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Alex Jones Must Turn Over Financial Records, Says Connecticut Judge

Jose Luis Magana
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AP
Infowars host Alex Jones speaks outside of the Dirksen building of Capitol Hill in Washington in 2018.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is under court pressure to disclose his business activities in a case brought by families of the 2012 Newtown School shooting victims. Jones previously said the shooting was staged.

The families say Jones used the victims’ deaths to fuel profits on his website. He sells unregulated products he calls health supplements.

They filed a request this week to compel Jones to turn over detailed financial records. A Connecticut Superior Court judge says Jones could face sanctions if he doesn’t comply.

The families say Jones' comments torment them and subject them to harassment and death threats. Jones now says the shooting "really happened."

Davis Dunavin loves telling stories, whether on the radio or around the campfire. He started in Missouri and ended up in Connecticut, which, he'd like to point out, is the same geographic trajectory taken by Mark Twain.