Families of Sandy Hook shooting victims have voted to liquidate right wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ assets from his talk show. Jones owes the families nearly $1.5 billion after losing a 2022 defamation lawsuit for repeatedly saying the shooting was fake. Read more from Bloomberg.
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While we celebrate The Onion's brilliant InfoWars takeover, let us also remember that the Sandy Hook families have yet to receive a dime from Alex Jones.
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A #Texas court has slashed the $50 million judgment to $1.5 million against Infowars founder #AlexJones over falsely calling 2012 #SandyHook #SchoolShooting a hoax.
The ruling does not affect a $1.4 billion judgement against Jones in Connecticut, but is a significant legal victory for Jones after he & his company, Free Speech Systems, were found liable for damages for claiming the #MassShooting didn’t happen.
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