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Alex Jones May Finally Be Divested of Infowars [1]

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Date: 2024-06-06  

In some better news:

CNN: Alex Jones Agrees to Liquidate His Assets to Pay Sandy Hook Families

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Thursday moved to liquidate his personal assets, agreeing to demands from the families of Sandy Hook victims whom he owes more than $1.5 billion in damages over his lies about the 2012 school massacre. The seismic move paves the way for a future in which Jones no longer owns Infowars, the influential conspiracy empire he founded in the late 1990s. Over the years, Jones has not only used the media company to poison the public discourse with vile lies and conspiracy theories, but also to enrich himself to the tune of millions of dollars.

Prior to Thursday, Jones had resisted converting his personal bankruptcy into a Chapter 7 liquidation. But facing mounting legal pressure, he reversed course and caved to the demands of the Sandy Hook families, who have still not seen a penny from Jones since juries in Connecticut and Texas found him liable in 2022 for defamation and emotional distress. His lawyers said in a filing that there was “no reasonable prospect for a successful reorganization” and that continuing down the path would only result in additional expenses incurred by Jones.

We have to remember how, thanks to the slander that he spewed through InfoWars, Alex Jones has made the surviving families’ lives a living hell. Though over ten years after the fact, the surviving families will finally see some justice done and be compensated for the harassment the mendacious pig incited by knowingly vomiting his false conspiracy theories.

Will this mean this malicious bastard will crawl back under the rock from whence he came? Most likely not. Just like Tucker Carlson, another sleazy lying bastard, Alex Jones will probably find another forum to spew his venom and vitriol.

That said, the prospect of a finally penniless Alex Jones does fill me with joy. We have to take down these right-wing disinformation agents by any legal means possible.

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