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Texas slashes $50m judgment against Alex Jones over false claim Sandy Hook shooting was hoax

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Texas slashes $50m judgment against Alex Jones over false claim Sandy Hook shooting was hoax

The Guardian · Aug 21, 2026, 4:27 PM UTC

Appeals court slashes judgment to $1.5m in a significant legal victory for the rightwing Infowars founder A Texas appeals court has slashed the $50m judgment to $1.5m against Alex Jones, founder of the rightwing platform Infowars , over falsely calling the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut a hoax. The ruling does not affect a $1.…