Alex Jones Refers To These As Conspiracy Theories?

A Texas jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay over $45 million in damages to the parents of a child killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting. Jones, the founder of Infowars, has been peddling conspiracy theories since the 1990s, including the idea that the U.S. government was behind or failed to stop the massacre. Jones claims a “form of psychosis” caused him to believe that the Sandy Hook massacre was staged.

Jones has been accused of spreading lies about the Sandy Hook massacre and has been largely barred from the world’s largest social media platforms. He has been accused of falsely accusing the U.S. government of being behind or failing to stop the massacre. The award is the largest the Texas conspiracy theorist has been ordered to pay as part of three defamation lawsuits against him for falsely accusing the U.S. government of involvement in the Sandy Hook massacre.

Although the conspiracy theorist has been publicly debunked, his influence in right-wing circles continues to grow. Jones has been presented with text messages from his own cellphone that his lawyers appeared to have accidentally sent to lawyers for Sandy. The award is the largest the Texas conspiracy theorist has been ordered to pay as part of three defamation lawsuits against him for falsely accusing the U.S. government of involvement in the Sandy Hook massacre.