Texas slashes $50m judgment against Alex Jones over false claim Sandy Hook shooting was hoax
Appeals court slashes judgment to $1.5m in a significant legal victory for the rightwing Infowars founder A Texas appeals court has slashed the $50m judgment to $1.5m against Alex Jones, founder of the rightwing platform Infowars , over falsely calling the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut a hoax. The ruling does not affect a $1.4bn judgment against Jones in Connecticut, but is a significant legal victory for Jones after he and his company, Free Speech Systems, were found…
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Texas slashes $50m judgment against Alex Jones over false claim Sandy Hook shooting was hoax(opens original report in a new tab)CBS NewsTier B
Texas court slashes $50M judgment against Infowars' Alex Jones(opens original report in a new tab)A Texas appeals court cut a $50 million judgment against Infowars founder Alex Jones to $1.5 million. A much larger $1.4 billion judgment in Connecticut still stands. — CBS News
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