Alex Jones loses against Sandy Hook families in defamation case

Alex Jones has been found guilty by default in all four defamation cases brought by the families of victims of the Sandy Hook school shooting tragedy.

A judge in Connecticut issued rulings in a fourth defamation lawsuit brought against the Infowars conspiracy theorist on Tuesday after he failed to produce evidence to support false claims the 2012 mass shooting was a hoax.

For years Jones claimed the shooting was a “false flag” operation engineered by the government to bring about stricter gun control laws.

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