused it: "I understood there's a kleptocracy working with psychopathic governments-clutches of evil that know the tricks of control". The Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995, was intended by perpetrator Timothy McVeigh as a response to the federal involvement in the botched resolution of the Waco siege on its second anniversary. It was at this time he started to host a call-in show on public access television (PACT/ACTV) in Austin. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), these events "only confirmed his belief in the inexorable progress of unseen, malevolent forces". It ended in April 1993, near the end of Jones's senior year of high school, with a substantial fire and a significant number of fatalities. The Waco siege at the Branch Davidian complex near Waco, Texas, had an impact on Jones. It had a profound influence on him, and Jones has described Allen's work as "the easiest-to-read primer on The New World Order". Īs a teenager, he read None Dare Call It Conspiracy, a book by John Birch Society conspiracy theorist Gary Allen, which alleged global bankers controlled American politics rather than elected officials. After graduating, Jones briefly attended Austin Community College before dropping out.
He attended Anderson High School, where he played football and graduated in 1993. The family moved to Austin in Jones's sophomore year of high school. He claims Irish, German, Welsh, English, and Comanche descent. His father was a dentist and his mother was a homemaker. Jones was born on February 11, 1974, in Dallas, Texas, and was raised in the suburb of Rockwall.