InfoWars’ Alex Jones is asking the Supreme Court to hear his appeal of the $1.4 billion judgement made against him after he spread conspiracy theories about the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, claiming that it was a staged hoax featuring crisis actors. Jones is arguing that the Connecticut court was wrong to find that he was liable for defamation and infliction of emotional distress without first holding a trial on the merits of the allegations made by relatives of the Sandy Hook victims. The court issued a default ruling against Jones in 2021 after the judge became frustrated at his repeated failure to abide by court rulings—as a result, he was found liable without a trial and a jury was convened only to determine damages owed. Jones, who filed for bankruptcy in 2022, is also appealing an order to liquidate assets like InfoWars and his personal property in order to pay the families of eight victims and one FBI agent who responded to the shooting.
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