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Newtown families ask judge to dismiss Alex Jones’ ‘bad faith’ bankruptcies as they await defamation damages

Eight Sandy Hook families and an FBI agent who won a defamation case against conspiracy...

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Eight Sandy Hook families and an FBI agent who won a defamation case against conspiracy…

Highlights

  • Eight Sandy Hook families and an FBI agent who won a defamation case against conspiracy extremist Alex Jones have asked a federal judge to dismiss bankruptcies Jones filed for three of his business entities.
  • The families are challenging the bankruptcy filings of three Jones-controlled business entities last week.
  • The first of those trials for the parents of a slain Sandy Hook first-grader was scheduled to being on Monday in Austin - the business home of Jones’ conspiracy-based website Infowars.
  • A second defamation awards trial was set to follow in Texas for parents of another Sandy Hook.
  • A ruling may come as soon as Friday, when a judge has scheduled a conference.