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Alex Jones: The billion dollar conspiracy theorist

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is ordered to pay nearly $1bn in damages to the families of victims of the Sandy Hook, for claiming the school shooting was a hoax.

After claiming the 2012 shooting in Sandy Hook was a hoax, it’s a moment of reckoning for America’s conspiracy-theorist-in-chief Alex Jones as he is ordered to pay nearly $1bn in damages to the victim’s family members.

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Fri 14 Oct 2022 23:00

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