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Alex Jones asks US supreme court to block $1.4bn defamation judgment

Media | The Guardian · Edward Helmore · last updated

Rightwing pundit’s request is latest in a series of appeals, both against the judgment and against sale of InfoWars

The rightwing conspiracy fabulist Alex Jones has petitioned the US supreme court to block a massive defamation judgment imposed after he argued that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting in which 20 children and six adults were killed was a hoax.

In a filing to the US high court, Jones asked the justices to act immediately to prevent his website InfoWars from being handed over to the satirical news site the Onion.

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