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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dave Collins,Juan A. Lozano and Jim Vertuno

What we know about the fight between conspiracist Alex Jones and Sandy Hook families over his assets

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Bombastic conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to liquidate his personal assets as he owes $1.5 billion for his false claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, which killed 20 first graders and six educators in Newtown, Connecticut, was a hoax.

But the immediate future of his Infowars media platform, and the money behind the business that enriched Jones and connected him to far-right figures, celebrities and politicians, remain uncertain.

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