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Sandy Hook Families Vote to Liquidate Jones’ Assets to Finally Get the $1.5 Billion They Are Owed

You know, it’s a rare day when you get to witness a real, disgusting creep, someone who hurts innocent people, get their comeuppance. But that’s exactly what’s happening to Alex Jones, one of the most infamous creeps of them all. It just couldn’t happen to a nicer guy and I am here for it.

According to Bloomberg Law, the families of the Sandy Hook school shooting victims voted overwhelmingly in favor of a plan that concludes Alex Jones’ bankruptcy proceedings by liquidating the right-wing looney tunes talk show host’s assets. The families involved hold roughly $1.5 billion in defamation judgments against the notorious conspiracy theorist, and they voted 100 percent in favor of, per Bloomberg “a Chapter 11 plan that would methodically liquidate and redistribute his property and cash, while preserving potential legal actions against parties affiliated with Jones and his Infowars program.”

Boy, it’s lovely to see this colloidal-silver-hawking charlatan get what he deserves. Bloomberg reports:

“An official committee appointed to represent Jones’ unsecured creditors notified the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas on Feb. 16 that of 23 liquidation plan ballots distributed to creditors, it received 21 back—all supporting the committee’s liquidation proposal.”

Jones, who excoriated the families of the children who were murdered, spent years calling the mass shooting a “false flag,” tried to steer the case his way by offering a competing plan that would allow him to preserve parts of his media empire and pay the group at least $5.5 million per year over a span of 10 years. “His plan would provide additional creditor recoveries out of disposable income from Jones’ bankrupt Infowars parent company, portions of Jones’ personal income, and the proceeds from selling various personal assets,” Bloomberg reports.

The parties involved are scheduled to hold a plan approval hearing in late March.

And boy, do I hope this horrid man, who filed for Chapter 11 in December 2022, is sweating it out. He’d been hit with a batch of state court judgments for his repeatedly calling out the vicious 2012 massacre of elementary school students and teachers a hoax. Fortunately, bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez ruled last year that Jones couldn’t discharge the defamation awards, finding that the debts stemmed from intentional and malicious conduct.

This creep even went as far as to yelling in the faces of grieving parents. I’m happy the families might have the chance to gain closure over his horrible man’s behavior. I’m including this clip below which shows the mother of one of the children murdered confronting Jones, who remained defiant.

Because that’s the kind of creep he is.

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Megan has lived in California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida and she currently lives in Central America. Living in these places has informed her writing on politics, science, and history. She is currently owned by 15 cats and 3 dogs and regularly owns Trump supporters when she has the opportunity. She can be found on Twitter at https://twitter.com/GaiaLibra and Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/politicalsaurus

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