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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

Alex Jones reportedly concealing funds to avoid $1.5bn payout to Sandy Hook families

Infowars founder Alex Jones has reportedly transferred millions of dollars to family and friends.
The Infowars founder Alex Jones has reportedly transferred millions of dollars to family and friends. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters

The rightwing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones appears to be moving his money to friends and family in an attempt to avoid paying out nearly $1.5bn in damages to the families of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, a new report reveals.

Last year, Jones was ordered to pay the huge damages following his years-long claims on his digital platform Infowars that the mass shooting was a hoax staged by the government to take away guns from Americans.

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