He probably could have made such an argument or a similar one on his defense but he received a default judgement because he continuously refused to show up to court dates for his case and perjured himself repeatedly.
If this was a soccer game he basically walked to the edge of the field and sat there the whole game and then complained that the refs were in a conspiracy against him because the opposing team was able to score unopposed.
He received a default judgment because he failed to provide discovery items including financial documents to show the company value, videos that included sandy hook, text and emails that included sandy hook, how much it made of sandy hook and failed to provide a competent corporate representative that could answer questions on a list of items that was provided in advance.
Is that not failing to defend himself? And you skipped over the perjury. And for one I missed, he continued his attacks on the parents on Infowars during his show
If failing to provide evidence to the prosecution is how you lose a trial. Than forever more all the prosecution has to to do prove your guilt is to ask for something you don't have. They were asking for things like his Youtube Analytics after Youtube deleted his channel. This was one of those things he was defaulted for. It's quite possible he did not have them backed up, and no evidence that he even viewed them. His monetary success was only relevant to his fine should he be found guilty. Yet this was used to find guilt.
If this was a soccer game he basically walked to the edge of the field and sat there the whole game and then complained that the refs were in a conspiracy against him because the opposing team was able to score unopposed.