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Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars will be sold for parts to pay towards the more than $1 billion he owes to families of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
A Houston bankruptcy court said Tuesday that it plans to approve auctions for the assets of Jones’ company Free Speech Systems, Infowars’ parent. Everything from lighting fixtures used on the far-right network’s broadcast sets to the company’s dubious vitamin and supplement store will be up for sale beginning in November.
“FSS will now be sold at auction, meaning Alex Jones will no longer own or control the company he built,” Chris Mattei, an attorney for the Sandy Hook families, said. “This brings the families closer to their goal of holding him accountable for the harm he has caused.”
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