Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has since acknowledged the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting occurred. Photo: AP PHOTO

A US Justice Department official has retracted a demand for information from an FBI agent who testified against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in a defamation case that resulted in a $US1.3 billion verdict for spreading lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting.

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The request came days after Ed Martin, the head of a Justice Department effort to remedy instances of alleged weaponisation of the US government against President Donald Trump and his supporters, sent a letter

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