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Aaron Rodgers: I Never Claimed Sandy Hook Was Fake

“As I’m on the record saying in the past, what happened in Sandy Hook was an absolute tragedy. I am not and have never been of the opinion that the events did not take place. Again, I hope that we learn from this and other tragedies to identify the signs that will allow us to prevent unnecessary loss of life. …

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RFK’s Potential Running Mate Spread Sandy Hook Lies

CNN reports: Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has confirmed that among his potential vice-presidential prospects is New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who in private conversations shared deranged conspiracy theories about the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting not being real. CNN knows of two people with whom Rodgers has enthusiastically shared these stories, including with Pamela Brown, one …

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Sandy Hook Families Vote To Liquidate Jones’ Assets

Bloomberg Law reports: Alex Jones’ general unsecured creditors—comprised mostly of Sandy Hook families holding about $1.5 billion in defamation judgments against the famed conspiracy theorist—voted 100% in favor of a Chapter 11 plan that would methodically liquidate and redistribute his property and cash, while preserving potential legal actions against parties affiliated with Jones and his Infowars program. Jones filed for …

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Dem Senators Regret Their Votes After Sandy Hook

The Washington Post reports: Now, as mass shootings have become more frequent in the decade since Sandy Hook, four current senators and three former senators have taken the remarkable step of recanting some or all of their 2013 positions. In emotional interviews with The Washington Post in recent weeks, some expressed deep regret for not pushing at the time for …

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Jones Offers $55M Settlement To Sandy Hook Families

The Guardian reports: The conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has proposed to pay $55m over 10 years to the Sandy Hook families who sued him for spreading lies that the 2012 school massacre in Connecticut, one of the worst in American history, was a hoax. The offer came after a Texas judge ruled that Jones, the host of Infowars, could not …

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Sandy Hook Parent Labels Elon Musk A “Sociopath”

TMZ reports: Elon Musk’s decision to welcome conspiracy theorist Alex Jones back on X is especially upsetting to the parent of a Sandy Hook school shooting victim, who now has some strong words for the billionaire. David Wheeler, whose son, Benjamin, was one of the first graders murdered at the elementary school in 2012, tells TMZ … Elon’s call to …

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Gunmaker Shutters NY Plant After Sandy Hook Payout

Axios reports: RemArms, previously known as Remington Arms, will close its gun factory in New York next year, per the Observer-Dispatch of Utica. The decision comes as the gun manufacturer, considered the oldest gun maker in the U.S., has twice filed for bankruptcy since 2018 and has been subject to layoffs and temporary closures in recent years. Last year, the …

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Sandy Hook Families Offer To Settle For $85 Million

The Associated Press reports: Sandy Hook families who won nearly $1.5 billion in legal judgments against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Connecticut school shooting a hoax have offered to settle that debt for only pennies on the dollar — at least $85 million over 10 years. The families’ lawyers offered Jones two options: either liquidate his estate …

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Jones Loses Bid To Use Bankruptcy In Sandy Hook Case

The New York Times reports: The judge in Alex Jones’s bankruptcy case ruled on Thursday that he will not be allowed to use his Chapter 11 filing to evade paying more than $1 billion in verdicts to families of the Sandy Hook shooting. The ruling by Judge Christopher Lopez in a Houston bankruptcy court means that Mr. Jones, the Infowars …

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Jones Still Hasn’t Paid A Penny To Sandy Hook Families

The Associated Press reports: As Alex Jones continues telling his Infowars audience about his money problems and pleads for them to buy his products, his own documents show life is not all that bad — his net worth is around $14 million and his personal spending topped $93,000 in July alone, including thousands of dollars on meals and entertainment. The …

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Alex Jones Seeks $520,000 Salary in Bankruptcy Case

The Associated Press reports: Alex Jones’ media company has proposed a plan in its bankruptcy case to pay the conspiracy theorist $520,000 a year while leaving $7 million to $10 million annually to pay off creditors, including relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims. Free Speech Systems, owned solely by Jones, filed a proposed reorganization plan Tuesday in its Chapter 11 …

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Judge Suspends License Of Jones’ Sandy Hook Lawyer

NBC Connecticut reports: A judge has suspended the law license of Norm Pattis, Alex Jones’ attorney, for six months after he allegedly released unauthorized Sandy Hook files. The files released include the personal medical records of several Sandy Hook families during the Connecticut defamation case. “Simply put, given his experience, there is no acceptable excuse for his misconduct,” Judge Barbara …

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Alex Jones Seeks $1.3M Salary In Bankruptcy Battle

Reuters reports: Alex Jones drew a $1.3 million salary from Free Speech Systems before its bankruptcy, and his attorney asked U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez to restore his salary to that level at a hearing Monday. Jones has been paid a reduced biweekly salary of $20,000 since his company filed for bankruptcy on July 29, just over a third of …

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Biden And Obama Mark 10 Years Since Sandy Hook

Via press release from the White House: Ten years ago today at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, our nation watched as the unthinkable happened. Twenty young children with their whole lives ahead of them. Six educators who gave their lives protecting their students. And countless survivors who still carry the wounds of that day. We should have societal …

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Analysis: Bankruptcy Unlikely To Save Alex Jones

Reuters reports: Bankruptcy can be used to wipe out debts, but not if they result from “willful or malicious injury” caused by the debtor. Jones’s lies appear to meet that standard, said Susan Block-Lieb, a professor of bankruptcy law at Fordham University School of Law. “Defamation is pretty clearly an intentional tort – it is especially clear in Alex Jones’s …

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Sure Jan: Alex Jones Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Reuters reports: Alex Jones filed for bankruptcy on Friday, less than two months after a jury ordered him and the parent of his Infowars website to pay nearly $1 billion in compensatory damages to relatives of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting. Jones filed for Chapter 11 protection from creditors with the U.S. bankruptcy court in Houston, a …

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Alex Jones Loses Bid To Slash Punitive Damages Award

Reuters reports: Judge Maya Guerra Gamble rejected arguments by a lawyer for Jones and the parent company of his Infowars website that a Texas state law capping certain types of damages meant that the August verdict in favor of two parents of a child slain at Sandy Hook should be cut by more than $40 million. Texas law caps non-economic …

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Sandy Hook Memorial Opens In Connecticut [VIDEO]

NPR reports: Bouquets of flowers floated counterclockwise in the waters of the circular memorial pool, passing the engraved names of the 20 first graders and six educators killed a short distance away at Sandy Hook Elementary School nearly 10 years ago. The long-awaited memorial to the victims officially opened to the public on Sunday, drawing visitors steadily throughout the day. …

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Alex Jones Ordered To Pay Additional $473 Million In Punitive Damages, State Court Freezes All His Assets

The Associated Press reports: Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his company were ordered Thursday to pay an extra $473 million to victims’ families and an FBI agent for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax, adding to a nearly $1 billion jury verdict issued last month. Connecticut Judge Barabara Bellis imposed the punitive damages on the Infowars host …

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Alex Jones Petitions Judge For New Sandy Hook Trial

CBS News reports: Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families, who say they were subjected to harassment and threats from Jones’ lies about the 2012 Newtown school shooting. Jones filed the requests Friday, saying Judge Barbara …

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