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Alex Jones lawyer suspended 6 months over records release

A lawyer for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been suspended from practicing law in Connecticut for six months

The Independent UK

Biden honours gun victims at vigil ahead of Sandy Hook anniversary: ‘We’ve seen you turn pain into purpose’

Mr Biden pledges to continue working to curb gun violence

The Independent UK

US hoax trials spotlight misinformation profiteer

Washington (AFP) - American radio host Alex Jones reaped millions spouting conspiracy-laden falsehoods that helped drive up sales of products like libido boosters, exploiting an internet ecosystem that experts say makes misinformation a lucrative business.

AFP

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Alex Jones files for bankruptcy after juries award Sandy Hook parents almost $1.5 billion

A handful of the Texas-based conspiracy theorist’s companies already filed for bankruptcy. Earlier this year, a Texas jury awarded Sandy Hook parents $49 million in a defamation case against Jones.

The Texas Tribune

Editorial: Alex Jones tries to hide his riches from the people whose lives he destroyed

As if to boost the brand of the League of Unrepentant Evildoers, Infowars founder Alex Jones has tried to join the likes of Purdue Pharma, Johnson & Johnson and the National Rifle Association in declaring bankruptcy as a way to evade multimillion-dollar court judgments against him. Jones is in the…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is set to go on trial a second time for calling the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax and causing several victims' relatives emotional and psychological harm

The Independent UK

Alex Jones lawyer takes the Fifth during Sandy Hook hearing

A lawyer for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones invoked his right against self-incrimination during a civil court hearing in Connecticut over the possible improper disclosure of confidential medical records of relatives of some of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims

The Independent UK

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Conspiracy theorist ordered to pay £40m in damages over school massacre claims

A Texas jury has ordered Infowars’ Alex Jones to pay 49.3 million dollars (£40.8m) in damages to the parents of a pupil killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre which the conspiracy theorist falsely called a hoax.

Irish Independent

Economist: Alex Jones, his company worth up to $270 million

An economist says conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his company Free Speech Systems are worth up to $270 million

The Independent UK

Alex Jones loses bid for a mistrial and to destroy texts mistakenly shared with Sandy Hook lawyers

The Infowars founder’s lawyer Andino Reynal accidentally sent two years of texts from Jones to the lawyers of the Sandy Hook families this week

The Independent UK

Psychiatrist says Sandy Hook parents fear for their lives

A psychiatrist says that the parents of a Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim live with a complex form of post-traumatic stress disorder and a constant fear that followers of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones will kill them

The Independent UK

The Lessons of Newtown for the Future of Uvalde

For a town that suffers a school shooting, the months and years ahead can bring reverberating pain.

The Atlantic

Infowars' bankruptcy law shell game

The DoJ’s bankruptcy watchdog called the case “a novel and dangerous tactic” and an abuse of the system.

Axios

‘We have to act’: can Biden cut through the gridlock on gun control?

The president has long fought for restrictions but deep divisions have often left him hamstrung

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19 children, 2 adults killed in Texas school massacre

UVALDE, Texas: A gunman killed at least 19 children and two adults on Tuesday in a rural Texas elementary school, a state police official said, in the deadliest American school shooting since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary a decade ago.

Daily Record

At least 19 children and three adults dead in US school massacre

18-year-old gunman is also dead

The Guardian - US

‘When will this end?’: rage over US gun violence after second mass shooting in 10 days

Lawmakers and gun control groups lead calls to to stop the carnage: ‘it is our choice to let it continue’

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