FOG BLOG U.S. LOG: INFOWARS HOST ALEX JONES TO PAY NEARLY $1 BILLION TO SANDY HOOK FAMILIES!

Jury awards nearly $1 billion to Sandy Hook families in Alex Jones case Infowars' fate in the balance after jury awards Sandy Hook families damages With its punishing award, the jury’s decision could shrink or even doom Alex Jones’ Infowars media empire, a key member of the right-wing media universe.

Earlier today, a Connecticut jury awarded nearly $1 billion in damages to Sandy Hook families in the defamation case brought against Jones over his lies about the 2012 elementary school massacre.

Infowars has been at the center of major conspiracy theories dating back to former President George W. Bush’s administration and was embraced by President Donald Trump. Alex Jones says there "ain't no money" to pay the nearly $1 billion the jury awarded the plaintiffs Alex Jones, who was streaming live when the jury’s decision was read in court, mocked the decision on his Infowars show and used it to fundraise.

Jones has said he will appeal the decision and during his Wednesday broadcast said that there “ain’t no money” to pay the massive figure the jury awarded the plaintiffs.

It’s unclear when or how much of the money the plaintiffs will ultimately see.

In criticizing the verdict, Jones’s attorney Norm Pattis added outside court that the families have been “used for political purposes.”

“My heart goes out to the families, we live in divided times. They’ve been weaponized and used for political purposes in this country, in my view, and today is a very, very, very dark day for freedom of speech.”