2 weeks ago - For years, Alex Jones was accused ... Infowars. Now, a federal bankruptcy official in charge of liquidating everything Jones owns to pay Sandy Hook families a token of the $1.5 billion he owes them has scheduled the Jones-owned company for the auction block....

5 days ago - Alexander Emerick Jones (born February 11, 1974) is an American far-right radio show host and prominent conspiracy theorist. He hosts The Alex Jones Show from Austin, Texas, which was previously broadcast by the Genesis Communications Network across the United States via syndicated and internet ...

June 15, 2024 - HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge ... the immediate future of his Infowars media platform uncertain as he owes $1.5 billion for his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax....

June 14, 2024 - Friday was a day of reckoning for ... Texas has decided that Jones must sell off his personal assets through a Chapter 7 liquidation in order to pay families nearly $1.5 billion in damages for spreading lies that the 2012 school shooting never happened....

June 25, 2024 - In his filing, Mr Murray asked a judge to put a pause on Sandy Hook families' efforts to collect their payments from Mr Jones, as he argued that would interfere with the process to sell off his Infowars' parent company, Free Speech Systems.

1 week ago - According to the motion, Murray ... that he expects InfoWars to operate for a few more months, or to be sold to another party that may retain him as an employee. Murray also asked the bankruptcy court to put a hold on the Sandy Hook families' attempts to collect their settlements from Jones, ...

June 14, 2024 - But the future of Jones’ Infowars media platform is now uncertain as he owes $1.5 billion for repeatedly lying on his Infowars programs by saying that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that killed 20 first graders and six teachers was a hoax. On Friday, a federal judge ordered ...

June 25, 2024 - Jones has continued to broadcast on Infowars since declaring bankruptcy, but has said that he expects the platform to be shut down in the coming months. He previously accused federal authorities of trying to shut down his show.

November 22, 2022 - A Washington Post report found Alex Jones transferred millions of dollars out of his InfoWars parent company ahead of its bankruptcy filing. The radio host has been ordered to pay nearly $1.5 billion in damages related to lies he spread about the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, which ...

June 7, 2024 - Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is seeking court permission 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 ...

June 24, 2024 - A U.S. bankruptcy court trustee is planning to shut down conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars media platform and liquidate its assets. Trustee Christopher Murray filed court documents in Houston on Sunday indicating those plans for the first time publicly.

June 24, 2024 - Alex Jones speaks to the media ... Jones’ Infowars media platform and liquidate its assets to help pay the $1.5 billion in lawsuit judgments Jones owes for repeatedly calling the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting a hoax....

June 25, 2024 - In an "emergency" motion filed Sunday, trustee Christopher Murray said he has been planning to "liquidate" the parent company of Infowars.

June 3, 2024 - The 50-year-old host let the bellowing, 10-second scream rip after alleging, without providing evidence, that his site was under attack by federal authorities who were planning to raid his Austin, Texas studio.

June 15, 2024 - Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones owes $1.5 billion for his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.

June 25, 2024 - Proposed ‘wind-down’ would help pay $1.5bn in judgments Jones owes for calling 2012 Sandy Hook shooting a hoax

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