Judge: InfoWars Must Show Internal Documents To Sandy Hook Victims

Justice isn’t dead for the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Massacre. On Friday, Connecticut’s Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis ruled that Alex Jones, the infamous conspiracy theorist who falsely claimed the shooting was an elaborate government hoax, must allow the families access to internal documents from his InfoWars studio in their defamation lawsuit.

Following objections by Jones and his several affiliated companies, the judge ultimately decided that Jones must present all documents requested by the plaintiffs during the “discovery phase” of the trial. The legal victory serves a serious blow to the online trade of pervasive conspriacy theorist from which InfoWars garnered their cult success, allowing the victims the chance to review letters, memos, emails and text messages confirming the business and marketing strategies of the brand and their coverage of the shooting, according to a statement published by The New York Times.

The InfoWars coverage was undeniably a rambled mess involving accusations of underaged crisis actors, government operatives, unspecified hush money payments to the families and a secret plot to “take the guns” and put innocent right-wing Americans “into FEMA camps”. In reality, Jones’ humorous ramblings smeared the names of five children and three adults murdered by a gunman…