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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones takes the witness stand to testify at the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., Sept. 22, 2022. Jones asked the court permission on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, to convert his personal bankruptcy reorganization to a liquidation, which would lead to a sell-off of a large portion of his assets to help pay some of the $1.5 billion he owes relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool) **FILE**

Alex Jones seeks permission to convert his personal bankruptcy into a liquidation

By Dave Collins - Associated Press

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones takes the witness stand to testify at the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn. Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File)

Alex Jones’ ‘X’ reinstatement a win for free speech

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - Infowars founder Alex Jones appears in court to testify during the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court, Sept. 22, 2022, in Waterbury, Conn. Sandy Hook families who won nearly $1.5 billion in legal judgments against conspiracy theorist Jones for calling the 2012 Connecticut school shooting a hoax have offered to settle that debt for only pennies on the dollar — at least $85 million over 10 years. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File)

Sandy Hook families offer to settle Alex Jones’ $1.5 billion legal debt for a minimum of $85 million

By Dave Collins - Associated Press

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones takes the witness stand to testify at the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn. Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File)

Judge rules Alex Jones can’t use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying Sandy Hook families

Associated Press

Infowars founder Alex Jones appears in court to testify during the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., on Sept. 22, 2022. A federal bankruptcy judge on Monday, Dec. 19, allowed cases to move forward regarding the nearly $1.5 billion Jones has been ordered to pay to families who sued him over his conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook school massacre. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File)

Judge allows Sandy Hook cases against Infowars’ Alex Jones to proceed

Associated Press

The Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial is in Newtown, Connecticut, On Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. The names of the 20 first graders and six educators killed a short distance away at Sandy Hook Elementary School 10 years ago are engraved in concrete around a memorial pool with a sycamore tree in the middle. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Biden: U.S. should have ‘societal guilt’ over shootings on anniversary of Sandy Hook

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Infowars founder Alex Jones appears in court to testify during the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. A lawyer for Sandy Hook families said Monday that significant punitive damages need to be imposed on Jones to deter him and other conspiracy theorists from continuing to tell their followers the 2012 Newtown shooting was a hoax. Attorney Christopher Mattei's comments came during a video conference hearing before a Connecticut judge on how much punitive damages the Infowars host and his company, Free Speech Systems, should pay victims' families. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File)

Alex Jones ordered to pay $473M more to Sandy Hook families

By Dave Collins - Associated Press

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones takes the witness stand to testify at the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn. Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. On Friday, Oct. 21, Jones asked a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families over Jones' lies that the 2012 Newtown school shooting was a hoax. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File)

Alex Jones seeks new trial after $1B Sandy Hook verdict

By Dave Collins

Infowars founder Alex Jones takes the witness stand to testify at the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn. Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. A Connecticut jury’s ruling that Jones pay $965 to people he targeted with Sandy Hook lies is heartening to people disgusted by the muck of disinformation. Just don’t expect conspiracy theories to go away. (Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File)

Is Alex Jones verdict the death of disinformation? Unlikely

By David Bauder - Associated Press

Victims unlikely to see much of $1 billion Alex Jones judgment, legal experts say

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones attempts to answer questions about his emails asked by Mark Bankston, lawyer for Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, during a trial at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. (Briana Sanchez/Austin American-Statesman via AP, Pool) ** FILE **

Alex Jones makes 1st appearance outside Sandy Hook trial, calls judge a ‘tyrant’

By Dave Collins

Alex Jones talks to media during a midday break in his trial at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Texas, on July 26, 2022. A six-member jury with several alternates in Connecticut will begin hearing evidence, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, on how much Jones should pay the families, since he already has been found liable for damages to them. The trial is expected to last about four weeks. (Briana Sanchez/Austin American-Statesman via AP, Pool)

Trial set to begin for Alex Jones in Sandy Hook hoax case

By Dave Collins - Associated Press

The sun rises over Newtown, Conn., Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Now on the cusp of adulthood, the survivors of Sandy Hook are telling their stories, some for the first time, about growing up as a mass shooting survivor to help the children in Texas, who return to school this week.(AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson).

Raised with trauma, Sandy Hook survivors send hope to Uvalde

By Dave Collins and Pat Eaton-Robb - Associated Press

Neil Heslin, the father of 6-year-old Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis, becomes emotional during his testimony during the trial for Alex Jones, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin. Jones has been found to have defamed the parents of a Sandy Hook student for calling the attack a hoax. (Briana Sanchez/Austin American-Statesman via AP, Pool)

Alex Jones concedes Sandy Hook attack was ‘100% real’

By Jim Vertuno

Bill Ogden, partner with the firm representing Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, parents of parents of Sandy Hook shooting victim Jesse Lewis, reacts while watching a clip from InfoWars during the trial for Alex Jones on July 28, 2022. Although Jones portrays the lawsuit against him as an assault on the First Amendment, the parents who sued him say his statements were so malicious and obviously false that they fell well outside the bounds of speech protected by the constitutional clause. (Briana Sanchez/Austin American-Statesman via AP, Pool, File)

Alex Jones ‘cowardly’ for missing court, Sandy Hook dad says

By Jim Vertuno - Associated Press

Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones speaks outside of the Dirksen building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 5, 2018. Jury selection is set for Monday, July 25, 2022, in a trial that will determine for the first time how much Jones must pay Sandy Hook Elementary School parents for falsely telling his audience that the deadliest classroom shooting in U.S. history was a hoax. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Testimony to start in Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook damages lawsuit

By Jim Vertuno

Law enforcement personnel walk outside Uvalde High School after shooting a was reported earlier in the day at Robb Elementary School, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. (William Luther/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)

Chris Murphy begs Senate for gun compromise after Texas school shooting

By Susan Haigh and Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

While families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting look on, attorney Josh Koskoff speaks during a news conference in Trumbull, Conn., Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. After agreeing to a $73 million lawsuit settlement with gun-maker Remington, the families of nine Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims say they are shifting their focus to ending firearms advertising. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) **FILE**

After $73M win, Sandy Hook families zero in on gun marketing

By Dave Collins - Associated Press

Biden and More Gun Control Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Biden’s voodoo crime control: Americans have more reason to own a gun than ever before

By Don Feder

In this Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, photo made available by the Lake County Sheriff's Office, Wolfgang Halbig is under arrest. Halbig who repeatedly harassed parents of shooting victims at Sandy Hook Elementary School was arrested and charged Monday for possessing the identification of one of the parents, authorities said. (Lake County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Wolfgang Halbig, Newtown conspiracy theorist, charged with possessing personal info of victim’s dad

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times