Alex Jones Wants SCOTUS Involved in Appeal of $1.4B Sandy Hook Judgement

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