A federal judge on Friday ordered the liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ‘ personal assets and was still deciding on his company’s separate bankruptcy case. The decision could determine the future of his Infowars media platform, as Jones owes $US1.5 billion ($2.27 billion) for his false claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.
Judge Christopher Lopez approved converting Jones’ proposed personal bankruptcy reorganisation to a liquidation. He was still set to rule on whether Jones’ company, Austin, Texas-based Free Speech Systems, also should be liquidated.
It wasn’t immediately clear what will happen to Free Speech Systems, which is Infowars’ parent company.