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FILE - Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones speaks to the media after arriving at the federal courthouse for a hearing in front of a bankruptcy judge in Houston, June 14, 2024. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Court slashes $50M judgment against Infowars’ Alex Jones over falsely calling school shooting a hoax

By Jim Vertuno - Associated Press

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones speaks to the media after arriving at the federal courthouse for a hearing in front of a bankruptcy judge, June 14, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Alex Jones vows to fight on as satirists seek control of Infowars

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

A Montgomery County police patrol car on Friday, August. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Montgomery County police seek vandal behind Sandy Hook graffiti at Bethesda elementary school

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

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

Supreme Court won’t hear Alex Jones defamation appeal over Sandy Hook comments

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

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