:Alex Jones

Alexander Emerick Jones was born on February 11, 1974,{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderEmerickJones/info/?tab=page_info|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524150337/https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderEmerickJones/info/?tab=page_info|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 24, 2018|title=Alex Jones – Info |via=Facebook|date=May 24, 2018|access-date=November 3, 2018}}{{cite tweet |author= Alex Jones|user=RealAlexJones |number=959119134477955073 |date=February 1, 2018 |title=Looking forward to Putin giving me the new hashtags to use against Hillary and the dems... |access-date=February 7, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180203182036/https://twitter.com/realalexjones/status/959119134477955073|archive-date=February 3, 2018|url-status=dead}} in Dallas, Texas, and was raised in Rockwall, 25 miles east of Dallas. His father was a dentist from Austin{{cite web |last=Warzel |first=Charlie |date=May 4, 2017 |title=Alex Jones will never stop being Alex Jones |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/charliewarzel/alex-jones-will-never-stop-being-alex-jones |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805082421/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/charliewarzel/alex-jones-will-never-stop-being-alex-jones |archive-date=August 5, 2018 |access-date=August 22, 2023 |website=BuzzFeed News |publisher=BuzzFeed Inc. |location=New York}} and his mother was a homemaker. He says he has English, German, Scottish, and Irish descent.{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Alex |title=I come from English, German, Scottish and Irish ancestry. The largest genetic slice is English |url=https://x.com/realalexjones/status/1782018690071798085 |website=Twitter |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20240616220615/https://x.com/realalexjones/status/1782018690071798085 |archive-date=June 16, 2024 |date=April 21, 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=June 16, 2024 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGpO5elD3Gs |title=Baltimore City Councilman Pushes Racial Division |date=April 29, 2015 |access-date=April 30, 2015 |via=YouTube |work=The Alex Jones Channel |archive-date = October 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018135039/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGpO5elD3Gs|url-status = live}}{{cite web |title=Is Alex Jones the Voice in Trump's Head? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201070848/https://www.statesman.com/news/20161024/austins-alex-jones-the-voice-in-donald-trumps-head |first=Jonathan B. |last=Tilove |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=October 23, 2016 |url=https://www.statesman.com/news/20161024/austins-alex-jones-the-voice-in-donald-trumps-head |archive-date=February 1, 2019 }}
(hardcopy image accessible via Newspapers.com; {{URL|https://www.newspapers.com/image/434997391|p. A1}} & {{URL|https://www.newspapers.com/image/434997828|p. A9}}, subscription required) The family moved to Austin in Jones's second year of high school. He attended Anderson High School, where he played football and graduated in 1993. After graduating, Jones briefly attended Austin Community College before dropping out.{{cite web |work=Howard Stern Radio Show |date=February 26, 2013 |url=https://www.howardstern.com/show/2013/02/26/jd-the-dj-and-6th-grade-stud-rundowngallerymodel-50/ |title=Show Rundown: February 26, 2013 |access-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602120606/https://www.howardstern.com/show/2013/02/26/jd-the-dj-and-6th-grade-stud-rundowngallerymodel-50/ |url-status=live }}

As a teenager, he read None Dare Call It Conspiracy, a book by John Birch Society conspiracy theorist Gary Allen, which alleged global bankers controlled American politics rather than elected officials. It had a profound influence on him, and Jones has described Allen's work as "the easiest-to-read primer on The New World Order".

The Waco siege at the Branch Davidian complex near Waco, Texas, had an impact on Jones. It ended in April 1993, near the end of Jones's senior year of high school, with a substantial fire and a significant number of fatalities. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), these events "only confirmed his belief in the inexorable progress of unseen, malevolent forces". It was at this time he started to host a call-in show on public access television (PACT/ACTV) in Austin.

The Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995, was intended by perpetrator Timothy McVeigh as a response to the federal involvement in the botched resolution of the Waco siege on its second anniversary.{{cite news|last=Ling|first=Justin|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-a-crazy-plan-to-rebuild-waco-compound-gave-us-alex-jones|title=How a Crazy Plan to Rebuild Waco Compound Gave Us Alex Jones|website=The Daily Beast|date=November 29, 2021|access-date=April 19, 2022|archive-date=January 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117125630/https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-a-crazy-plan-to-rebuild-waco-compound-gave-us-alex-jones|url-status=live}} Jones began accusing the federal government of having caused it: "I understood there's a kleptocracy working with psychopathic governments—clutches of evil that know the tricks of control". He did not believe the bombing had been the responsibility of McVeigh and his associate Terry Nichols. In 1998, he released his first film, America Destroyed by Design.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

In 1998, Jones organized a successful campaign to build a new Branch Davidian church as a memorial to those who died during the 1993 fire.{{cite news |first=Connie |last=Mabin |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/branch-davidians-hope-a-new-church-can-close-wounds-279546.html |title=Branch Davidians hope a new church can close wounds |agency=Associated Press |work=The Independent |publisher=Independent Print Ltd. |location=London |date=April 19, 2000 |access-date=January 29, 2011 |archive-date=June 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604093912/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/branch-davidians-hope-a-new-church-can-close-wounds-279546.html |url-status=live}} He often discussed the project on his public-access television program. He claimed that David Koresh and his followers were peaceful people who were murdered by Attorney General Janet Reno and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms during the siege.

Jones began his career in Austin working on a live, call-in format public-access cable television program.{{cite web|access-date=May 14, 2019|title=The Alex Jones Origin Story: On Austin Public Access TV, His Act Was Never an Act|url=https://observer.com/2019/04/alex-jones-austin-public-access-tv-origin-story/|date=April 17, 2019|website=Observer|location=New York City|first=Harmon|last=Leon|archive-date=May 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518085001/https://observer.com/2019/04/alex-jones-austin-public-access-tv-origin-story/|url-status=live}} In 1996, Jones switched to radio, hosting a show named The Final Edition on KJFK (98.9 FM).{{cite news|first=Lee|last=Nichols|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid:75039|title=Psst, It's a Conspiracy: KJFK Gives Alex Jones the Boot Media Clips|work=The Austin Chronicle|publisher=Austin Chronicle Corp.|location=Austin, Texas|date=December 10, 1999|access-date=August 6, 2018|archive-date=February 7, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100207101717/http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=oid:75039|url-status=live}} Influenced by radio host William Cooper, who phoned in to Jones's early shows, Jones began to broadcast about the New World Order conspiracy theory at this time.

While running for Congress, Ron Paul was a guest on his show several times.{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/news/media/alex-jones-2011-4/index1.html|title=How Radio Host Alex Jones Has Cornered the Bipartisan Paranoia Market|work=New York|date=March 25, 2011 |publisher=New York Media|location=New York City|access-date=January 11, 2013|archive-date=November 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107191833/http://nymag.com/news/media/alex-jones-2011-4/index1.html|url-status=live}} In 1999, Jones tied with Shannon Burke for that year's poll of "Best Austin Talk Radio Host", as voted by readers of The Austin Chronicle.{{cite web|title=Best of Austin 1999 Readers Poll|date=1999|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Awards/BestOfAustin/?BOACategory=Media&Year=1999&Poll=Readers&Display=Long|access-date=August 14, 2007|archive-date=September 30, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930192825/http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Awards/BestOfAustin/?BOACategory=Media&Year=1999&Poll=Readers&Display=Long|url-status=live}} Later that year, he was fired from KJFK-FM for refusing to broaden his topics. The station's operations manager said that Jones's views made it difficult for the station to sell advertising. Jones said:

{{blockquote|It was purely political, and it came down from on high{{nbsp}}... I was told 11 weeks ago to lay off Bill Clinton, to lay off all these politicians, to not talk about rebuilding the church, to stop bashing the Marines, A to Z.}}

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In about 1999, Jones founded with his then-wife Kelly Jones the website InfoWars, initially as a mail-order outlet for the sale of their conspiracy-oriented videos. Over time, InfoWars, with Jones as its publisher and director, became a prominent fake news website centered on promoting conspiracy theories.{{cite web|first1=Jane|last1=Coaston|access-date=May 14, 2019|title=The Facebook free speech battle, explained|url=https://www.vox.com/technology/2019/5/6/18528250/facebook-speech-conservatives-trump-platform-publisher|date=May 6, 2019|website=Vox|archive-date=May 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514182729/https://www.vox.com/technology/2019/5/6/18528250/facebook-speech-conservatives-trump-platform-publisher|url-status=live}}{{refn|{{cite web|first=Rachel|last=Dicker|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2016-11-14/avoid-these-fake-news-sites-at-all-costs|title=Avoid These Fake News Sites at All Costs|date=November 14, 2016|website=usnews.com|publisher=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=November 27, 2016|archive-date=August 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819193514/https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2016-11-14/avoid-these-fake-news-sites-at-all-costs|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Jessica|last=Roy|url=https://latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-want-to-keep-fake-news-out-of-your-1479260297-htmlstory.html|title=Want to keep fake news out of your newsfeed? College professor creates list of sites to avoid|work=Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, California|date=November 17, 2016|access-date=December 15, 2016|archive-date=July 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711191115/https://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-want-to-keep-fake-news-out-of-your-1479260297-htmlstory.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Andrew|last=Blake|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/9/alex-jones-conspiracy-theorist-appeals-trump-aid-o/|title=Infowars' Alex Jones appeals to Trump for aid over fears of 'fake news' crackdown|work=The Washington Times|publisher=Operations Holdings|location=Washington, DC|date=December 9, 2016|access-date=December 15, 2016|archive-date=December 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161209224504/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/9/alex-jones-conspiracy-theorist-appeals-trump-aid-o/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/dont-get-fooled-by-these-fake-news-sites/4/|title=Don't get fooled by these fake news sites|website=CBS News|date=December 2, 2016 |access-date=January 27, 2018|archive-date=March 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304061636/https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/dont-get-fooled-by-these-fake-news-sites/4/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|first=Story|last=Hinckley|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2016/1215/Why-fake-news-holds-such-allure|title=Why fake news holds such allure|work=The Christian Science Monitor|publisher=Christian Science Publishing Society|location=Boston, MA|date=December 15, 2016|access-date=January 28, 2018|archive-date=January 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128001727/https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2016/1215/Why-fake-news-holds-such-allure|url-status=live}}}} In November 2016, the InfoWars website received approximately 10 million visits, making its reach more extensive than mainstream news websites such as The Economist and Newsweek.{{Cite news|last=Beauchamp|first=Zack|date=December 7, 2016|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/10/28/13424848/alex-jones-infowars-prisonplanet|title=Alex Jones, Pizzagate booster and America's most famous conspiracy theorist, explained|work=Vox|access-date=December 9, 2017|archive-date=December 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210071900/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/10/28/13424848/alex-jones-infowars-prisonplanet|url-status=live}} Another of Jones's websites is PrisonPlanet.com.{{cite news|first=Manuel|last=Roig-Franzia|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/how-alex-jones-conspiracy-theorist-extraordinaire-got-donald-trumps-ear/2016/11/17/583dc190-ab3e-11e6-8b45-f8e493f06fcd_story.html|title=How Alex Jones, conspiracy theorist extraordinaire, got Donald Trump's ear|newspaper=The Washington Post|publisher=Nash Holdings LLC|location=Washington, DC|date=November 17, 2016|access-date=December 8, 2016|archive-date=November 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191123065807/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/how-alex-jones-conspiracy-theorist-extraordinaire-got-donald-trumps-ear/2016/11/17/583dc190-ab3e-11e6-8b45-f8e493f06fcd_story.html|url-status=live}}

After his firing from KJFK-FM, Jones began to broadcast his own show by Internet connection from his home. In July 2000, a group of Austin Community Access Center (ACAC) radio hosts claimed that Jones had used legal proceedings and ACAC policy to intimidate them or try to get their broadcasts removed.{{cite news|first=Lee|last=Nichols|title=Alex Jones: Conspiracy Victim or Evil Mastermind?|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/column?oid=77932|work=The Austin Chronicle|date=July 14, 2000|access-date=May 20, 2008|quote=Alex Jones is no stranger to conspiracy theories.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102000033/http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2000-07-14/77932/|archive-date=January 2, 2012}} In 2001, Jones's radio show was syndicated on approximately 100 stations.

On the day of the 9/11 attacks, Jones said on his radio show there was a "98 percent chance this was a government-orchestrated controlled bombing".{{cite news|last=Marcotte|first=Amanda|url=https://www.salon.com/2016/11/03/the-dangerous-rise-of-alex-jones-how-austins-pet-conspiracy-kook-conquered-the-republican-party/|title=The dangerous rise of Alex Jones: How Austin's pet conspiracy kook conquered the Republican Party|website=Salon|date=November 3, 2016|access-date=April 19, 2022|archive-date=April 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412162755/https://www.salon.com/2016/11/03/the-dangerous-rise-of-alex-jones-how-austins-pet-conspiracy-kook-conquered-the-republican-party/|url-status=live}} He began promoting the conspiracy theory that the Bush administration was behind the attack.{{cite journal|first=Peter|last=Knight|title=Outrageous Conspiracy Theories: Popular and Official Responses to 9/11 in Germany and the United States|journal=New German Critique|volume=35|issue=103|pages=165–193|date=Winter 2008|jstor=27669225|doi=10.1215/0094033X-2007-024| issn=0094-033X}} As a result, several stations dropped Jones's program, according to columnist Will Bunch. Jones became a leading figure of the "9/11 truther" cause.{{cite journal|last=May|first=Albert L.|title=Who tube? How YouTube's news and politics space is going mainstream|journal=The International Journal of Press/Politics|volume=15|issue=4|year=2010|pages=506|doi=10.1177/1940161210382861|citeseerx=10.1.1.1027.3801|s2cid=146791861}} In 2010, the show attracted around two million listeners each week.{{cite web | url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/alex-jones-about-explode | title=Alex Jones Is About To Explode | work=Texas Monthly | date=March 2010 | access-date=August 29, 2014 | author=Blakeslee, Nate | archive-date=January 11, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111200135/http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/alex-jones-about-explode | url-status=live}} According to Alexander Zaitchik of Rolling Stone magazine, in 2011 Jones had a larger on-line audience than Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh combined. In 2020, The Alex Jones Show was syndicated nationally by the Genesis Communications Network to more than 100 AM and FM radio stations in the United States.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gcnlive.com/JW1D/index.php/affiliate-list|title=Affiliate List|website=gcnlive|access-date=August 1, 2020|archive-date=July 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710122204/https://www.gcnlive.com/JW1D/index.php/affiliate-list|url-status=live}}

According to journalist Will Bunch, a senior fellow at Media Matters for America,{{cite web | url=http://www.commondreams.org/author/will-bunch | title=Will Bunch | publisher=CommonDreams | access-date=August 29, 2014 | archive-date=September 7, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907170808/http://www.commondreams.org/author/will-bunch | url-status=live}}{{cite web | url=https://huffingtonpost.com/will-bunch/ | title=Will Bunch | work=The Huffington Post | access-date=August 29, 2014 | archive-date=August 10, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810063458/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/will-bunch/ | url-status=live}} the show has a demographic that leans more towards younger listeners than do other conservative pundits, due to Jones's "highly conspiratorial tone and Web-oriented approach". Bunch also stated that Jones "feed[s] on the deepest paranoia".{{cite book|last=Bunch|first=Will|title=The Backlash: Right-Wing Radicals, High-Def Hucksters, and Paranoid Politics in the Age of Obama|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4cEAb7Pv-a0C&pg=PA73|access-date=January 10, 2013|year= 2011|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-06-199172-1|pages=73–|archive-date=December 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231071725/http://books.google.com/books?id=4cEAb7Pv-a0C&pg=PA73|url-status=live}}

Jones told The Washington Post in November 2016 that his radio show, then syndicated to 129 stations, had a daily audience of five million listeners and his video streams had topped 80 million viewers in a single month.

Jones's syndicator, Genesis Communications Network, announced its shutdown effective May 5, 2024, citing financial losses. The owners plan to migrate Jones's show, and others, to other networks.Venta, Lance (April 19, 2024). [https://radioinsight.com/headlines/267692/alex-jones-syndicator-genesis-communications-network-to-shut-down/ Alex Jones Syndicator Genesis Communications Network To Shut Down] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420125414/https://radioinsight.com/headlines/267692/alex-jones-syndicator-genesis-communications-network-to-shut-down/ |date=April 20, 2024 }}. Radio Insight. Retrieved April 20, 2024.

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According to court testimony Jones delivered in 2014, InfoWars then had revenues of over $20 million a year.

A 2017 piece for German magazine Der Spiegel by Veit Medick indicated that two-thirds of Jones's funds derive from sales of his own products. These products are marketed through the InfoWars website and through advertising spots on Jones's show. They include dietary supplements, toothpaste, bulletproof vests and "brain pills", which hold "an appeal for anyone who believes Armageddon is near", according to Medick.{{cite magazine|first=Veit|last=Medick|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/a-visit-to-the-infowars-studios-of-alex-jones-a-1136654.html|title=Meet Donald Trump's Propagandist|magazine=Der Spiegel|publisher=Spiegel-Verlag|location=Hamburg, Germany|date=February 28, 2017|access-date=August 7, 2018|archive-date=August 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819191717/http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/a-visit-to-the-infowars-studios-of-alex-jones-a-1136654.html|url-status=live}} From September 2015 to the end of 2018, the InfoWars store made $165 million in sales, according to court filings relating to the Sandy Hook lawsuits filed against Jones.{{Cite news|last=Murdock|first=Sebastian|date=January 7, 2022|title=Alex Jones' Infowars Store Made $165 Million Over 3 Years, Records Show|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/infowars-store-alex-jones_n_61d71d8fe4b0bcd2195c6562|access-date=January 7, 2022|website=HuffPost|language=en|archive-date=January 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107230100/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/infowars-store-alex-jones_n_61d71d8fe4b0bcd2195c6562|url-status=live}}

In August 2017, Californian medical company Labdoor, Inc reported on tests applied to six of Jones's dietary supplement products. These included a product named Survival Shield, which was found by Labdoor to contain only iodine, and a product named Oxy-Powder, which comprised a compound of magnesium oxide and citric acid—common ingredients in dietary supplements. Labdoor indicated no evidence of prohibited or harmful substances, but cast doubt on the marketing claims for these products, and asserted that the quantity of the ingredients in certain products would be "too low to be appropriately effective".{{cite web|url=https://labdoor.com/article/labdoor-special-report-we-tested-the-infowars-supplements|title=Labdoor Special Report: We Tested the Infowars Supplements|date=August 10, 2017|publisher=Labdoor Inc|access-date=August 15, 2017|archive-date=August 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815184756/https://labdoor.com/article/labdoor-special-report-we-tested-the-infowars-supplements|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/we-sent-alex-jones-infowars-supplements-to-a-lab-heres|title=We Sent Alex Jones' Infowars Supplements To A Lab. Here's What's In Them.|date=August 9, 2017|publisher=BuzzFeed|access-date=August 15, 2017|archive-date=August 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813072309/https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/we-sent-alex-jones-infowars-supplements-to-a-lab-heres|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/local/article/SF-lab-finds-out-what-s-actually-in-Alex-Jones-11748954.php|title=SF lab finds out what's in Alex Jones' Infowars supplements|date=August 10, 2017|work=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=August 15, 2017|archive-date=August 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815233738/http://www.sfgate.com/local/article/SF-lab-finds-out-what-s-actually-in-Alex-Jones-11748954.php|url-status=live}}

On a 2017 segment of Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver stated that Jones spends "nearly a quarter" of his on-air time promoting products sold on his website, many of which are purported solutions to medical and economic problems claimed to be caused by the conspiracy theories described on his show.{{cite news|last1=Locker|first1=Melissa|title=John Oliver Goes to War with Alex Jones on 'Last Week Tonight'|url=https://time.com/4880191/john-oliver-alex-jones-last-week-tonight/|access-date=August 2, 2017|magazine=Time|publisher=Time Inc.|date=June 30, 2017|archive-date=August 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802043636/http://time.com/4880191/john-oliver-alex-jones-last-week-tonight/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Today in Entertainment: Twitter has a field day over Anthony Scaramucci's exit; Celebrities mourn the loss of Sam Shepard|url=https://latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-july-john-oliver-mocks-alex-jones-products-1501509845-htmlstory.html|access-date=August 4, 2017|work=Los Angeles Times|date=August 1, 2017|archive-date=August 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803093854/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-july-john-oliver-mocks-alex-jones-products-1501509845-htmlstory.html|url-status=live}}

Research commissioned in 2017 by the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) determined that two products sold by Jones contained potentially dangerous levels of the heavy metal lead.{{Cite web |last=Nazaryan |first=Alexander |date=October 17, 2017 |title=Is Alex Jones Pushing Lead-Tainted Products? |url=https://www.newsweek.com/alex-jones-infowars-supplements-tainted-lead-687019 |website=Newsweek |access-date=January 17, 2022 |archive-date=December 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213203928/https://www.newsweek.com/alex-jones-infowars-supplements-tainted-lead-687019 |url-status=live }}

Jones continued his promotion of supplements during the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 12, 2020, Jones was issued a cease and desist from the Attorney General of New York, after he claimed, in the absence of any evidence, that products he sold, including colloidal silver toothpaste, were an effective treatment for COVID-19.{{cite magazine|last1=Marantz|first1=Andrew|date=April 6, 2020|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/06/alex-jones-bogus-coronavirus-cures|title=Alex Jones's Bogus Coronavirus Cures|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=April 20, 2022|archive-date=April 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419234934/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/06/alex-jones-bogus-coronavirus-cures|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Ferré-Sadurní |first1=Luis |last2=McKinley |first2=Jesse |title=Alex Jones Is Told to Stop Selling Sham Anti-Coronavirus Toothpaste |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/nyregion/alex-jones-coronavirus-cure.html |access-date=March 15, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=March 13, 2020 |archive-date=March 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314143913/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/nyregion/alex-jones-coronavirus-cure.html |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Sandler |first1=Rachel |title=NY Attorney General Orders Alex Jones To Stop Peddling Fake Coronavirus Treatments |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2020/03/12/ny-attorney-general-orders-alex-jones-to-stop-peddling-fake-coronavirus-treatments/#6447e5ca8bbe |access-date=March 15, 2020 |work=Forbes |date=March 12, 2020 |archive-date=March 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313190004/https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2020/03/12/ny-attorney-general-orders-alex-jones-to-stop-peddling-fake-coronavirus-treatments/#6447e5ca8bbe |url-status=live}} The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) also sent him a letter on April 9, 2020, warning that the federal government might proceed to seize the products he was marketing for COVID-19 or fine him if he continued to sell them.{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fda-to-alex-jones-stop-selling-fake-coronavirus-cures_n_5e91e4a8c5b69d65062a09da|title=FDA To Alex Jones: Stop Selling Fake Coronavirus Cures|last=Murdock|first=Sebastian|date=April 11, 2020|website=HuffPost|language=en|access-date=April 12, 2020|archive-date=April 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411230731/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fda-to-alex-jones-stop-selling-fake-coronavirus-cures_n_5e91e4a8c5b69d65062a09da|url-status=live}} A disclaimer then appeared on Jones's website, stating his products were not intended for treating "the novel coronavirus". On a linked page, Jones was quoted: "They plan on, if they've fluoridated you and vaccinated you and stunned you and mesmerized you with the TV and put you in a trance, on killing you." Jones continued to sell the products.

According to leaked text messages from Jones's mobile phone, InfoWars sold VasoBeet, a product it described as a "powerful beet formula", at a 900% retail markup as of September 2019. On January 29, 2020, InfoWars pulled in $245,000 in food sales, a day after Jones stoked fear about food shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in a broadcast.{{Cite web |last1=Squire |first1=Megan |last2=Hayden |first2=Michael Edison |date=March 8, 2023 |title='Absolutely Bonkers': Inside Infowars' Money Machine |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/03/08/absolutely-bonkers-inside-infowars-money-machine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327030127/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/03/08/absolutely-bonkers-inside-infowars-money-machine |archive-date=March 27, 2023 |access-date=August 30, 2023 |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |language=en |quote=Jones' text messages suggest Jones and his collaborators sought to launder his Infowars content to social media sites that had banned it, while disguising its true origin. For example, the texts reveal that Jones created the junk-news website National File.}}

During the April 2022 InfoWars bankruptcy hearing, Jones's representative stated, "InfoWars is a prominent trademark in the conspiracy theory community and Alex Jones is equally as prominent". He added that Jones's name was the "Coca-Cola of the conspiracy theory community".{{cite news |last1=Ryser |first1=Rob |title=Alex Jones rep tells judge he didn't file bankruptcy himself for fear it could 'harm his trademark value' |url=https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Alex-Jones-rep-tells-judge-he-didn-t-file-17119905.php |newspaper=News-Times |publisher=Hearst |date=April 22, 2022 |access-date=June 9, 2022 |archive-date=June 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611075521/https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Alex-Jones-rep-tells-judge-he-didn-t-file-17119905.php |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/alex-jones-infowars-bankruptcy-filing-1a3b51946cb06c5f90c341d3118947cf|title=Alex Jones' Infowars files for bankruptcy protection|website=AP News|date=April 18, 2022|access-date=April 18, 2022|archive-date=April 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418175504/https://apnews.com/article/alex-jones-infowars-bankruptcy-filing-1a3b51946cb06c5f90c341d3118947cf|url-status=live}}

In 2023, Jones launched a new subscription-based podcast, Alex Jones Live. It was put on hold shortly after it began due to matters relating to his Sandy Hook case.{{cite web|url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bankruptcy-law/alex-jones-delays-new-podcast-amid-sandy-hook-family-concerns|title=Alex Jones Delays New Podcast Amid Sandy Hook Family Objections|first=James|last=Nani|publisher=Bloomberg Law|date=February 14, 2023|access-date=March 9, 2023|archive-date=March 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309152720/https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bankruptcy-law/alex-jones-delays-new-podcast-amid-sandy-hook-family-concerns|url-status=live}}

In February 2018, YouTube issued a "strike" against the InfoWars channel after a video was posted in which Alex Jones accused David Hogg, a survivor of the Parkland school shooting, of being a paid "crisis actor". YouTube removed the video for violating its policies against harassment and bullying.{{cite web | url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/23/us/infowars-youtube-videos-trnd/index.html | title=InfoWars' main YouTube channel is two strikes away from being banned | website=CNN | date=February 23, 2018 }}

On July 24, 2018,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/27/technology/alex-jones-facebook-youtube.html|title=Facebook and YouTube Give Alex Jones a Wrist Slap|last=Roose|first=Kevin|date=July 27, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=July 28, 2018|location=New York|language=en|archive-date=July 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727221747/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/27/technology/alex-jones-facebook-youtube.html|url-status=live}} YouTube removed four InfoWars{{'}} videos citing "child endangerment and hate speech",{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/youtube-pulls-right-wing-infowars-videos-suspends-live-streaming-capability/|title=YouTube pulls 4 videos from right-wing Infowars|last=Tillett|first=Emily|date=July 26, 2018|publisher=CBS News|access-date=August 7, 2018|language=en|archive-date=August 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807094741/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/youtube-pulls-right-wing-infowars-videos-suspends-live-streaming-capability/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/youtube-deletes-alex-jones-infowars-videos-1202886565/|title=YouTube Deletes Videos Posted by Infowars, Suspends Alt-Right Channel From Live-Streaming|last=Spangler|first=Todd|date=July 26, 2018|work=Variety|access-date=August 7, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=August 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806234359/https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/youtube-deletes-alex-jones-infowars-videos-1202886565/|url-status=live}} issued another "strike" against the channel, and suspended the ability to live stream. On July 27, 2018, Facebook suspended Jones's profile for 30 days, and removed the same videos, saying they violated the website's standards against hate speech and bullying.{{cite news |first1=Alex |last1=Hern |title=Facebook suspends US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/27/facebook-suspends-us-conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones |work=The Guardian |location=London, England |date=July 27, 2018 |access-date=July 28, 2018 |language=en |archive-date=July 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727223532/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/27/facebook-suspends-us-conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones |url-status=live}} On August 3, 2018, Stitcher Radio removed all of his podcasts, citing harassment.{{cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/03/stitcher-removes-alex-jones-podcast/|title=Stitcher removes Alex Jones' podcast from its platform|publisher=Engadget|date=August 3, 2018|access-date=August 8, 2018|archive-date=August 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808104717/https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/03/stitcher-removes-alex-jones-podcast/|url-status=live}}

Later that year, on August 6, 2018, Facebook, Apple, YouTube and Spotify removed all content by Jones and InfoWars for policy violations. YouTube removed channels associated with InfoWars, including The Alex Jones Channel, stating that InfoWars had repeatedly attempted to post content similar to that which had already been removed, as well as attempting to circumvent the suspension of its live streaming privileges by having other users live stream on its behalf.{{cite news |date=August 14, 2018 |title=Facebook, Apple, YouTube and Spotify ban Infowars' Alex Jones |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/06/apple-removes-podcasts-infowars-alex-jones |work=The Guardian |access-date=August 14, 2018 |archive-date=August 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813204732/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/06/apple-removes-podcasts-infowars-alex-jones |url-status=live}} On Facebook, four pages associated with InfoWars and Alex Jones were removed over repeated policy violations. Apple removed all podcasts associated with Jones from iTunes.{{cite news |last=Riley |first=Charles |url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/06/technology/facebook-infowars-alex-jones/index.html |title=YouTube, Apple and Facebook remove content from InfoWars and Alex Jones |work=CNN Money |date=August 6, 2018 |access-date=August 6, 2018 |archive-date=August 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806114547/https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/06/technology/facebook-infowars-alex-jones/index.html |url-status=live}} Facebook cited instances of dehumanizing immigrants, Muslims and transgender people, as well as glorification of violence, as examples of hate speech.{{cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/2018/8/6/17655658/alex-jones-facebook-youtube-conspiracy-theories|title=YouTube, Facebook, and Apple's ban on Alex Jones, explained|work=Vox|first=Jane|last=Coaston|date=August 6, 2018|access-date=August 25, 2018|archive-date=August 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824234656/https://www.vox.com/2018/8/6/17655658/alex-jones-facebook-youtube-conspiracy-theories|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/youtube-issues-warning-infowars-founder-alex-jones-takes-down-four-n894591|title=YouTube issues warning to Infowars founder Alex Jones, takes down four videos|date=July 25, 2018|first=Ben|last=Collins|publisher=NBC News|access-date=August 25, 2018|quote=Two of the videos featured anti-Muslim content, including one in which Jones claimed that Muslims had invaded Europe. Another was flagged for anti-transgender content in which Jones appeared to threaten transgender people. The fourth showed an adult man and a young boy engaged in a physical altercation under the title "How To Prevent Liberalism."|archive-date=August 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825120150/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/youtube-issues-warning-infowars-founder-alex-jones-takes-down-four-n894591|url-status=live}} After InfoWars was banned from Facebook, Jones used another of his websites, NewsWars, to circumvent the ban.{{cite web|access-date=January 10, 2020|title=How Alex Jones is getting around his Facebook ban|url=https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/alex-jones-infowars-facebook-ban-newswars/|date=January 11, 2019|website=The Daily Dot|archive-date=September 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904062240/https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/alex-jones-infowars-facebook-ban-newswars/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|first1=Craig|last1=Timberg|access-date=January 10, 2020|title=Alex Jones banned from Facebook? His videos are still there – and so are his followers|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/11/05/alex-jones-banned-facebook-his-videos-are-still-there-so-are-his-followers/|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=November 5, 2018|archive-date=July 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715192948/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/11/05/alex-jones-banned-facebook-his-videos-are-still-there-so-are-his-followers/|url-status=live}}

On August 13, 2018, Vimeo removed all of Jones's videos because of "prohibitions on discriminatory and hateful content".{{cite news |last=Zhao |first=Christina |date=August 14, 2018 |title=Vimeo Removes Alex Jones's InfoWars Content: 'Discriminatory and Hateful' |work=Newsweek |url=https://www.newsweek.com/vimeo-removes-alex-jones-infowars-profit-discriminatory-hateful-1070036 |url-status=live |access-date=August 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813130416/https://www.newsweek.com/vimeo-removes-alex-jones-infowars-profit-discriminatory-hateful-1070036 |archive-date=August 13, 2018}}

Jones's accounts were also removed from Pinterest,{{cite news|last=Morse|first=Jack|date=August 6, 2018|title=InfoWars' Pinterest page goes offline after Mashable inquiry |url=https://mashable.com/2018/08/06/infowars-pinterest-site-offline/|work=Mashable|access-date=August 14, 2018 |archive-date=August 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813235920/https://mashable.com/2018/08/06/infowars-pinterest-site-offline/ |url-status=live}} Mailchimp{{cite news|last=Lomas|first=Natasha|date=August 7, 2018|title=MailChimp bans Alex Jones for hateful conduct |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/07/mailchimp-bans-alex-jones-for-hateful-conduct/|work=Techcrunch|access-date=August 14, 2018 |archive-date=August 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813234124/https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/07/mailchimp-bans-alex-jones-for-hateful-conduct/ |url-status=live}} and LinkedIn.{{cite news|last=Zhou|first=Marrian|date=August 7, 2018|title=Alex Jones' Infowars removed from LinkedIn and MailChimp |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/alex-jones-infowars-removed-linkedin-pinterest-still-up-on-instagram-twitter/ |work=CNET |access-date=August 14, 2018 |archive-date=August 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813235341/https://www.cnet.com/news/alex-jones-infowars-removed-linkedin-pinterest-still-up-on-instagram-twitter/ |url-status=live}} {{As of|2018|August|pre=early}}, Jones retained active accounts on Instagram,{{cite news|last=Frej|first=Willa|date=August 7, 2018|title=Alex Jones' Infowars Still Not Banned On App Stores, Instagram And Twitter|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alex-Jones-infowars-app-apple-google_us_5b694ec3e4b0de86f4a4bc1d|work=Huffington Post|access-date=August 14, 2018|archive-date=August 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814020124/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/alex-jones-infowars-app-apple-google_us_5b694ec3e4b0de86f4a4bc1d |url-status=live}} Google+{{cite news |last=Menegus |first=Bryan |date=August 7, 2018 |title=Alex Jones Is Shirtlessly Screaming Into the Void on Popular Social Network Google+ |url=https://gizmodo.com/alex-jones-is-shirtlessly-screaming-into-the-void-on-po-1828175471 |work=Gizmodo |access-date=September 12, 2018 |archive-date=September 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909151022/https://gizmodo.com/alex-jones-is-shirtlessly-screaming-into-the-void-on-po-1828175471 |url-status=live}} and Twitter.{{cite news|last=Chan|first=Kelvin|date=August 8, 2018|title=Twitter CEO defends decision not to ban Alex Jones, Infowars |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-twitter-alex-jones-infowars-20180808-story.html|work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=August 14, 2018 |archive-date=August 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813142321/http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-twitter-alex-jones-infowars-20180808-story.html |url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Darcy|first=Oliver|date=August 10, 2018 |title=Twitter admits InfoWars violated its rules, but says it will remain on the platform|url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/10/media/infowars-twitter-alex-jones/index.html |publisher=CNN|access-date=August 14, 2018|archive-date=August 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812050520/https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/10/media/infowars-twitter-alex-jones/index.html |url-status=live}} Jones tweeted a Periscope video calling on others to get their "battle rifles" ready against antifa, the mainstream media, and Chicom operatives.{{cite news|last=Gilbert|first=David|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/alex-jones-twitter-ban-infowars/|title=Alex Jones responds to his Twitter ban by posting a 13-minute video to Twitter|work=Vice News|date=August 15, 2018|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815200613/https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/5944zn/alex-jones-twitter-ban-infowars|url-status=live}} In the video, he says: "Now is time to act on the enemy before they do a false flag." Twitter cited this as the reason to suspend his account for a week in August 2018.{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/14/media/twitter-alex-jones/index.html|title=Twitter suspends conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for one week|website=CNN Money|date=August 15, 2018|access-date=August 15, 2018|archive-date=August 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815140243/https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/14/media/twitter-alex-jones/index.html|url-status=live}}

In September, Jones was permanently banned from Twitter and Periscope after comments about CNN reporter Oliver Darcy.{{cite news |publisher=BBC News |title=Twitter bans Alex Jones and Infowars for abusive behaviour |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45442417 |access-date=September 6, 2018 |date=September 6, 2018 |archive-date=September 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906210411/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45442417 |url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/06/technology/twitter-alex-jones-infowars.html|title=Twitter Bars Alex Jones and Infowars, Citing Harassing Messages|date=September 6, 2018|first1=Kate|last1=Conger|first2=Jack|last2=Nicas|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 6, 2018|archive-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906215242/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/06/technology/twitter-alex-jones-infowars.html|url-status=live}} On September 7, 2018, the InfoWars app was removed from the Apple App Store for "objectionable content".{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-infowars/apple-inc-bans-alex-jones-app-for-objectionable-content-idUSKCN1LO04G|title=Apple Inc bans Alex Jones app for 'objectionable content'|last=Whitcomb|first=Dan|publisher=Reuters|date=September 8, 2018|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=July 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723032211/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-infowars/apple-inc-bans-alex-jones-app-for-objectionable-content-idUSKCN1LO04G|url-status=live}} He was banned from using PayPal for business transactions, having violated the company's policies by expressing "hate or discriminatory intolerance against certain communities and religions".{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-paypal-hldg-infowars/paypal-ends-business-dealings-with-alex-joness-infowars-idUSKCN1M12NT|title=PayPal ends business dealings with Alex Jones's Infowars|publisher=Reuters|access-date=September 21, 2018|date=September 21, 2018|archive-date=September 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921213928/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-paypal-hldg-infowars/paypal-ends-business-dealings-with-alex-joness-infowars-idUSKCN1M12NT|url-status=live}} After Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter, several previously banned accounts were reinstated including Donald Trump, Andrew Tate and Ye, but Jones was not among them. In November 2022, Musk referred to Jones as a person who "would use the deaths of children for gain, politics or fame" and said Jones would not be unbanned.{{cite news |title=Twitter boss Elon Musk keeps conspiracy theorist Alex Jones off platform |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-63701423 |access-date=November 21, 2022 |publisher=BBC News |date=November 21, 2022 |archive-date=November 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121112731/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-63701423 |url-status=live }} He changed his position on December 10, 2023, when he reinstated Jones's account citing that if Jones said something false, Community Notes would correct him.{{cite news |title=Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones account reinstated on X after poll |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-poll-shows-x-users-want-us-conspiracy-theorist-jones-account-back-2023-12-10/ |access-date=December 10, 2023 |publisher=Reuters |date=December 10, 2023 |archive-date=December 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210072240/https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-poll-shows-x-users-want-us-conspiracy-theorist-jones-account-back-2023-12-10/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=December 10, 2023 |title=Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones |url=https://apnews.com/article/alex-jones-x-account-elon-musk-90cfc990631dec5e8f337167fbe16372 |access-date=January 31, 2024 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=January 31, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131210945/https://apnews.com/article/alex-jones-x-account-elon-musk-90cfc990631dec5e8f337167fbe16372 |url-status=live }}

InfoWars remained available on Roku devices, in January 2019, a year after the channel's removal from multiple streaming services. Roku indicated that they do not "curate or censor based on viewpoint", and that it had policies against content that is "unlawful, incited illegal activities, or violates third-party rights", but that InfoWars was not in violation of these policies. Following a social media backlash, Roku removed InfoWars and stated, "After the InfoWars channel became available, we heard from concerned parties and have determined that the channel should be removed from our platform."{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-46890014|title=Roku U-turn over streaming Alex Jones's InfoWars|website=BBC News|date=January 16, 2019|access-date=January 16, 2019|archive-date=January 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116123609/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-46890014|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/16/18184968/roku-bans-infowars-social-media-backlash-concerned-parties|title=Roku pulls InfoWars channel citing complaints from "concerned parties"|first=Jon|last=Porter|date=January 16, 2019|website=The Verge|access-date=January 18, 2019|archive-date=January 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117174217/https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/16/18184968/roku-bans-infowars-social-media-backlash-concerned-parties|url-status=live}}

In March 2019, YouTube terminated the Resistance News channel due to its reuploading of live streams from InfoWars.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/19/18272690/alex-jones-youtube-ban-info-wars-resistance-news|title=YouTube terminates channel dedicated to circumventing Alex Jones ban|last=Alexander|first=Julia|date=March 19, 2019|website=The Verge|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190319174956/https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/19/18272690/alex-jones-youtube-ban-info-wars-resistance-news|archive-date=March 19, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=March 28, 2019}} On May 1, 2019, Jones was barred from using both Facebook and Instagram.{{cite news|last1=Isaac|first1=Mike|last2=Roose|first2=Kevin|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/technology/facebook-alex-jones-louis-farrakhan-ban.html|title=Facebook Bans Alex Jones, Louis Farrakhan and Others From Its Services|work=The New York Times|date=May 2, 2019|access-date=May 5, 2019|archive-date=May 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530123425/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/technology/facebook-alex-jones-louis-farrakhan-ban.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Ortutay|first=Barbara|url=https://apnews.com/article/7825d0df3fda4799a78da92b9e969cdc|title=Facebook bans Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones for hate speech|publisher=Associated Press|date=May 3, 2019|access-date=May 5, 2019|archive-date=November 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121102430/https://apnews.com/article/7825d0df3fda4799a78da92b9e969cdc|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Dwoskin|first=Elizabeth|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/05/02/facebook-bans-far-right-leaders-including-louis-farrakhan-alex-jones-milo-yiannopoulos-being-dangerous/?noredirect=on|title=Facebook bans extremist leaders including Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos for being 'dangerous'|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=May 2, 2019|access-date=May 2, 2019|archive-date=May 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502184926/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/05/02/facebook-bans-far-right-leaders-including-louis-farrakhan-alex-jones-milo-yiannopoulos-being-dangerous/?noredirect=on|url-status=live}} Jones briefly moved to Dlive, but was suspended in April 2019 for violating community guidelines.{{cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Libby |title=What is DLive? It's White Nationalists Favorite Streaming Platform |url=https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/dlive-streaming-white-nationalism/ |access-date=January 1, 2021 |work=The Daily Dot |date=January 1, 2020 |archive-date=April 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429235533/https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/dlive-streaming-white-nationalism/ |url-status=live }}

In March 2020, the InfoWars app was removed from the Google Play store due to Jones disseminating COVID-19 misinformation. A Google spokesperson stated that "combating misinformation on the Play Store is a top priority for the team" and apps that violate Play policy by "distributing misleading or harmful information" are removed from the store.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/story/google-bans-infowars-android-app-alex-jones-coronavirus|title=Google Bans Infowars Android App Over Coronavirus Claims|last=Newman|first=Lily|date=March 27, 2020|magazine=Wired|access-date=March 27, 2020|archive-date=March 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327162549/https://www.wired.com/story/google-bans-infowars-android-app-alex-jones-coronavirus/|url-status=live}}

Comedian Joe Rogan attracted controversy for hosting Jones on his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, in October 2020. The episode was made available on YouTube and Spotify in spite of Jones's ban from both platforms. Though Rogan occasionally fact-checked Jones throughout the course of the interview, he nonetheless faced backlash from critics for giving Jones a platform to spread misinformation and validate his views. A YouTube spokesman responded that YouTube reviewed the episode and determined it did not violate the site's guidelines, noting that YouTube bans channels rather than individuals.{{cite web |last1=Carman |first1=Ashley |title=Joe Rogan is already letting Alex Jones spread misinformation on his Spotify show |url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/28/21538165/joe-rogan-experience-alex-jones-tim-dillon |website=The Verge |date=October 28, 2020 |access-date=March 2, 2021 |archive-date=March 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303163739/https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/28/21538165/joe-rogan-experience-alex-jones-tim-dillon |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Spotify and Joe Rogan under fire over Alex Jones role |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54733252 |publisher=BBC |date=October 29, 2020 |access-date=March 2, 2021 |archive-date=March 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301054455/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54733252 |url-status=live }}

In March 2023, the Southern Poverty Law Center reported on Jones' leaked texts from his Sandy Hook defamation trial. The texts revealed that Jones and his collaborators had been trying to evade social media bans of InfoWars content by setting up alternate websites such as National File to disguise its origin.{{Cite web |last=Barr |first=Kyle |date=March 17, 2023 |title=Alex Jones' Alleged Secret Site Gets Around Social Media Bans |url=https://gizmodo.com/alex-jones-infowars-national-file-facebook-twitter-1850238082 |access-date=March 27, 2023 |website=Gizmodo |language=en |quote=In leaked texts shared earlier this month by the Southern Poverty Law Center between him and well-known Republican operative Roger Stone in 2020, Jones said "off record this is my site" in relation to National File. |archive-date=April 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403202344/https://gizmodo.com/alex-jones-infowars-national-file-facebook-twitter-1850238082 |url-status=live }}

In May 2023, Jones guest hosted Steven Crowder's podcast Louder with Crowder. Crowder's channel was subsequently suspended by YouTube for facilitating ban evasion by Jones.{{Cite web |last=Binder |first=Matt |date=May 19, 2023 |title=Steven Crowder suspended from YouTube for letting Alex Jones guest host |url=https://mashable.com/article/steven-crowder-youtube-suspension-alex-jones |access-date=May 20, 2023 |website=Mashable |language=en |archive-date=May 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520173632/https://mashable.com/article/steven-crowder-youtube-suspension-alex-jones |url-status=live }}

On June 23, 2024, Christopher Murray, Jones' bankruptcy trustee, filed an emergency motion in a Houston court where he indicated his intent to not only sell InfoWars, but also shut down the website and liquidate its assets.{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/alex-jones-infowars-bankruptcy-sandy-hook-e8bf9a3d11b9506abb18c285d3e7b138|title=Bankruptcy trustee discloses plan to shut down Alex Jones' Infowars and liquidate assets|first=Dave|last=Collins|publisher=Associated Press|date=June 24, 2024|accessdate=June 26, 2024}}

{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/24/media/alex-jones-infowars-court-trustee/index.html |title=Alex Jones' court trustee plans to shut down his notorious conspiracy outlet Infowars |date=June 24, 2024 |last=Gold |first=Hadas |publisher=CNN |access-date=June 26, 2024 |archive-date=June 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625171227/https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/24/media/alex-jones-infowars-court-trustee/index.html |url-status=live }} In the motion, Murray stated that he made plans to "conduct an orderly wind-down" of the operations of InfoWars's parent company and also "liquidate its inventory."

On November 14, 2024, a planned sale to The Onion, a satirical news site, was halted for review.{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/judge-onion-infowars-hearing-review-auction-1236211183/ | title=Judge Halts the Onion's Infowars Takeover to Review Bankruptcy Auction Process | date=November 15, 2024 }}

On November 18, 2024, attorneys for Jones filed a lawsuit in the U.S Bankruptcy Court in Houston, alleging that The Onion's parent company, Global Tetrahedron, and several families of victims of the Sandy Hook shooting, submitted an unlawful bid for the assets of InfoWars's parent company.{{Cite web |last=De Avila |first=Joseph |date=19 November 2024 |title=Alex Jones Sues the Onion, Sandy Hook Families Over Infowars Deal |url=https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/alex-jones-sues-the-onion-sandy-hook-families-over-infowars-deal-5090afe6 |access-date=}} There was a court hearing on December 9.{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Tovia |date=2024-12-09 |title=Bidders are back in court battling over the auction of Alex Jones' Infowars |url=https://www.kpbs.org/news/national/2024/12/09/bidders-are-back-in-court-battling-over-the-auction-of-alex-jones-infowars |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=KPBS Public Media |language=en}}

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Jones has described himself as a conservative, paleoconservative, and libertarian, terms he uses interchangeably.{{cite journal |last=Roddy |first=Dennis B. |author-link=Dennis Roddy |date=April 10, 2009 |title=An Accused Cop Killer's Politics |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2215826/ |url-status=live |location=Los Angeles, CA |publisher=The Slate Group |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807064810/http://www.slate.com/id/2215826 |archive-date=August 7, 2009 |access-date=July 23, 2009 |website=Slate}}{{cite web |last=Rosell |first=Rich |date=November 27, 2006 |title=Dark days, the Alex Jones interview |url=http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/displayinterview.php?ID=80 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014212453/http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/displayinterview.php?ID=80 |archive-date=October 14, 2018 |access-date=May 14, 2019 |website=digitallyobsessed.com}} Others describe him as right-wing,{{cite web | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alex-jones-lashes-agreeing-sell-assets-pay-legal-debt-sandy-hook-famil-rcna156049 | title=Alex Jones lashes out after agreeing to sell assets to pay legal debt to Sandy Hook families | work=NBC News | first=Erik | last=Ortiz | date=June 7, 2024 | access-date=June 17, 2024 | archive-date=June 17, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617001229/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alex-jones-lashes-agreeing-sell-assets-pay-legal-debt-sandy-hook-famil-rcna156049 | url-status=live }} alt-right,{{cite news|last1=Payton|first1=Matt|date=October 18, 2016|title=Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump is using 'alt-right' conspiracy theorist's talking points|work=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-alt-right-conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-talking-points-a7365791.html|access-date=October 23, 2016|archive-date=October 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022040757/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-alt-right-conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-talking-points-a7365791.html|url-status=live}} far-right,{{cite news|last1=Stack|first1=Liam|date=November 14, 2016|title=Globalism: A Far-Right Conspiracy Theory Buoyed by Trump|work=The New York Times|location=New York|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/us/politics/globalism-right-trump.html?_r=0|access-date=February 19, 2017|archive-date=February 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216164530/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/us/politics/globalism-right-trump.html?_r=0|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Griffing|first=Alexander|date=March 3, 2017|title=Who Is Alex Jones? Donald Trump's Favorite Conspiracy Theorist Alexander|work=Haaretz|publisher=Schocken Family|location=Tel Aviv, Israel|url=http://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-1.774690|access-date=March 3, 2017|archive-date=May 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531050709/http://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-1.774690|url-status=live}} and populist. Asked about such labels, Jones said he is "proud to be listed as a thought criminal against Big Brother".

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In 1998, he was removed from a George W. Bush rally at Bayport Industrial District, Texas. Jones interrupted Governor Bush's speech, demanding that the Federal Reserve and Council on Foreign Relations be abolished. Journalist David Weigel, reporting on the incident, said Jones "seemed to launch into public events as if flung from another universe".{{cite news|first=David|last=Wiegel|title=Alex Jones celebrates Trump's takeover of the GOP|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/18/alex-jones-celebrates-trumps-takeover-of-the-gop/|newspaper=The Washington Post|publisher=Nash Holdings LLC|location=Washington, DC|date=July 18, 2016|access-date=November 11, 2017|archive-date=November 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108035655/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/18/alex-jones-celebrates-trumps-takeover-of-the-gop/|url-status=live}}

In early 2000, Jones was one of seven Republican candidates for state representative in Texas House District 48, an open swing district based in Austin, Texas. Jones said that he was running "to be a watchdog on the inside"{{Cite news|work=Austin American-Statesman|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_hidethis=no&s_dispstring=%22to%20be%20a%20watchdog%20on%20the%20inside%22&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=(%22to%20be%20a%20watchdog%20on%20the%20inside%22)Êl_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:DÊl_useweights=no|date=January 4, 2000|page=B1|url-access=subscription|title=Nine to seek Greenberg's House seat|author=Scott S. Greenberger|access-date=June 2, 2010|archive-date=August 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809032927/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_hidethis=no&s_dispstring=%22to%20be%20a%20watchdog%20on%20the%20inside%22&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=%28%22to%20be%20a%20watchdog%20on%20the%20inside%22%29%C3%8Al_numdocs%3D20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date%3AD%C3%8Al_useweights%3Dno|url-status=live}} but withdrew from the race after a couple of weeks.

On July 15, 2000, Jones infiltrated the Bohemian Grove Cremation of Care,{{cite news |last1=Williamson |first1=Elizabeth |last2=Steel |first2=Emily |title=Conspiracy Theories Made Alex Jones Very Rich. They May Bring Him Down. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/07/us/politics/alex-jones-business-infowars-conspiracy.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=September 8, 2018 |language=en |date=September 7, 2018 |archive-date=September 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908012917/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/07/us/politics/alex-jones-business-infowars-conspiracy.html |url-status=live}} a Jones-alleged planning event of the New World Order involving child sacrifice, which he called "a ritualistic shedding of conscience and empathy" and an "abuse of power".Jones, Alex. Dark Secrets: Inside Bohemian Grove. 2000.

On June 8, 2006, while on his way to cover a meeting of the Bilderberg Group in Ottawa, Jones was stopped and detained at the Ottawa airport by Canadian authorities. They confiscated his passport, camera equipment, and most of his belongings. He was later allowed to enter Canada legally. Jones said about his immigration hold: "I want to say, on the record, it takes two to tango. I could have handled it better."{{cite news|last=Payton |first=Laura |title=Bilderberg-bound filmmaker held at airport |work=Ottawa Citizen |date=June 8, 2006 |url=http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=f67cbe75-4eed-4daf-877e-189e52d1f33c&k=12919 |access-date=August 13, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011102348/http://canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=f67cbe75-4eed-4daf-877e-189e52d1f33c&k=12919 |archive-date=October 11, 2007}}

On September 8, 2007, Jones was arrested while protesting at 6th Avenue and 48th Street in New York City, when his group crashed a live television show featuring Geraldo Rivera. He was charged with operating a megaphone without a permit, and two other persons were also cited for disorderly conduct.{{cite news|last=Grace|first=Melissa|author2=Xana O'Neill|title=Filmmaker arrested during city protest|date=September 9, 2007|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime_file/2007/09/09/2007-09-09_filmmakerik_arrested_during_city_protest.html|access-date=September 10, 2007|work=New York Daily News|location=New York|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013231209/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime_file/2007/09/09/2007-09-09_filmmaker_arrested_during_city_protest.html|archive-date=October 13, 2007 |url-status=live}}

Jones is a vocal gun rights advocate.{{cite news|first=Erik|last=Wemple|title=Piers Morgan accused of exploiting Newtown|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2013/01/11/piers-morgan-accused-of-exploiting-newtown/|newspaper=The Washington Post|publisher=Nash Holdings LLC|location=Washington DC|date=January 11, 2013|access-date=August 7, 2018|archive-date=November 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110235508/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2013/01/11/piers-morgan-accused-of-exploiting-newtown/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|first=Peter|last=Baker|title=In Gun Debate, Even Language Can Be Loaded|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/16/us/gun-imagery-fills-language-of-debate.html|work=The New York Times|location=New York City|date=January 15, 2013|access-date=August 7, 2018|archive-date=January 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103011543/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/16/us/gun-imagery-fills-language-of-debate.html|url-status=live}} MTV labeled him a "staunch Second Amendment supporter",{{cite web|first=Molly|last=Lambert|title=The Paranoid Pumpkin: Billy Corgan Then And Now|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2885208/the-paranoid-pumpkin-billy-corgan-then-and-now/|website=MTV|publisher=Viacom|location=New York City|date=May 25, 2016|access-date=August 7, 2018|archive-date=January 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102191517/http://www.mtv.com/news/2885208/the-paranoid-pumpkin-billy-corgan-then-and-now/|url-status=dead}} while The Daily Telegraph in London called him a "gun-nut".{{cite news |last=Avlon |first=John |date=January 12, 2013 |title=Gun debate still rages after Sandy Hook slaughter |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9797706/Gun-debate-still-rages-after-Sandy-Hook-slaughter.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414173644/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9797706/Gun-debate-still-rages-after-Sandy-Hook-slaughter.html |archive-date=April 14, 2018 |access-date=April 5, 2018 |work=The Daily Telegraph}}

In January 2013, Jones was invited to speak on Piers Morgan's CNN show after Jones promoted an online petition to deport Morgan for supporting gun control.{{cite news |last=Grier |first=Peter |date=January 9, 2013 |title=Piers Morgan vs. Alex Jones feud: helping or hurting gun control? (+video) |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/Vox-News/2013/0109/Piers-Morgan-vs.-Alex-Jones-feud-helping-or-hurting-gun-control-video |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109220310/http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/Vox-News/2013/0109/Piers-Morgan-vs.-Alex-Jones-feud-helping-or-hurting-gun-control-video |archive-date=January 9, 2013 |access-date=January 10, 2013 |work=The Christian Science Monitor}} In the ensuing debate with Morgan, Jones stated that "1776 will commence again if you try to take our firearms".{{cite news|first=Liam|last=Stack|title=He Calls Hillary Clinton a 'Demon.' Who Is Alex Jones?|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/us/politics/alex-jones.html|work=The New York Times|location=New York City|date=October 13, 2016|access-date=August 7, 2018|archive-date=January 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101062959/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/14/us/politics/alex-jones.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Grier|first1=Peter|date=January 8, 2013|title=Piers Morgan vs. Alex Jones on gun control: Who won wild debate?|work=The Christian Science Monitor|publisher=Christian Science Publishing Society|location=Boston, MA|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/Vox-News/2013/0108/Piers-Morgan-vs.-Alex-Jones-on-gun-control-Who-won-wild-debate|access-date=March 5, 2018|archive-date=January 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130108201001/http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/Vox-News/2013/0108/Piers-Morgan-vs.-Alex-Jones-on-gun-control-Who-won-wild-debate|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/video/2013/jan/08/alex-jones-pro-gun-tirade-piers-morgan-video|title=Alex Jones' pro-gun tirade at Piers Morgan on British presenter's own show|date=January 8, 2013|work=The Guardian|access-date=January 10, 2013|location=London, England|archive-date=August 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822194042/http://www.theguardian.com/media/video/2013/jan/08/alex-jones-pro-gun-tirade-piers-morgan-video|url-status=live}} Jones was referring to the American Revolutionary War in relation to theoretical gun control measures taken by the government. Jones said he owned around 50 firearms.{{cite news|first=Jonathan|last=Kay|title=Jonathan Kay: A peek inside the paranoid, hyperactive, gun-loving mind of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones|url=https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jonathan-kay-a-peek-inside-the-paranoid-hyperactive-gun-loving-mind-of-conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones|work=National Post|publisher=Postmedia Network|location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada|date=January 8, 2013|access-date=August 7, 2018|archive-date=December 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206223807/https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jonathan-kay-a-peek-inside-the-paranoid-hyperactive-gun-loving-mind-of-conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones|url-status=live}} Morgan said on CNN's Newsroom the following evening he couldn't conceive of a "better advertisement for gun control than Alex Jones' interview last night".{{cite news|last1=Levs|first1=Josh|last2=Brumfield|first2=Ben|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/07/us/piers-morgan-guns-debate/index.html|title=Social media abuzz over Piers Morgan vs. Alex Jones|website=CNN|date=January 9, 2022|access-date=April 19, 2022|archive-date=January 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108013236/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/07/us/piers-morgan-guns-debate/index.html|url-status=live}} On his own show, according to The Atlantic, Glenn Beck said Morgan "is trying to make everybody who has guns and who believes in the Second Amendment to be a deterrent to an out of control government look like a madman. So now he immediately books the madman and makes him look like a conservative."{{cite news|last=Abad-Santos|first=Alexander|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/01/glenn-beck-alex-jones/319720/|title=What Glenn Beck's New War Looks Like|website=The Atlantic|date=January 9, 2013|access-date=April 19, 2022|archive-date=April 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415003153/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/01/glenn-beck-alex-jones/319720/|url-status=live}}

In a New York magazine interview in November 2013, Jones said mass shootings in the United States "were very, very suspicious, but at minimum, the tragic events were used to try to create guilt on the part of the average gun owner. So via the guilt trip, they would accept their individual liberties curtailed."

During an episode of his show InfoWars on May 24, 2022, Jones said concerning the Robb Elementary School shooting: "I would predict a lot of mass shootings right before elections and like clockwork, it is happening. To me, it is just very opportunistic what is happening."{{cite web |last1=Kaonga |first1=Gerrard |title=Alex Jones Questions Texas School Shooting: 'Very Opportunistic' |url=https://www.newsweek.com/alex-jones-texas-school-shooting-robb-elementary-sandy-hook-joe-biden-1710033 |website=Newsweek |date=May 25, 2022 |access-date=May 29, 2022 |archive-date=May 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528223751/https://www.newsweek.com/alex-jones-texas-school-shooting-robb-elementary-sandy-hook-joe-biden-1710033 |url-status=live }}

Jones is a proponent of the New World Order conspiracy theory.{{cite news|last=Sommerlad|first=Joe|date=May 28, 2019|title=What is the Bilderberg Group and are its members really plotting the New World Order?|work=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/bilderberg-group-conspiracy-theories-secret-societies-new-world-order-alex-jones-a8377171.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180602044259/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/bilderberg-group-conspiracy-theories-secret-societies-new-world-order-alex-jones-a8377171.html |archive-date=June 2, 2018 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|access-date=October 3, 2021}} In 2009, Jones claimed that a convicted con man's scheme to take over a long-vacant, would-be for-profit prison in Hardin, Montana, was part of a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) plot to detain US citizens in concentration camps, relating to said conspiracy theory.[http://fair.org/extra/alex-jones-and-the-informational-vacuum/ Alex Jones and the informational vacuum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812172356/http://fair.org/extra/alex-jones-and-the-informational-vacuum/|date=August 12, 2017}}, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Beau Hodai, February 1, 2011. Retrieved August 12, 2017. In 2010, Jones produced and directed Police State 4: The Rise of FEMA, a film he claimed "conclusively proves the existence of a secret network of FEMA camps" and that "The military-industrial complex is transforming our once free nation into a giant prison camp." In 2012, Jones linked to a story titled "List of All FEMA Concentration Camps in America Revealed" from the German UFO conspiracy website Disclose.tv.{{Cite web |last1=Potok |first1=Mark |last2=Terry |first2=Don |date=October 27, 2015 |title=Margins to the Mainstream |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2015/margins-mainstream |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609154957/https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2015/margins-mainstream |archive-date=June 9, 2023 |access-date=August 18, 2023 |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |language=en}}

On June 9, 2013, Jones appeared as a guest on the BBC's Sunday Politics, discussing conspiracy theories about the Bilderberg Group, with presenter Andrew Neil and journalist David Aaronovitch. Aaronovitch implied that, since Jones had not been killed for exposing conspiracies, they either do not exist or that Jones is a part of them himself. Jones began shouting and interrupting, and Neil ended the interview, describing Jones as "an idiot"{{cite news|last=Dixon|first=Hayley|date=June 9, 2013|title='Idiot' Bilderberg conspiracy theorist Alex Jones disrupts BBC politics show|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10108702/Idiot-Bilderberg-conspiracy-theorist-Alex-Jones-disrupts-BBC-politics-show.html|url-status=dead|access-date=June 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610110121/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10108702/Idiot-Bilderberg-conspiracy-theorist-Alex-Jones-disrupts-BBC-politics-show.html|archive-date=June 10, 2013}} and "the worst person I've ever interviewed".{{cite news|last=Topping|first=Alexandra|date=June 9, 2013|title=Andrew Neil calls Alex Jones an idiot in Sunday Politics clash|work=The Guardian|location=London|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jun/09/andrew-neil-alex-jones-sunday-politics|url-status=live|access-date=June 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113052755/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jun/09/andrew-neil-alex-jones-sunday-politics|archive-date=November 13, 2013}}{{cite web|author=Taylor, Adam|date=June 9, 2013|title=Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones Goes Berserk During BBC Show|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/alex-jones-goes-beserk-during-bbc-show-2013-6|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611212341/http://www.businessinsider.com/alex-jones-goes-beserk-during-bbc-show-2013-6|archive-date=June 11, 2013|access-date=June 9, 2013|work=Business Insider}} According to Neil on Twitter, Jones was still shouting until he knew that he was off-air.

Jones was in a "media crossfire" in 2011, which included criticism by Rush Limbaugh, when the news spread that Jared Lee Loughner, the perpetrator of the 2011 Tucson shooting, had been "a fan" of the 9/11 conspiracy film Loose Change of which Jones had been an executive producer.

Media Matters covered his claim that NFL players protesting during the national anthem were "kneeling to white genocide" and violence against whites,{{cite news |title=Alex Jones: Protesting NFL players are "kneeling to white genocide" |url=https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2017/09/26/alex-jones-protesting-nfl-players-are-kneeling-white-genocide/218051 |publisher=Media Matters for America |date=September 26, 2017 |access-date=January 2, 2018 |archive-date=January 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103072518/https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2017/09/26/alex-jones-protesting-nfl-players-are-kneeling-white-genocide/218051 |url-status=live}} which the SPLC featured in their headlines review.{{cite news |title=Hatewatch Headlines 9/27/2017 |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/09/27/hatewatch-headlines-9272017 |publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center |date=September 27, 2017 |access-date=January 2, 2018 |archive-date=January 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103072613/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/09/27/hatewatch-headlines-9272017 |url-status=live}} His reporting and public views on the topic have received support and coverage from white nationalist publications and groups, such as the AltRight Corporation and the New Zealand National Front.{{cite news|title=Alex Jones Caves And Finally Admits White Genocide Is Real|url=https://altright.com/2017/09/05/alex-jones-caves-and-finally-admits-white-genocide-is-real/|publisher=Altright.com|date=September 5, 2017|access-date=January 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115184458/https://altright.com/2017/09/05/alex-jones-caves-and-finally-admits-white-genocide-is-real/|archive-date=January 15, 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite news |title=Alex Jones Discusses WHITE GENOCIDE |url=http://www.nationalfront.org.nz/?p=9295 |publisher=New Zealand National Front |date=September 6, 2017 |access-date=January 15, 2018 |archive-date=January 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115185711/http://www.nationalfront.org.nz/?p=9295 |url-status=live}}

The Jones film Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement features the Georgia Guidestones, a 19-foot-high megalithic granite monument installed in Elberton in 1982, an attraction that drew 20,000 annual visitors. On July 7, 2022, the day they were dynamited by unknown saboteurs, his guest U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene said ecumenical texts inscribed on it represented a nefarious future of "population control" as envisioned by the "hard left". She added, "There is a war of good and evil going on, and people are done with globalism."{{cite news|first=Amy|last=Cheng|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/07/07/georgia-guidestones-blown-up-explosion/|title=Far right called U.S. 'Stonehenge' satanic — and cheered when it blew up|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707160525/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/07/07/georgia-guidestones-blown-up-explosion/ |archive-date=July 7, 2022 }} Jones admitted to enjoying the destruction, "at an animal level", though he added he would also would have liked them to remain as an "evil edifice" exposing supposed depopulation plans.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62073675|title=Conspiracy theorists celebrate bombing|website=BBC|first=Shayan|last=Sardarizadeh|date=July 7, 2022|accessdate=July 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707070130/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62073675 |archive-date=July 7, 2022 }}

Jones has repeatedly made hateful comments towards the LGBT community{{Cite web|last=Kacala|first=Alexander|date=August 7, 2018|title=Infowars' Alex Jones has a long history of inflammatory, anti-LGBTQ speech|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/infowars-alex-jones-has-long-history-inflammatory-anti-lgbtq-speech-n898431|access-date=May 1, 2021|website=NBC News|language=en|archive-date=May 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501211259/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/infowars-alex-jones-has-long-history-inflammatory-anti-lgbtq-speech-n898431|url-status=live}} and has associated the community with pedophilia. In 2010, he claimed: "The reason there's so many gay people now is because it's a chemical warfare operation, and I have the government documents where they said they're going to encourage homosexuality with chemicals so that people don't have children."{{Cite web|last=Higgins|first=Tucker|date=September 14, 2018|title=Alex Jones' 5 most disturbing and ridiculous conspiracy theories|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/14/alex-jones-5-most-disturbing-ridiculous-conspiracy-theories.html|access-date=May 2, 2021|website=CNBC|language=en|archive-date=May 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502032244/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/14/alex-jones-5-most-disturbing-ridiculous-conspiracy-theories.html|url-status=live}} In a 2013 interview on YouTube concerning same-sex marriage, he ultimately blamed the "globalists" who "want to encourage the breakdown of the family, because the family is where people owe their allegiance" as a means "to get rid of God" by "taking the rights of an ancient, unified program of marriage and{{nbsp}}... are breaking it". He has claimed that the government is putting chemicals in water supplies to make people gay.{{efn|He has described tap water as a "gay bomb" and claimed that chemicals put in water by the government have made frogs homosexual and, without evidence, that the majority of frogs in the United States are "gay" (see: LGBT chemicals conspiracy theory). He has stated, "I don't like 'em putting chemicals in the water that turn the freakin' frogs gay!" His rant has inspired a meme.{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Bruce Y. |title=Alex Jones' Top 10 Health Claims And Why They Are Wrong |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2018/08/16/alex-jones-top-10-health-claims-and-why-they-are-wrong/?sh=7d8ae9903e7f |website=Forbes |access-date=October 3, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=October 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003070152/https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2018/08/16/alex-jones-top-10-health-claims-and-why-they-are-wrong/?sh=7d8ae9903e7f |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Higgins |first1=Tucker |title=Alex Jones' 5 most disturbing and ridiculous conspiracy theories |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/14/alex-jones-5-most-disturbing-ridiculous-conspiracy-theories.html |website=CNBC |access-date=October 3, 2021 |language=en |date=September 14, 2018 |archive-date=October 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020082616/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/14/alex-jones-5-most-disturbing-ridiculous-conspiracy-theories.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Alex Jones grovels in a frog costume, and other symptoms of Twitter withdrawal |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/12/05/alex-jones-grovels-frog-costume-other-symptoms-twitter-withdrawal/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=October 3, 2021 |archive-date=August 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818162714/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/12/05/alex-jones-grovels-frog-costume-other-symptoms-twitter-withdrawal/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Infowars' Alex Jones has a long history of inflammatory, anti-LGBTQ speech |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/infowars-alex-jones-has-long-history-inflammatory-anti-lgbtq-speech-n898431 |website=NBC News |date=August 7, 2018 |access-date=October 3, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=October 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006095953/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/infowars-alex-jones-has-long-history-inflammatory-anti-lgbtq-speech-n898431 |url-status=live }}}} In 2018, Jones threatened to come after drag performers with torches "like the villagers in the night".

Leaked texts reported on by the SPLC in 2023 indicated that Jones privately held different views about sexuality than what he promoted on InfoWars, with Jones and his second wife expressing positive views on bisexuality in their messages.

Jones believes that global warming is a hoax made up by the World Bank to control the world economy through a carbon tax.{{cite web|author=Blakeslee, Nate|date=January 20, 2013|title=Alex Jones Is About To Explode|publisher=Texas Weekly|access-date=October 23, 2019|url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/alex-jones-is-about-to-explode/|archive-date=October 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023235134/https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/alex-jones-is-about-to-explode/|url-status=live}}

Salon paraphrased Jones as having claimed President Obama had "access to weather weapons capable of not only creating tornadoes but also moving them around, on demand".{{cite news|last=Cesca|first=Bob|title=Alex Jones in wonderland: A shameless conspiracy theorist takes on a real conspiracy|url=https://www.salon.com/2016/12/13/alex-jones-in-wonderland-a-shameless-conspiracy-theorist-takes-on-a-real-conspiracy/|website=Salon|date=December 13, 2016|access-date=April 20, 2022|archive-date=November 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110061557/https://www.salon.com/2016/12/13/alex-jones-in-wonderland-a-shameless-conspiracy-theorist-takes-on-a-real-conspiracy/|url-status=live}} His belief in weather warfare has been reported by mainstream media.{{cite web|title=MSNBC's Chris Hayes Agrees With Alex Jones 'For Once': 'It Is Completely Surreal' To Hear Trump Echo Jones|url=https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2016/08/12/msnbc-s-chris-hayes-agrees-alex-jones-once-it-completely-surreal-hear-trump-echo-jones/212360|website=Media Matters for America|date=August 12, 2016|access-date=August 7, 2018|archive-date=November 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110061714/https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2016/08/12/msnbc-s-chris-hayes-agrees-alex-jones-once-it-completely-surreal-hear-trump-echo-jones/212360|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=5 Insane Theories from Alex Jones, Trump's Favorite Conspiracist|url=https://www.alternet.org/election-2016/5-insane-theories-conspiracy-theorist-and-trump-supporter-alex-jones|website=AlterNet|date=July 22, 2016|access-date=August 7, 2018|archive-date=November 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110114609/https://www.alternet.org/election-2016/5-insane-theories-conspiracy-theorist-and-trump-supporter-alex-jones|url-status=live}}{{Better source needed|date=April 2021|reason=AlterNet is an unreliable source per WP:RSP.}}{{cite news|first=James|last=Hohmann|title=The Daily 202: Trump's triangulation shows what might have been|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/09/07/daily-202-trump-s-triangulation-shows-what-might-have-been/59b06c9630fb04264c2a1d24/|newspaper=The Washington Post|publisher=Nash Holdings LLC|location=Washington DC|date=May 25, 2013|access-date=August 7, 2018|archive-date=November 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110043011/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/09/07/daily-202-trump-s-triangulation-shows-what-might-have-been/59b06c9630fb04264c2a1d24/|url-status=live}} He has claimed that Hurricane Irma may have been geo-engineered.{{cite news|first=Dino|last=Grandoni|title=The Energy 202: Why climate change deniers mistrust hurricane forecasts too|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-energy-202/2017/09/07/the-energy-202-why-climate-change-deniers-mistrust-hurricane-forecasts-too/59b032be30fb04264c2a1d13/|newspaper=The Washington Post|publisher=Nash Holdings LLC|location=Washington DC|date=September 7, 2017|access-date=August 7, 2018|archive-date=January 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103072852/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-energy-202/2017/09/07/the-energy-202-why-climate-change-deniers-mistrust-hurricane-forecasts-too/59b032be30fb04264c2a1d13/|url-status=live}}

Jones is a proponent of the conspiracy theory that Michelle Obama is transgender, with much of his apparent proof being pictures of Obama where it appears she has a bulge in her pants, and a video clip where Barack Obama refers to somebody as "Michael".{{Cite web|date=August 24, 2020|title=Michelle Obama is secretly a man, claims Trump's favourite conspiracy theorist|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/alex-jones-michelle-obama-man-proof-infowars-conspiracy-theorist-sandy-hook-a7911996.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825115830/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/alex-jones-michelle-obama-man-proof-infowars-conspiracy-theorist-sandy-hook-a7911996.html |archive-date=August 25, 2017 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|access-date=January 21, 2021|work=The Independent|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=May 17, 2020|title=Right-wingers are spreading rumours that Michelle Obama is transgender – again|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/05/18/michelle-obama-transgender-man-video-trans-woman/|access-date=January 21, 2021|work=PinkNews|language=en-GB|archive-date=May 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521164005/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/05/18/michelle-obama-transgender-man-video-trans-woman/|url-status=live}} Jones has claimed that the election of Joe Biden is part of a plot by the deep state and the globalists to bring about "the takedown of America".{{Cite web|last=Davies|first=Anne|date=February 23, 2021|title=Sky News Australia is tapping into the global conspiracy set – and it's paying off|url=http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/feb/24/sky-news-australia-is-tapping-into-the-global-conspiracy-set-and-its-paying-off|access-date=August 1, 2021|work=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=August 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801140536/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/feb/24/sky-news-australia-is-tapping-into-the-global-conspiracy-set-and-its-paying-off|url-status=live}}

In April 2017, Jones was criticized for claiming that the Khan Shaykhun chemical attack was a hoax and false flag.{{cite news|date=April 14, 2017|title=How a pair of self-publicists wound up as apologists for Assad|newspaper=The Economist|url=https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21720627-trail-damascus-alex-jones-and-mike-cernovich-how-pair-self-publicists|url-status=live|access-date=April 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413184021/http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21720627-trail-damascus-alex-jones-and-mike-cernovich-how-pair-self-publicists|archive-date=April 13, 2017}}{{cite news|last=Killelea|first=Eric|date=April 28, 2017|title=Alex Jones' Custody Trial: 10 WTF Moments|magazine=Rolling Stone|publisher=Wenner Media LLC|location=New York|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/lists/conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-trial-10-wtf-moments-w479317|url-status=live|access-date=August 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107032022/http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/lists/conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-trial-10-wtf-moments-w479317|archive-date=November 7, 2017}} Jones stated that the attack was potentially carried out by civil defense group White Helmets, which he claimed are an Al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist front financed by George Soros.{{cite news|date=April 8, 2017|title=Fake news: Trump, Infowars part ways on Syria gas attack|publisher=Global News|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3348866/fake-news-trump-infowars-part-ways-on-syria-gas-attack/|url-status=live|access-date=November 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107032301/https://globalnews.ca/news/3348866/fake-news-trump-infowars-part-ways-on-syria-gas-attack/|archive-date=November 7, 2017}}{{cite news|date=April 7, 2017|title=Conspiracy claims that Syrian gas attack was 'false flag' are unproven|publisher=PolitiFact|url=http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/apr/07/unproven-online-theories-doubting-syrian-gas-attac/|url-status=live|access-date=November 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107023225/http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/apr/07/unproven-online-theories-doubting-syrian-gas-attac/|archive-date=November 7, 2017}}{{Failed verification|date=January 2021|reason=source says White Helmets is a group of "ostensibly" nonpartisan volunteers}}

While Jones initially supported QAnon,{{Cite news |last=Hayden |first=Michael Edison |date=February 1, 2018 |title=How 'the Storm' Became the Biggest Fake News Story of 2018 |work=Newsweek |url=http://www.newsweek.com/how-storm-biggest-fake-news-story-796725 |access-date=April 5, 2018 |archive-date=August 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818200103/https://www.newsweek.com/how-storm-biggest-fake-news-story-796725 |url-status=live }} Right Wing Watch reported that he had ceased to support QAnon by May 2018, declaring the source "completely compromised".{{Cite web |last=Mantyla |first=Kyle |date=May 11, 2018 |title=Stick A Fork In QAnon: Alex Jones And Jerome Corsi Claim That QAnon Has Been 'Completely Compromised' |url=http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/stick-a-fork-in-qanon-alex-jones-and-jerome-corsi-claim-that-qanon-has-been-completely-compromised/ |access-date=July 5, 2018 |website=Right Wing Watch |language=en-US |archive-date=July 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719010914/https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/stick-a-fork-in-qanon-alex-jones-and-jerome-corsi-claim-that-qanon-has-been-completely-compromised/ |url-status=live }} In 2021, after the Capitol attack, Jones denounced believers of the QAnon conspiracy theory on InfoWars.{{cite web |last1=Speare-Cole |first1=Rebecca |title=Alex Jones' QAnon rant watched over two million times: "I'm sick of it!" |url=https://www.newsweek.com/alex-jones-qanon-rant-viral-infowars-1560394 |work=Newsweek |access-date=February 12, 2021 |language=en |date=January 11, 2021 |archive-date=September 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914025333/https://www.newsweek.com/alex-jones-qanon-rant-viral-infowars-1560394 |url-status=live }}

Jones is known for both his opposition to vaccines,{{cite news|first=Alan Jay|last=Levinovitz|title=The dangerous consequences of accepting even one "alternative fact"|url=https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/1/27/14412154/vaccines-crowds-trump-philosophy-alternative-facts|website=Vox|publisher=Vox Media|location=New York City|date=January 27, 2017|access-date=August 7, 2018|archive-date=November 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171124100616/https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/1/27/14412154/vaccines-crowds-trump-philosophy-alternative-facts|url-status=live}} and his views on vaccine controversies.{{cite news|first=Meredith|last=Blake|title=John Oliver takes a shot at the anti-vaccine movement and the 'opportunistic quacks' behind it|url=https://latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-june-john-oliver-takes-a-shot-at-the-1498489556-htmlstory.html|work=Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, California|date=June 16, 2017|access-date=August 7, 2018|archive-date=August 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808043249/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-june-john-oliver-takes-a-shot-at-the-1498489556-htmlstory.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|first=Colin|last=McEnroe|title=Colin McEnroe: We Can't Keep Alex Jones In A Dark Closet|url=http://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-mcenroe-megyn-kelly-alex-jones-0618-20170615-column.html|work=Hartford Courant|publisher=Tronc|location=Hartford, Connecticut|date=June 15, 2017|access-date=August 7, 2018|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201050624/http://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-mcenroe-megyn-kelly-alex-jones-0618-20170615-column.html|url-status=live}} On June 16, 2017, Vox covered his claim that the introduction of the Sesame Street character Julia, an autistic Muppet, was "designed to normalize autism, a disorder caused by vaccines".{{cite news|first=Julia|last=Belluz|author-link=Julia Belluz|title=I talked to Alex Jones fans about climate change and vaccines. Their views may surprise you.|url=https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/4/20/15295822/alex-jones-fans-climate-change-vaccines-science|website=Vox|publisher=Vox Media|location=New York City|date=June 16, 2017|access-date=August 7, 2018|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201030646/https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/4/20/15295822/alex-jones-fans-climate-change-vaccines-science|url-status=live}} On November 20, 2017, The New Yorker quoted Jones as claiming InfoWars was "defending people's right to not be forcibly infected with vaccines".{{cite magazine|first=Andrew|last=Marantz|title=Jordan Klepper's Comic Conspiracy|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/11/20/jordan-kleppers-comic-conspiracy|magazine=The New Yorker|publisher=Condé Nast|location=New York City|date=November 20, 2017|access-date=August 7, 2018|archive-date=November 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114003031/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/11/20/jordan-kleppers-comic-conspiracy|url-status=live}} Critics argue that he endangers children "by convincing their parents that vaccines are dangerous".{{cite news|last=Peck|first=Adam|title=Megyn Kelly's disastrous interview with Alex Jones somehow gets even worse|url=https://thinkprogress.org/megyn-kelly-self-own-aaf6d8441d5/|website=ThinkProgress|publisher=Center for American Progress Action Fund|date=June 16, 2017|access-date=August 7, 2018|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031159/https://thinkprogress.org/megyn-kelly-self-own-aaf6d8441d5/|url-status=live}} Jones has specifically disputed the safety and effectiveness of MMR vaccines.{{cite web |first=Nicky |last=Woolf |title=Anti-vaccine activists waging 'primordial cosmic war' despite measles backlash |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/feb/06/anti-vaccine-activists-waging-primordial-cosmic-war-despite-measles-backlash |work=The Guardian |date=February 7, 2015 |access-date=November 29, 2017 |archive-date=May 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517102622/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/feb/06/anti-vaccine-activists-waging-primordial-cosmic-war-despite-measles-backlash |url-status=live}}

In April 2022, Jones denied Russian war crimes by accusing the Ukrainians of staging the Bucha massacre.{{Cite web |url=https://www.mediamatters.org/russias-invasion-ukraine/according-right-wing-media-anything-makes-them-look-bad-false-flag |title=According to right-wing media, anything that makes them look bad is a "false flag" |website=Media Matters for America |date=April 27, 2022 |access-date=May 15, 2023 |archive-date=May 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515022129/https://www.mediamatters.org/russias-invasion-ukraine/according-right-wing-media-anything-makes-them-look-bad-false-flag |url-status=live }}

In August 2024, Jones suggested he might relocate to Russia after Vladimir Putin signed a decree offering sanctuary to those who shared traditional values.{{cite news |title=Alex Jones Considers Leaving U.S., And Social Media Approves |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/alex-jones-considers-leaving-u-222221188.html |publisher=yahoo |date=August 20, 2024 |access-date=August 20, 2024 }}

On December 2, 2015, Donald Trump, then a presidential candidate, appeared on The Alex Jones Show, with Trump stating to Jones at the end: "your reputation is amazing. I will not let you down. You'll be very, very impressed, I hope."{{cite magazine|last=Nguyen|first=Tina|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/12/donald-trump-alex-jones-interview|title=Donald Trump To Prominent Conspiracy Theorist: 'Your Reputation Is Amazing'|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=December 2, 2015|access-date=April 20, 2022|archive-date=April 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422113845/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/12/donald-trump-alex-jones-interview|url-status=live}} During the broadcast, Jones compared Trump to George Washington and said 90% of his listeners supported his candidacy. Jones and Trump both said the appearance was arranged by Roger Stone, who made multiple appearances on Jones' program during the 2016 presidential campaign. Ron and Rand Paul were the only other significant politicians to appear on Jones' show in the preceding few years.{{cite news|last=Bradner|first=Eric|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/02/politics/donald-trump-praises-9-11-truther-alex-jones/index.html|title=Trump praises 9/11 truther's 'amazing' reputation|publisher=CNN|date=December 2, 2015|access-date=April 20, 2022|archive-date=March 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331074459/https://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/02/politics/donald-trump-praises-9-11-truther-alex-jones/index.html|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|last=Mogelson|first=Luke|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/25/among-the-insurrectionists|title=Among the Insurrectionists|magazine=The New Yorker|date=January 25, 2021|access-date=April 20, 2022|archive-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118180312/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/25/among-the-insurrectionists|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|last=Corn|first=David|date=June 13, 2017|title=Here's the Alex Jones Story Megyn Kelly and Other Reporters Should Probe|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/06/alex-jones-megyn-kelly-donald-trump/|magazine=Mother Jones|access-date=July 9, 2018|archive-date=June 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628100621/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/06/alex-jones-megyn-kelly-donald-trump/|url-status=live}} Jones indicated his support for Trump during the presidential campaign.{{cite news|last=Krieg|first=Gregory|date=July 19, 2016|title=Infowars' Alex Jones heats up Trump gathering in Cleveland|publisher=CNN|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/19/politics/donald-trump-supporters-collective-cleveland-alex-jones-infowars/|access-date=July 19, 2016|archive-date=July 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720181020/http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/19/politics/donald-trump-supporters-collective-cleveland-alex-jones-infowars/|url-status=live}}

During his 2016 presidential campaign, via his Twitter account, Trump linked to InfoWars articles as sources for his claim "thousands and thousands" of Muslims celebrated 9/11 and the false assertion California was not suffering from a drought.{{cite magazine|last=Finnegan|first=William|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/donald-trump-and-the-amazing-alex-jones|title=Donald Trump and the 'Amazing' Alex Jones|magazine=The New Yorker|date=June 23, 2016|access-date=April 20, 2022|archive-date=December 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229102831/https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/donald-trump-and-the-amazing-alex-jones|url-status=live}} A few days before one of Trump's August 2016 rallies, InfoWars published a video claiming Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton had mental health issues, which Trump recycled in his campaign speech at the rally, according to Mother Jones. Trump's claim the 2016 vote would be rigged, The Independent reported, followed a Jones video making the same claim two days earlier.{{cite news|last=Benwell|first=Max|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-alex-jones-hillary-clinton-barack-obama-conspiracy-theories-jon-ronson-infowars-a7365346.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108091758/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-alex-jones-hillary-clinton-barack-obama-conspiracy-theories-jon-ronson-infowars-a7365346.html |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=Donald Trump 'word for word' repeating claims of conspiracy theorist who thinks Hillary Clinton is a demon|work=The Independent|date=October 18, 2016|access-date=April 20, 2022}} In one of her own speeches and video ads, Clinton criticized Trump for his ties to Jones.{{cite news|url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/01/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-correct-austins-alex-jones-said-no/|title=Hillary Clinton Says Alex Jones 'said that the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre were child actors and no one was actually killed there'|publisher=PolitiFact|date=September 1, 2016|access-date=April 20, 2022|archive-date=March 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331033617/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/sep/01/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-correct-austins-alex-jones-said-no/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Payton|first=Matt|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-altright-conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-talking-points-a7365791.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421191029/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-altright-conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-talking-points-a7365791.html |archive-date=April 21, 2022 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump is using 'alt-right' conspiracy theorist's talking points|work=The Independent|location=London|date=|access-date=April 20, 2022}}

Jones ran a campaign attacking former president Bill Clinton as a rapist. He designed a T-shirt, ran another "get on MSM" competition{{Cite web|title=Bill Clinton 'rape' hecklers interrupt rallies after Alex Jones' offer|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/bill-clinton-rape-hecklers-interrupt-obama-hillary-after-infowars-offer-n664941|access-date=December 31, 2020|website=NBC News|date=October 12, 2016|language=en|archive-date=February 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219191443/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/bill-clinton-rape-hecklers-interrupt-obama-hillary-after-infowars-offer-n664941|url-status=live}} and gate-crashed The Young Turks set at the RNC, while displaying the T-shirt, resulting in a physical altercation with Cenk Uygur.{{Cite web|date=July 21, 2016|title=Fight Erupts at GOP Convention After Radio Host Alex Jones Interrupts Young Turks Show|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/fight-erupts-at-gop-convention-913433|access-date=December 31, 2020|work=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en|archive-date=March 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313143751/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/news/fight-erupts-at-gop-convention-913433|url-status=live}} Jones said Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were demons because they both smelt of sulfur, a claim supposedly based on assertions from people in contact with them.{{citation|last1=Wright|first1=David|date=October 12, 2016|title=Obama smells himself, confirms he is not a demon|publisher=CNN|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/12/politics/obama-sulfur-smell-alex-jones/index.html|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-date=October 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012044454/http://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/12/politics/obama-sulfur-smell-alex-jones/index.html|url-status=live}} In late 2015, InfoWars began selling T-shirts with the slogan "Hillary for Prison".{{cite news|last=Murphy|first=Tim|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/10/trump-infowars-alex-jones-clinton-conspiracy-theories/|title=How Donald Trump Became Conspiracy Theorist in Chief|work=Mother Jones|date=November–December 2016|access-date=April 20, 2022|archive-date=April 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408102829/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/10/trump-infowars-alex-jones-clinton-conspiracy-theories/|url-status=live}}

According to Jones, Trump called him on the day after the election to thank him for his help in the campaign.{{cite news|last1=Haberman|first1=Maggie|date=November 16, 2016|title=Alex Jones, Host and Conspiracy Theorist, Says Donald Trump Called to Thank Him|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/17/us/politics/alex-jones-trump-call.html|access-date=December 19, 2016|archive-date=December 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161218214957/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/17/us/politics/alex-jones-trump-call.html|url-status=live}}

In April 2018, Jones publicly criticized Trump during a livestream, after Trump announced a military strike against Syria. During the stream, Jones also stated that Trump had not called him during the prior six months. A leaked interview of Jones in January 2019 expressing displeasure over his relationship with Trump was released by the Southern Poverty Law Center in March 2021, with Jones stating "I wish I never would have fucking met Trump{{nbsp}}... I'm so sick of fucking Donald Trump, man. God, I'm fucking sick of him."{{cite web |last1=Hayden |first1=Michael |title=Alex Jones on Leaked Video: 'I Wish I Never Met Trump' |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2021/03/02/alex-jones-leaked-video-i-wish-i-never-met-trump |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |access-date=March 3, 2021 |date=March 2, 2021 |archive-date=March 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303000540/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2021/03/02/alex-jones-leaked-video-i-wish-i-never-met-trump |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Mastrangelo |first1=Dominick |title=Alex Jones seen on leaked video saying he's 'sick' of Donald Trump |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/541247-alex-jones-seen-on-leaked-video-saying-hes-sick-of-donald-trump/ |website=The Hill |access-date=March 3, 2021 |date=March 2, 2021 |archive-date=March 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303001314/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/541247-alex-jones-seen-on-leaked-video-saying-hes-sick-of-donald-trump |url-status=live }}

Jones supported Trump during his re-election campaign in 2020 and called on demonstrations to be held on the premise the election had been "rigged" against Trump.{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2020/11/06/alex-jones-calls-on-pro-trump-protesters-to-surround-the-white-house-and-support-the-president/?sh=50d7df363023|title=Alex Jones Calls On Pro-Trump Protesters To 'Surround The White House And Support The President'|first=Jemima|last=McEvoy|work=Forbes|date=November 6, 2020|access-date=November 8, 2020|archive-date=November 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117045350/https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2020/11/06/alex-jones-calls-on-pro-trump-protesters-to-surround-the-white-house-and-support-the-president/?sh=50d7df363023|url-status=live}}

After Trump recommended at an August 2021 rally that people choose to be vaccinated against COVID-19, Jones said that Trump was either lying or "not that bright" and "a dumbass".{{Cite web|last=Harvey|first=Josephine|date=August 23, 2021|title=Alex Jones Flips On Trump, Decides Maybe 'He's A Dumbass'|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alex-jones-donald-trump-covid_n_61243726e4b07fee0cb09433|access-date=August 24, 2021|website=Huffington Post|language=en|archive-date=August 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824153225/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alex-jones-donald-trump-covid_n_61243726e4b07fee0cb09433|url-status=live}}

Numerous then-serving and former Trump advisers have appeared on Jones' show, including Counselor to the President Steve Bannon,{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alex-jones-steve-bannon-fbi-raid-trump-b2142214.html | title=Steve Bannon tells Alex Jones the 'deep state' is planning to assassinate Trump | website=The Independent | date=August 10, 2022 | access-date=March 17, 2023 | archive-date=March 17, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317214800/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alex-jones-steve-bannon-fbi-raid-trump-b2142214.html | url-status=live }} Senior Advisor to the President Stephen Miller,{{cite web | url=https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/guide-donald-trumps-relationship-alex-jones | title=A Guide to Donald Trump's Relationship with Alex Jones | website=Media Matters for America | date=May 3, 2017 | access-date=March 17, 2023 | archive-date=February 2, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202235133/https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/guide-donald-trumps-relationship-alex-jones | url-status=live }} National Security Advisor Michael Flynn,{{cite web | url=https://www.businessinsider.com/michael-flynn-says-covid-19-was-created-to-steal-the-2020-us-election-2022-1?r=US&IR=T | title=Michael Flynn doubles down on conspiracy theory that COVID-19 was created by George Soros, Bill Gates, and WHO to steal the 2020 election from Trump | website=Business Insider | access-date=March 17, 2023 | archive-date=March 17, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317214757/https://www.businessinsider.com/michael-flynn-says-covid-19-was-created-to-steal-the-2020-us-election-2022-1?r=US&IR=T | url-status=live }} and senior Trump campaign advisers Jason Miller{{cite web | url=https://www.mediamatters.org/infowars/gettr-ceo-jason-miller-tour-far-right-fever-swamps | title=GETTR CEO Jason Miller is on a tour of the far-right fever swamps | website=Media Matters for America | date=January 13, 2022 | access-date=March 17, 2023 | archive-date=March 17, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317214758/https://www.mediamatters.org/infowars/gettr-ceo-jason-miller-tour-far-right-fever-swamps | url-status=live }} and Roger Stone.{{cite web | url=https://theweek.com/speedreads/819836/roger-stone-seemingly-called-alex-jones-infowars-before-even-left-prison | title=Roger Stone seemingly called Alex Jones at InfoWars before he even left prison | website=The Week | date=January 25, 2019 | access-date=March 17, 2023 | archive-date=March 17, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317214757/https://theweek.com/speedreads/819836/roger-stone-seemingly-called-alex-jones-infowars-before-even-left-prison | url-status=live }}

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Jones partially funded and raised other funds to finance the January 6 Trump rally in Washington, D.C., that preceded the 2021 United States Capitol attack.{{Cite web|last=Graziosi |first=Graig |date=January 8, 2021 |title=Alex Jones says he paid $500,000 for rally that led to Capitol riot|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/alex-jones-paid-rally-capitol-riot-b1784603.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108175504/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/alex-jones-paid-rally-capitol-riot-b1784603.html |archive-date=January 8, 2021 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|access-date=January 9, 2021|work=The Independent|language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Ramachandran |first1=Shalini |title=Jan. 6 Rally Funded by Top Trump Donor, Helped by Alex Jones, Organizers Say |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/jan-6-rally-funded-by-top-trump-donor-helped-by-alex-jones-organizers-say-11612012063 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=February 1, 2021 |access-date=February 21, 2021 |archive-date=January 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130162400/https://www.wsj.com/articles/jan-6-rally-funded-by-top-trump-donor-helped-by-alex-jones-organizers-say-11612012063 |url-status=live }} The New York Times reported he assisted in raising at least $650,000 from Julie Fancelli, a Publix grocery chain heiress who is a follower of InfoWars, to finance Trump's rally on the Ellipse, including $200,000 of the total amount deposited in one of Jones' bank accounts.{{cite news|last=Williamson|first=Elizabeth|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/us/politics/alex-jones-jan-6-trump.html|title=Alex Jones and Donald Trump: A Fateful Alliance Draws Scrutiny|work=The New York Times|date=March 7, 2022|access-date=April 19, 2022|archive-date=April 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418043829/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/us/politics/alex-jones-jan-6-trump.html|url-status=live}}

Jones attended the January 5 and 6 rallies at the capitol. On January 5, he was a scheduled speaker at the March to Save America and said, "We have only begun to resist the globalists. We have only begun our fight against their tyranny. They have tried to steal this election in front of everyone." Jones also stated that "I don't know how this is all going to end, but if they want to fight, they better believe they've got one", according to the same video. Jones called Joe Biden a "slave of Satan" and said, "Whatever happens to President Trump in 15 days, he is still the elected president of this republic. And we do not recognize the Communist Chinese agent Joe Biden, or his controllers."{{Cite news|date=February 8, 2021|title=Alex Jones Before Insurrection: Joe Biden Is a 'Slave of Satan' Who 'Will Be Removed One Way or Another'|url=https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/alex-jones-before-insurrection-joe-biden-is-a-slave-of-satan-who-will-be-removed-one-way-or-another/|last=Montgomery|first=Peter|work=Right Wing Watch|access-date=April 20, 2022|archive-date=October 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022013253/https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/alex-jones-before-insurrection-joe-biden-is-a-slave-of-satan-who-will-be-removed-one-way-or-another/|url-status=live}}

The next day, Wednesday, January 6, at a gathering in Lafayette Park north of the Capitol, he addressed the crowd with a bullhorn, and stated that he had seen "over a hundred" members of antifa in the crowd, a baseless assertion other Trump supporters had also made, although the FBI said there was no evidence of antifa involvement.{{cite news |last1=Carlson |first1=Kara |title=Alex Jones claims he paid for rally that preceded Capitol riot |url=https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/01/09/alex-jones-claims-he-paid-rally-preceded-capitol-riot/6608721002/ |publisher=Austin American-Statesman |date=January 9, 2021 |access-date=February 22, 2021 |archive-date=February 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220181911/https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/01/09/alex-jones-claims-he-paid-rally-preceded-capitol-riot/6608721002/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Grynbaum |first1=Michael |title=How Pro-Trump Forces Pushed a Lie About Antifa at the Capitol Riot |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/us/politics/antifa-conspiracy-capitol-riot.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/us/politics/antifa-conspiracy-capitol-riot.html |archive-date=December 28, 2021 |url-access=limited |work=The New York Times |date=March 1, 2021}}{{cbignore}} The same day, a video of Jones was posted on InfoWars, in which he is recorded saying "We declare 1776 against the new world order{{nbsp}}... We need to understand we're under attack, and we need to understand this is 21st-century warfare and get on a war-footing".{{cite news | date = January 12, 2021 | title = What Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones Said in the Lead Up to the Capitol Riot | work = Frontline | publisher = PBS | url = https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/what-conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-said-in-the-lead-up-to-the-capitol-riot | access-date = January 20, 2021 | archive-date = October 11, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211011203321/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/what-conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-said-in-the-lead-up-to-the-capitol-riot/ | url-status = live }} In the same video, before setting off toward the Capitol building, Jones told the crowd: "We're here to take our rightful country back peacefully, because we're not globalist, antifa criminals. So let's start marching, and I salute you all." When rioters attacked the Capitol, Jones called on them to stop. "Let's not fight the police and give the system what they want", he said.{{cite web |last1=Mann |first1=Ted |last2=Restuccia |first2=Andrew |date=January 8, 2021 |title=At the U.S. Capitol, Milling Crowd Sparked Riot in a Few Crucial Minutes |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-the-u-s-capitol-a-milling-crowd-sparked-a-riot-in-a-few-crucial-minutes-11610067766/ |work=The Wall Street Journal |quote=Jones appeared atop a vehicle parked on the Capitol lawn with a bullhorn... He called on the rioters to stop attacking police... "Let's march around the other side..." he said. |access-date=October 14, 2022 |archive-date=September 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918043247/https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-the-u-s-capitol-a-milling-crowd-sparked-a-riot-in-a-few-crucial-minutes-11610067766 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|work=Frontline|date=January 12, 2021|title=What Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones Said in the Lead Up to the Capitol Riot|publisher=PBS|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/what-conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-said-in-the-lead-up-to-the-capitol-riot/|access-date=June 4, 2021|quote=Outside the Capitol, Jones was filmed, bullhorn in hand... "We need to not have the confrontation with the police. They're gonna make that the story. I'm going to march to the other side, where we have a stage, where we can speak and occupy peacefully".|archive-date=September 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907195914/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/what-conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-said-in-the-lead-up-to-the-capitol-riot/|url-status=live}}

In February 2021, The Washington Post reported that the FBI was investigating any role Jones might have played in influencing the participation of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers in the incursion.{{cite news |last1=Hsu |first1=Spencer |title=U.S. investigating possible ties between Roger Stone, Alex Jones and Capitol rioters |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/stone-jones-capitol-riot-investigation-radicalization/2021/02/19/97d6e6ee-6cad-11eb-9ead-673168d5b874_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 20, 2021 |access-date=April 20, 2022 |archive-date=February 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223234240/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/stone-jones-capitol-riot-investigation-radicalization/2021/02/19/97d6e6ee-6cad-11eb-9ead-673168d5b874_story.html |url-status=live }} Jones had previously hosted leaders of the two groups on his programs.{{cite news |title=Top Trump donor funded rally that preceded U.S. Capitol riot – WSJ |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-capitol-riots/top-trump-donor-funded-rally-that-preceded-u-s-capitol-riot-wsj-idUSKBN29Z0QP |publisher=Reuters |date=January 30, 2021 |access-date=February 21, 2021 |archive-date=February 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220174142/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-capitol-riots/top-trump-donor-funded-rally-that-preceded-u-s-capitol-riot-wsj-idUSKBN29Z0QP |url-status=live }} Some members of the groups had been indicted for conspiracy in the incident.{{cite news |last1=Feuer |first1=Alan |title=Proud Boys Charged With Conspiracy in Capitol Riot |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/nyregion/proud-boys-charged-with-conspiracy-in-capitol-riot.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130041915/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/nyregion/proud-boys-charged-with-conspiracy-in-capitol-riot.html |archive-date=January 30, 2021 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The New York Times |date=January 29, 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Temple-Raston |first1=Dina |title=Justice Department Charges Suspected Oath Keepers In Plot To Attack The Capitol |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/insurrection-at-the-capitol/2021/02/19/969610345/justice-department-charges-suspected-oath-keepers-in-plot-to-attack-the-capitol |publisher=NPR |date=February 19, 2021 |access-date=February 21, 2021 |archive-date=February 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220153318/https://www.npr.org/sections/insurrection-at-the-capitol/2021/02/19/969610345/justice-department-charges-suspected-oath-keepers-in-plot-to-attack-the-capitol |url-status=live }}

On November 22, 2021, the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack subpoenaed Jones for testimony and documents by December 18 and 6, respectively.{{cite news |title=Roger Stone and Alex Jones subpoenaed by House committee investigating Jan. 6 attack on Capitol by pro-Trump mob |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/roger-stone-and-alex-jones-subpoenaed-by-house-committee-investigating-jan-6-attack-on-capitol-by-pro-trump-mob/2021/11/22/ed11e440-4bc5-11ec-a1b9-9f12bd39487a_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 22, 2021 |last1=Hamburger |first1=Tom |last2=Alemany |first2=Jacqueline |access-date=November 22, 2021 |archive-date=November 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122225407/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/roger-stone-and-alex-jones-subpoenaed-by-house-committee-investigating-jan-6-attack-on-capitol-by-pro-trump-mob/2021/11/22/ed11e440-4bc5-11ec-a1b9-9f12bd39487a_story.html |url-status=live }} He had a virtual meeting with the committee by video link on January 24, 2022. By the estimate of his legal team, Jones said, he pleaded the Fifth Amendment 100 times and had been instructed to do so by his counsel.{{cite news|last1=Grayer|first1=Annie|last2=Darcy|first2=Oliver|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/25/politics/alex-jones-january-6-plead-fifth/index.html|title=Alex Jones met with 1/6 committee and says he pleaded the Fifth 'almost 100 times'|work=CNN Politics|date=January 25, 2022|access-date=April 20, 2022|archive-date=February 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220155141/https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/25/politics/alex-jones-january-6-plead-fifth/index.html|url-status=live}}

On August 5, 2022, during a defamation trial in Texas brought by Sandy Hook school shooting parents against Jones, a lawyer for the plaintiffs revealed that Jones' lawyer had inadvertently sent him two years of texts from Jones' phone.{{cite news |date=August 5, 2022 |title=Alex Jones must pay $4m in damages for Sandy Hook hoax claims |agency=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62427918 |access-date=August 5, 2022 |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810052202/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62427918 |url-status=live }} On August 8, the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack received those text messages; they had requested the information since Jones had helped organize a rally before the Capitol attack.{{Cite web |last=Darcy |first=Oliver |date=August 8, 2022 |title=First on CNN: Alex Jones' texts have been turned over to the January 6 committee, source says |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/08/politics/alex-jones-january-6/index.html |access-date=August 8, 2022 |website=CNN |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810101411/https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/08/politics/alex-jones-january-6/index.html |url-status=live }} Jones's lawyer, Norm Pattis, had also released confidential discovery items including Sandy Hook plaintiffs' medical records, and consequently, in January 2023, a judge suspended his law license. At the time of his license suspension, Pattis was part of the legal team defending Proud Boys leader Joseph Biggs against charges of seditious conspiracy.{{Cite web |last=Rabinowitz |first=Hannah |date=January 6, 2023 |title=Judge suspends law license of lawyer for Alex Jones following Sandy Hook document leaks |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/06/politics/alex-jones-lawyer-suspended-sandy-hook/index.html |access-date=January 6, 2023 |website=CNN Politics |language=en |archive-date=January 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106170525/https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/06/politics/alex-jones-lawyer-suspended-sandy-hook/index.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Wheeler |first=Lydia |date=August 8, 2022 |title=Alex Jones' Lawyers Can't Blame Paralegal for Sharing His Texts |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/alex-jones-lawyers-cant-blame-paralegal-for-sharing-his-texts |access-date=January 6, 2023 |website=news.bloomberglaw.com |language=en |archive-date=January 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107034614/https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/alex-jones-lawyers-cant-blame-paralegal-for-sharing-his-texts |url-status=live }}

On September 12, 2023, Owen Shroyer, an InfoWars co-host who accompanied Jones to the capital on January 6, 2021, was sentenced to thirty days in prison for violating an active order to stay away from the Capitol grounds. He had received the order after previously being arrested for causing a disturbance in another governmental building.{{Cite web |last=Fortinsky |first=Sarah |date=September 12, 2023 |title=InfoWars host gets 60 days in prison over Jan. 6 charges |url=https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4200123-owen-shroyer-sentenced-over-jan-6-charges/ |access-date=October 26, 2023 |website=The Hill |language=en-US |archive-date=October 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027000550/https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4200123-owen-shroyer-sentenced-over-jan-6-charges/ |url-status=live }}

In February 2017, James Alefantis, owner of Comet Ping Pong pizzeria, sent Jones a letter demanding an apology and retraction of his advocacy for the Pizzagate conspiracy theory. Jones was given one month to comply or be subject to a libel suit.{{cite news |last=Farhi |first=Paul |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-backs-off-pizzagate-claims/2017/03/24/6f0246fe-10cd-11e7-ab07-07d9f521f6b5_story.html |title=Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones backs off 'Pizzagate' claims |date=March 24, 2017 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=March 26, 2017 |archive-date=March 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325225419/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-backs-off-pizzagate-claims/2017/03/24/6f0246fe-10cd-11e7-ab07-07d9f521f6b5_story.html |url-status=live}} In March 2017, Jones apologized to Alefantis and retracted his allegations.{{cite web |last=Shelbourne |first=Mallory |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/325761-infowars-alex-jones-apologizes-for-pushing-pizzagate-conspiracy-theory/ |title=Infowars' Alex Jones apologizes for pushing 'Pizzagate' conspiracy theory |date=March 25, 2017 |work=The Hill |access-date=March 26, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207073051/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/06/us/politics/michael-flynn-son-trump.html |archive-date=December 7, 2016}}

In April 2017, the Chobani yogurt company sued Jones over his allegations that their Idaho plant was involved in several tuberculosis cases, and a sexual assault taking place the year prior.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/business/chobani-alex-jones.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0|title=Chobani Yogurt Sues Alex Jones Over Sexual Assault Report|work=The New York Times|date=April 25, 2017 |access-date=April 25, 2017|archive-date=September 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905061037/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/business/chobani-alex-jones.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0|url-status=live|last1=Hauser |first1=Christine }} As a result, Jones issued an apology and retraction of his allegations in May 2017.{{cite web|url=https://latimes.com/nation/la-na-chobani-alex-jones-20170517-story.html|title=Alex Jones settles Chobani lawsuit and retracts comments about refugees in Twin Falls, Idaho|date=May 17, 2017|work=Los Angeles Times|first=David|last=Montero|access-date=December 11, 2019|archive-date=November 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122112254/https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-chobani-alex-jones-20170517-story.html|url-status=live}} However, while being deposed in the Texas defamation lawsuit filed by Sandy Hook parents, Jones reiterated many of his previous allegations against Chobani and its founder, Hamdi Ulukaya, indicating that he continues to espouse the false claims.{{Citation |title=Deposition of Alex Jones - November 26, 2019 |date=December 12, 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCnPDSHZR6c |access-date=October 26, 2023 |language=en |archive-date=October 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026235034/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCnPDSHZR6c |url-status=live }}

In March 2018, Brennan Gilmore, who shared a video he captured of a car hitting counter-protesters at the 2017 Unite the Right rally, filed a lawsuit against Jones and six others.{{cite web|url=http://www.law.georgetown.edu/news/upload/gilmore-complaint.pdf|title=Full text of the Gilmore lawsuit|access-date=April 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322194539/http://www.law.georgetown.edu/news/upload/gilmore-complaint.pdf|archive-date=March 22, 2018|url-status=dead}} According to the lawsuit, Jones said that Gilmore was acting as part of a false flag operation conducted by disgruntled government "deep state" employees promoting a coup against Trump.{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/03/20/595213740/survivors-of-mass-shootings-face-renewed-trauma-from-conspiracy-theorists |title=Survivors Of Mass Shootings Face Renewed Trauma From Conspiracy Theorists |publisher=NPR |date=March 20, 2018 |author=Samantha Raphelson |access-date=April 18, 2018 |archive-date=April 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422011209/https://www.npr.org/2018/03/20/595213740/survivors-of-mass-shootings-face-renewed-trauma-from-conspiracy-theorists |url-status=live}} Gilmore alleged he received death threats from Jones's audience. In March 2022, Gilmore secured an admission of liability from Jones.{{cite web |title=Gilmore v. Jones, et al. |url=https://www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/gilmore-v-jones-et-al/ |website=Constitutional Accountability center |access-date=June 19, 2022 |archive-date=January 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118121110/https://www.theusconstitution.org/litigation/gilmore-v-jones-et-al/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Chesley |first1=Roger |title=Just deserts for Alex Jones |url=https://www.virginiamercury.com/blog-va/just-deserts-for-alex-jones/ |website=Virginia Mercury |publisher=Creative Commons |access-date=June 19, 2022 |archive-date=June 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620173655/https://www.virginiamercury.com/blog-va/just-deserts-for-alex-jones/ |url-status=live }}

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Jones has repeatedly spread disproven conspiracy theories about the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, including claiming that it was a "false flag" operation perpetrated by gun control advocates, that "no one died" in Sandy Hook, and that the incident was "staged", "synthetic", "manufactured", "a giant hoax" and "completely fake with actors".{{cite web|first=Jason|last=Wilson|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/21/crisis-actors-deep-state-false-flag-the-rise-of-conspiracy-theory-code-words|title=Crisis actors, deep state, false flag: the rise of conspiracy theory code words|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=February 21, 2018|access-date=August 6, 2018|archive-date=March 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321173726/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/21/crisis-actors-deep-state-false-flag-the-rise-of-conspiracy-theory-code-words|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://fortune.com/2018/02/24/youtube-pulls-alex-jones-infowars-video/ |title=YouTube Pulls Alex Jones Video Saying Student Anti-Gun Activists Were Actors |last=Morris |first=David Z. |date=February 24, 2018 |work=Fortune |access-date=March 2, 2018 |archive-date=February 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228180142/http://fortune.com/2018/02/24/youtube-pulls-alex-jones-infowars-video/ |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Ryser |first1=Rob |title=Alex Jones back on the hook for damages after bankruptcy judge sends Sandy Hook cases to Texas court |url=https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Alex-Jones-back-on-the-hook-for-damages-after-17187680.php |website=NewsTimes |date=May 20, 2022 |access-date=June 4, 2022 |archive-date=May 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527151224/https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Alex-Jones-back-on-the-hook-for-damages-after-17187680.php |url-status=live }} Jones faced numerous defamation lawsuits due to these lies.

On April 16, 2018 Leonard Pozner and Veronique De La Rosa, parents of victim Noah Pozner, filed a defamation suit against Jones, Infowars and Free Speech Systems in Travis County, Texas.{{cite web |title=PLAINTIFFS' ORIGINAL PETITION AND REQUEST FOR DISCLOSURE |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SnPMj3h2sdlCfL1e4nwm7d0jSCercoV1/view |access-date=June 5, 2022 |archive-date=June 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606021244/https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SnPMj3h2sdlCfL1e4nwm7d0jSCercoV1/view |url-status=live }} Pozner, who has been forced to move several times to avoid harassment and death threats, was accused by Jones of being a crisis actor.{{cite magazine |last1=Grey Ellis |first1=Emma |title=Win or Lose, the Alex Jones Lawsuit Will Help Redefine Free Speech |url=https://www.wired.com/story/alex-jones-lawsuit-will-help-redefine-free-speech/ |magazine=Wired |publisher=Condé Nast. |access-date=March 8, 2019 |archive-date=August 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829220837/https://www.wired.com/story/alex-jones-lawsuit-will-help-redefine-free-speech/ |url-status=live}}

On April 16, 2018, Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, parents of victim Jesse Lewis, filed a defamation suit against Jones, Infowars and Free Speech Systems in Travis County, Texas.{{cite web |title=PLAINTIFF'S ORIGINAL PETITION AND REQUEST FOR DISCLOSURE |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1opX6d3Bycbl4sWGo8o37SuPcjxDanzjL/view |access-date=June 5, 2022 |archive-date=September 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918170157/https://drive.google.com/file/d/1opX6d3Bycbl4sWGo8o37SuPcjxDanzjL/view |url-status=live }}

Jones was found to be in contempt of court even before the trial started as a result of his failure to produce witnesses and materials relevant to the procedures. Consequently, Jones and Infowars were fined a total of $126,000 in October and December 2019.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50960730|title=Alex Jones ordered to pay $100,000 in Sandy Hook defamation case|date=December 31, 2019|publisher=BBC News|access-date=December 31, 2019|archive-date=December 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231214243/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50960730|url-status=live}}

On January 22, 2021, the Texas Supreme Court threw out an appeal for dismissal by Jones of four defamation lawsuits from families of Sandy Hook victims. The court allowed the judgments of two lower courts to stand without comment, allowing the lawsuits to continue.{{cite news | work=The Hill | date=January 22, 2021 | title=Texas Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones request to toss lawsuits from Sandy Hook parents | last=Axelrod | first=Tal | url=https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/535447-texas-supreme-court-rejects-alex-jones-request-to-toss-lawsuits-from/ | access-date=April 16, 2024 | archive-date=January 20, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120072322/https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/535447-texas-supreme-court-rejects-alex-jones-request-to-toss-lawsuits-from/ | url-status=live }}

On September 27, 2021, a district judge in Texas issued three default judgments against Jones, requiring him to pay all damages in two lawsuits. These rulings came after Jones repeatedly failed to hand over documents and evidence as ordered by the court, which the judge characterized as "flagrant bad faith and callous disregard for the responsibilities of discovery under the rules".{{cite news |title=Alex Jones must pay damages to Sandy Hook families after calling shooting a 'giant hoax,' judge rules |date=October 1, 2021 |last=Bella |first=Timothy |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/01/alex-jones-sandy-hook-lawsuits/ |access-date=March 16, 2023 |archive-date=April 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417025201/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/01/alex-jones-sandy-hook-lawsuits/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/alex-jones-held-liable-in-sandy-hook-defamation-cases-11633107365|title=Alex Jones Held Liable in Sandy Hook Defamation Cases|first=Jennifer|last=Calfas|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=October 1, 2021|via=www.wsj.com|access-date=October 1, 2021|archive-date=October 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009222145/https://www.wsj.com/articles/alex-jones-held-liable-in-sandy-hook-defamation-cases-11633107365|url-status=live}}

The jury trial began in Texas on July 25, 2022, where the plaintiffs' attorney said they would seek $150 million from the jury.{{cite web |last1=Ryser |first1=Rob |title=Friction erupts during Alex Jones' Sandy Hook defamation jury selection |url=https://digital.olivesoftware.com/olive/odn/danburynewstimes/default.aspx |website=News Times |publisher=Hearst Conn. Media |access-date=July 30, 2022 |archive-date=February 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227132701/https://digital.olivesoftware.com/olive/odn/danburynewstimes/default.aspx |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Williamson |first1=Elizabeth |title=Parents of Sandy Hook Victim at Alex Jones Trial Seek $150 Million in Damages |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/26/us/politics/sandy-hook-alex-jones.html |website=The New York Times |date=July 27, 2022 |access-date=July 30, 2022 |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809153326/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/26/us/politics/sandy-hook-alex-jones.html |url-status=live }} Heslin testified on August 2 that conspiracy theorists, fueled by Jones' statements, fired into his house and car and subjected him and his family to harassment. He said Jones' failure to attend court during his testimony was a "cowardly act".{{Cite news |last=Williamson |first=Elizabeth |date=August 3, 2022 |title='I Want You to Hear This': A Sandy Hook Mother Confronts Alex Jones |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/02/us/politics/alex-jones-trial.html |access-date=August 3, 2022 |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810011009/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/02/us/politics/alex-jones-trial.html |url-status=live }} While Heslin was testifying, Jones was broadcasting his show, calling Heslin "slow" and "manipulated by some very bad people". Jones subsequently arrived at court to present his testimony, first sitting through that of Jesse's mother Scarlett Lewis. Lewis said, "Alex, I want you to hear this. We're more polarized than ever as a country. Some of that is because of you." She asked Jones: "Do you think I'm an actor?" Jones responded, "No, I don't think you're an actor." As the only person testifying in his defense, Jones admitted the Sandy Hook shooting was "100% real", and agreed with his own attorney that it was "absolutely irresponsible" to push falsehoods about the shooting and its victims.{{Cite news |last=Vertuno |first=Jim |date=August 3, 2022 |title=Alex Jones concedes Sandy Hook attack was '100% real' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/sandy-hook-parents-alex-jones-claims-created-living-hell/2022/08/03/7a89ee6c-131c-11ed-8482-06c1c84ce8f2_story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803142100/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/sandy-hook-parents-alex-jones-claims-created-living-hell/2022/08/03/7a89ee6c-131c-11ed-8482-06c1c84ce8f2_story.html |archive-date=August 3, 2022 |access-date=August 3, 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=en-US}}

Jones testified that he had complied with court orders in defamation suits and is bankrupt. On August 3, cross-examination revealed that Jones had not fully complied with court orders to provide text messages and emails for pretrial evidence gathering.{{cite web |last=Vertuno |first=Jim |date=August 3, 2022 |title=Alex Jones concedes Sandy Hook attack was '100% real' |website=NPR |language=en-US |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/08/03/1115414563/alex-jones-sandy-hook-case |access-date=August 3, 2022 |archive-date=August 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811210030/https://www.npr.org/2022/08/03/1115414563/alex-jones-sandy-hook-case |url-status=live }} Judge Maya Guerra Gamble of Travis County District Court admonished him for lying under oath, as his failure to comply with court orders was the reason he lost the defamation suits, and that bankruptcy proceedings had yet to be adjudicated. Gamble said, "You're under oath. That means things must actually be true when you say them." After the judge left the courtroom, Jones said Lewis and Heslin were being "controlled". While the jury deliberated the amount of compensatory damages, Jones was claiming on his radio show that the proceedings were "an incredible spectacle" backed by globalists trying to shut him down.{{Cite news |last=Kavi |first=Aishvarya |date=August 5, 2022 |title='I will go down fighting,' Alex Jones tells Infowars listeners. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/08/04/us/alex-jones-sandy-hook |access-date=August 5, 2022 |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810072037/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/08/04/us/alex-jones-sandy-hook |url-status=live }} On August 4, 2022, the jury ordered Jones pay Heslin and Lewis $4.1 million in compensatory damages,{{cite news |title=Alex Jones must pay $4.1 million to Sandy Hook parents, jury finds |url=https://news.yahoo.com/alex-jones-sandy-hook-defamation-trial-verdict-infowars-214026160.html |last=Stableford |first=Dylan |work=Yahoo! News |date=August 4, 2022 |access-date=August 4, 2022 |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809071844/https://news.yahoo.com/alex-jones-sandy-hook-defamation-trial-verdict-infowars-214026160.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Samee Ali |first=Safia |date=August 5, 2022 |title=Alex Jones must pay at least $4.1 million to parents of a Sandy Hook victim in defamation case |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alex-jones-must-pay-41-million-parents-sandy-hook-school-massacre-vict-rcna41493 |website=NBC News |access-date=August 4, 2022 |archive-date=August 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811201858/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alex-jones-must-pay-41-million-parents-sandy-hook-school-massacre-vict-rcna41493 |url-status=live }} and the following day, he was ordered to pay an additional $45.2 million in punitive damages.{{cite news |title=Alex Jones must pay $50m for Sandy Hook hoax claim |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-62444302 |work=BBC News |date=August 5, 2022 |access-date=August 5, 2022 |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809132653/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-62444302 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Massie |first1=Graeme |title=Alex Jones ordered to pay additional $45.2m in punitive damages by Texas jury |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/alex-jones-jury-sandy-hook-b2139336.html |work=The Independent |date=August 5, 2022 |language=en |access-date=August 5, 2022 |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810222308/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/alex-jones-jury-sandy-hook-b2139336.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Williamson |first=Elizabeth |date=August 4, 2022 |title=A jury said Alex Jones must pay $4 million to the parents of a boy killed at Sandy Hook. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/08/04/us/alex-jones-sandy-hook |access-date=August 5, 2022 |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810072037/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/08/04/us/alex-jones-sandy-hook |url-status=live }} On November 22, 2022, a judge ruled that Jones must pay the full amount of the punitive damages,{{Cite web |last1=Ziady |first1=Hanna |last2=Moghe |first2=Sonia |date=November 23, 2022 |title=Alex Jones must pay full $49 million damages award, Texas judge rules |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/23/business/alex-jones-texas-damages-award/index.html |access-date=November 23, 2022 |website=CNN Business |language=en |archive-date=November 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123131810/https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/23/business/alex-jones-texas-damages-award/index.html |url-status=live }} even though this amount exceeds a cap under Texas law. (Jones' attorneys had estimated the punitive damages award would be reduced to $1.5 million, while the plaintiffs' attorneys had expected it to be reduced to $4.5 million.){{Cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/alex-jones-likely-win-large-cut-sandy-hook-punitive-damages-award-attorneys-2022-08-09/ |title=Jack Queen, "Alex Jones' Sandy Hook punitive damages likely to be slashed", Reuters, August 9, 2022 |website=Reuters |access-date=August 23, 2022 |archive-date=August 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823121002/https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/alex-jones-likely-win-large-cut-sandy-hook-punitive-damages-award-attorneys-2022-08-09/ |url-status=live }}

On November 22, 2022, Judge Gamble ruled that the punitive damages cap did not apply in this case due to the rare and egregious nature of the harm. She also questioned the constitutionality of the damages cap in general.{{cite news|last=Williamson|first=Elizabeth|date=November 22, 2022|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/22/us/politics/alex-jones-texas-verdict.html|title=Judge Upholds $49 Million Verdict Against Alex Jones, Despite Cap|access-date=November 24, 2022|archive-date=November 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124002733/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/22/us/politics/alex-jones-texas-verdict.html|url-status=live}}Queen, Jack. (November 23, 2022) Reuters. [https://www.reuters.com/legal/alex-jones-loses-bid-slash-50-million-sandy-hook-defamation-verdict-2022-11-22/ Alex Jones loses bid to slash $50 million Sandy Hook defamation verdict] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123190629/https://www.reuters.com/legal/alex-jones-loses-bid-slash-50-million-sandy-hook-defamation-verdict-2022-11-22/ |date=November 23, 2022 }}. Retrieved on November 24, 2022.

On April 25, 2023, Judge Gamble ordered Jones's attorney, Andino Reynal, to pay $97,169 to Heslin and Lewis for his bad-faith attempts to delay the trial, with a contingency fee of $55,000 should Reynal appeal and lose, and $61,600 if he appeals to the Texas Supreme Court and loses.{{Cite web |last=Murdock |first=Sebastian |date=May 3, 2023 |title=Alex Jones Attorney Hit With Nearly $100K Sanction Over Sandy Hook Pretrial Misconduct |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alex-jones-attorney-sandy-hook-trial_n_6449bd39e4b04997b575ab46 |access-date=May 3, 2023 |website=HuffPost |language=en |archive-date=May 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230503210857/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alex-jones-attorney-sandy-hook-trial_n_6449bd39e4b04997b575ab46 |url-status=live }}

On June 26, 2018, seven families of victims and an FBI agent who responded to the attack filed a defamation lawsuit in Connecticut Superior Court against Jones, Infowars, Free Speech Systems, Infowars Health and others for spreading false claims, resulting in the harassment, stalking and threatening of the plaintiffs.

• {{cite news |first= Aaron |last= Cooper |url= https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/23/us/alex-jones-sandy-hook-suit/index.html |title= Alex Jones, 'InfoWars' host, sued by 6 more Sandy Hook families |website= CNN |date= May 24, 2018 |access-date= May 26, 2018 |archive-date= June 21, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180621194151/https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/23/us/alex-jones-sandy-hook-suit/index.html |url-status= live}}
• {{cite news |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/alex-jones-sued-sandy-hook-victims-families-defamation-infowars-a8368346.html |title= US shock jock Alex Jones sued by six more families of Sandy Hook victims |author= Emily Shugerman |work= The Independent |date= May 25, 2018 |access-date= May 26, 2018 |archive-date= September 22, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180922203614/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/alex-jones-sued-sandy-hook-victims-families-defamation-infowars-a8368346.html |url-status= live}}
• {{cite web |url= https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/05/24/sandy-hook-families-sue-infowars-alex-jones-over-conspiracy-theory/641159002/ |title= Sandy Hook families suing Alex Jones aren't the only ones to threaten conspiracy theorist |author= Josh Hafner |work=USA Today |date= May 23, 2018 |access-date= May 26, 2018 |archive-date= September 29, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180929032647/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/05/24/sandy-hook-families-sue-infowars-alex-jones-over-conspiracy-theory/641159002/ |url-status= live}}
• {{cite web |url= http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-sandy-hook-alex-jones-lawsuit-20180523-story.html |title= More families of Sandy Hook victims, FBI agent sue Infowars' Alex Jones |author= Dave Collins |work= Chicago Tribune |agency=Associated Press Chicago Tribune |date= May 23, 2018 |access-date= May 26, 2018 |archive-date= November 1, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181101084709/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-sandy-hook-alex-jones-lawsuit-20180523-story.html |url-status= live}}
• {{cite web |title=Civil Summons |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/12mHNXnFQo2nH555yJxC5JIEEeAoxi_Fj/view |access-date=June 5, 2022 |archive-date=April 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401131536/https://drive.google.com/file/d/12mHNXnFQo2nH555yJxC5JIEEeAoxi_Fj/view |url-status=live }}

By February 2019, the plaintiffs won a series of court rulings requiring Jones to testify under oath.{{cite news|last=Williamson|first=Elizabeth|date=February 7, 2019|title=Sandy Hook Families Gain in Defamation Suits Against Alex Jones|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/us/politics/alex-jones-sandy-hook.html|access-date=February 9, 2019|archive-date=February 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210044603/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/us/politics/alex-jones-sandy-hook.html|url-status=live}} Jones was later ordered to undergo a sworn deposition, along with three other defendants related to the operation of Infowars. He was also ordered to turn over internal business documents related to Infowars.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/14/us/alex-jones-sandy-hook-lawsuit/index.html|title=Infowars' Alex Jones ordered to undergo sworn deposition in Sandy Hook defamation case|author=Sarah Jorgensen|website=CNN|date=February 14, 2019|access-date=February 14, 2019|archive-date=February 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214084303/https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/14/us/alex-jones-sandy-hook-lawsuit/index.html|url-status=live}} In this deposition in the last week of March 2019, Jones acknowledged the deaths were real, stating he had "almost like a form of psychosis", where he "basically thought everything was staged".{{cite news |last1=Maxouris |first1=Christina |last2=Joseph |first2=Elizabeth |title=Alex Jones says 'form of psychosis' made him believe events like Sandy Hook massacre were staged |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/30/us/alex-jones-psychosis-sandy-hook/index.html |work=CNN |access-date=March 30, 2019 |archive-date=March 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330133329/https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/30/us/alex-jones-psychosis-sandy-hook/index.html |url-status=live}}

On March 25, 2019, Jeremy Richman, one of the plaintiffs, whose daughter Avielle was killed, committed suicide. Jones, through his lawyer, offered condolences to Richman's family, but later that day on his show suggested that Richman had been murdered and that his death had something to do with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election interference.{{cite news |last1=Fenster |first1=Jordan |title=Alex Jones broadcasts conspiracy theories on Sandy Hook dad Jeremy Richman's death |url=https://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Alex-Jones-broadcasts-conspiracy-theories-on-13718997.php |website=NewsTimes |date=March 27, 2019 |access-date=June 7, 2022 |archive-date=October 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211015030302/https://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Alex-Jones-broadcasts-conspiracy-theories-on-13718997.php |url-status=live }}

On April 5, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States declined to hear an appeal by Jones against a court sanction in the lawsuit.{{Cite web|last=Collins|first=Dave|date=April 5, 2021|title=High court nixes Alex Jones' appeal in Newtown shooting case|url=https://apnews.com/article/connecticut-shootings-lawsuits-alex-jones-school-shootings-59360449ed878c5cdfcbb550291c90a2|access-date=April 25, 2021|website=AP News|archive-date=December 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221114957/http://apnews.com/article/connecticut-shootings-lawsuits-alex-jones-school-shootings-59360449ed878c5cdfcbb550291c90a2|url-status=live}}

On November 15, 2021, the judge found Jones liable by default for defamation, for "willful non-compliance" in failing to turn over documents to the families in line with court orders.{{Cite news|last=Williamson|first=Elizabeth|date=November 15, 2021|title=Alex Jones Guilty by Default in All Sandy Hook Defamation Suits|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/15/us/politics/alex-jones-sandy-hook.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115164025/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/15/us/politics/alex-jones-sandy-hook.html |archive-date=November 15, 2021 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=November 15, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/business-alex-jones-school-shootings-lawsuits-sandy-hook-elementary-school-shooting-154bd79946433d0b8db18dfb34906cf1|title=Alex Jones liable for defamation in Sandy Hook 'hoax' case|date=November 15, 2021|website=AP News|access-date=November 17, 2021|archive-date=November 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117082445/https://apnews.com/article/business-alex-jones-school-shootings-lawsuits-sandy-hook-elementary-school-shooting-154bd79946433d0b8db18dfb34906cf1|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last=Miami|first=Jacqui Goddard|date=November 16, 2021|title=Sandy Hook families win defamation case against Alex Jones|language=en|work=The Times|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/article/sandy-hook-families-win-defamation-case-against-alex-jones-wjq633969|access-date=December 15, 2021|archive-date=November 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123204221/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sandy-hook-families-win-defamation-case-against-alex-jones-wjq633969|url-status=live}}

On March 29, 2022, Jones offered a settlement of $120,000 to each of the thirteen people involved in the lawsuits, which was quickly rejected.{{cite web |last1=The Associated Press |title=Sandy Hook families reject Alex Jones settlement offer |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/alex-jones-offers-payment-apology-settle-sandy-hook-83750400 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016013138/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/alex-jones-offers-payment-apology-settle-sandy-hook-83750400|website=ABC News |archive-date= October 16, 2022|access-date=June 7, 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Casarez & Elamroussi |title=Sandy Hook families reject Info Wars host Alex Jones' offer to settle defamation case |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/30/us/alex-jones-sandy-hook-settlement-rejected/index.html |website=CNN |date=March 30, 2022 |access-date=December 26, 2022 |archive-date=December 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226211140/https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/30/us/alex-jones-sandy-hook-settlement-rejected/index.html |url-status=live }}

On June 2, 2022, Jones's attorneys asked the judge to drop them from the case. The judge said she had heard this before, citing thirteen times in the past four years when Jones' attorneys asked to replace each other or be dropped from the case. She ordered them to continue to represent Jones until she ruled on the motion on June 15.{{cite news |last1=Ryser |first1=Rob |title=Alex Jones' attorney Norm Pattis asks to be dropped from Sandy Hook defamation case as trial looms |url=https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Alex-Jones-attorney-Norm-Pattis-asks-to-be-17215548.php |newspaper=News-Times |date=June 2, 2022 |publisher=Hearst |access-date=June 19, 2022 |archive-date=June 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614193615/https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Alex-Jones-attorney-Norm-Pattis-asks-to-be-17215548.php |url-status=live }}

On October 12, 2022,{{Cite web |last=Gringras |first=Brynn |date=October 12, 2022 |title=Families of Sandy Hook victims get emotional in court as damages are read |url=https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/alex-jones-sandy-hook-trial-decision#h_c9d642c7889a68598ee4a2cc3b5b9683 |access-date=October 12, 2022 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=October 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012194107/https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/alex-jones-sandy-hook-trial-decision#h_c9d642c7889a68598ee4a2cc3b5b9683 |url-status=live }} the jury awarded $965 million to be shared by 15 plaintiffs (eight families and one first responder). The plaintiffs' individual awards ranged from $28.8 million to $120 million.{{Cite web |date=October 12, 2022 |title=Here's how much money each plaintiff was awarded in compensatory damages |url=https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/alex-jones-sandy-hook-trial-decision#h_a3722e4654412e3de2597bebf6283987 |access-date=October 12, 2022 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=October 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012194107/https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/alex-jones-sandy-hook-trial-decision#h_a3722e4654412e3de2597bebf6283987 |url-status=live }} During the trial, the families testified that they had been threatened and harassed over years due to Jones' falsehoods.{{cite news |last1=Collins |first1=Dave |title=Alex Jones ordered to pay $965 million for Sandy Hook lies |url=https://apnews.com/article/shootings-school-connecticut-conspiracy-alex-jones-3f579380515fdd6eb59f5bf0e3e1c08f |access-date=October 13, 2022 |work=Associated Press |date=October 13, 2022 |archive-date=November 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104185745/https://apnews.com/article/shootings-school-connecticut-conspiracy-alex-jones-3f579380515fdd6eb59f5bf0e3e1c08f |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Evans |first1=Gareth |title=Alex Jones told to pay $965m damages to Sandy Hook victims' families |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63237092.amp |access-date=October 13, 2022 |work=BBC News |date=October 12, 2022 |archive-date=October 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013012428/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63237092.amp |url-status=live }} Jones reacted live to the verdict on his show, mocking it: "Do these people actually think they're getting any money?" He implored his viewers to donate to him to "appeal", and also declared that the jury's verdict was an attempt to "scare us away from questioning" school shootings such as the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting and the Robb Elementary School shooting, but "we're not going to stop".{{cite news |last1=Hsu |first1=Tiffany |title='Do these people actually think they're getting any money?' Jones denounces the verdict, and fund-raises. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/12/us/politics/alex-jones-denounces-verdict.html |access-date=October 13, 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=October 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012234436/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/12/us/politics/alex-jones-denounces-verdict.html |archive-date=October 12, 2022 |url-status=bot: unknown }}

On November 10, 2022, the judge awarded the plaintiffs a further $473 million in punitive damages in the form of lawyers' fees, bringing the total to over $1.4 billion. The judge also issued an order that Jones was "not to transfer, encumber, dispose or move his assets out of the United States until further order of the court".{{cite news |last1=Williamson |first1=Elizabeth |title='With New Ruling, Sandy Hook Families Win Over $1.4 Billion From Alex Jones |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/10/us/politics/alex-jones-sandy-hook-damages.html |access-date=November 11, 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=November 10, 2022 |archive-date=June 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240602034357/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/10/us/politics/alex-jones-sandy-hook-damages.html |url-status=live }}

Jones moved for a new trial, but on December 22, 2022, the judge denied his request.{{Cite web |date=December 23, 2022 |title=Alex Jones' Motion To Set Aside Sandy Hook Verdict Denied |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alex-jones-motion-to-set-aside-sandy-hook-verdict-denied_n_63a6080ae4b0d6f0b9ed7326 |access-date=December 23, 2022 |website=HuffPost |language=en |archive-date=February 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204083406/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alex-jones-motion-to-set-aside-sandy-hook-verdict-denied_n_63a6080ae4b0d6f0b9ed7326 |url-status=live }}

By the end of the summer of 2023, Jones had paid nothing to the families.{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Liam |date=September 14, 2023 |title=Alex Jones spent more than $93,000 in a month, but Sandy Hook families still haven't been paid a penny, court documents show |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/14/media/alex-jones-sandy-hook-court/index.html |access-date=September 14, 2023 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230914195758/https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/14/media/alex-jones-sandy-hook-court/index.html |url-status=live }}

On December 6, 2024, the Connecticut Appellate Court reduced the total Jones owed to about $1.2 billion. It did this by affirming the jury's $965 million verdict while saying that Jones would not have to pay the $150 million in punitive damages that the lower court had awarded the plaintiffs.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-07 |title=Alex Jones Isn't Getting Out Of $965 Million Verdict To Sandy Hook Families, Appeals Court Says |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-newtown-shooting-infowars_n_67539094e4b0b9c809f83d01 |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=HuffPost |language=en |agency=Associated Press}} Jones sought to appeal to the state's Supreme Court, but on April 8, 2025 it declined to hear his appeal.{{Cite web |last=Murdock |first=Sebastian |date=2025-04-09 |title=Connecticut Supreme Court Rejects Alex Jones' Bid To Throw Out $1 Billion Sandy Hook Verdict |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/connecticut-supreme-court-rejects-alex-jones-bid-to-throw-out-1-billion-sandy-hook-verdict_n_67f69fc7e4b01be2039573cb?origin=bottom2-recirc |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}

On July 24, 2018, William Sherlach, husband of victim and school psychologist Mary Sherlach, filed a defamation lawsuit in Connecticut Superior Court against Jones, Infowars, Free Speech Systems and Infowars Health.{{cite web |title=Civil Summons |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iNhsZCYo6ifS9M0JHBiLO1-x2KmjuLhT/view |access-date=June 5, 2022 |archive-date=June 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606021311/https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iNhsZCYo6ifS9M0JHBiLO1-x2KmjuLhT/view |url-status=live }} Sherlach's lawsuit was consolidated into the Lafferty et al. vs. Jones lawsuit for the Connecticut trial.

Numerous media sources have raised questions on how much Jones really owns and hides in assets.

• Hsu, Tiffany. The New York Times. [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/05/us/alex-jones-finances.html The Sandy Hook defamation cases have put Alex Jones's finances under scrutiny.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113062221/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/05/us/alex-jones-finances.html |date=November 13, 2022 }} Retrieved on November 12, 2022
• Timsit, Annabelle; Sands, Leo; Slater, Joanna. The Washington Post. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10/13/alex-jones-1-billion-sandy-hook-damages/ Will Alex Jones pay Sandy Hook families $1B? What to know about the huge award.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111000321/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10/13/alex-jones-1-billion-sandy-hook-damages/ |date=November 11, 2022 }}. Retrieved on November 12, 2022
• Collins, Dave; Hill, Micheal; Bleiberg, Jake; The Associated Press. Fortune (magazine). [https://fortune.com/2022/10/14/will-alex-jones-pay-nearly-1-billion-court-judgment-sandy-hook/ The nearly $1 billion verdict against Alex Jones was the easy part. 'It is usually easier to get a judgment than to enforce it'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113062222/https://fortune.com/2022/10/14/will-alex-jones-pay-nearly-1-billion-court-judgment-sandy-hook/ |date=November 13, 2022 }}. Retrieved on Nov. 12
• Isidore, Chris. CNN Business. [https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/13/business/alex-jones-jury-verdict-payment/index.html How much will Sandy Hook parents actually get from Alex Jones?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113062222/https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/13/business/alex-jones-jury-verdict-payment/index.html |date=November 13, 2022 }}. Retrieved on Nov. 12

On April 6, 2022, according to the Associated Press and The Daily Beast, a lawsuit was filed in Austin, Texas, by some of the Sandy Hook families accusing Jones of hiding assets worth millions of dollars after he began being sued for defamation by the families of Sandy Hook victims. The suit claims Jones "conspired to divert his assets to shell companies owned by insiders like his parents, his children, and himself".{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/business-alex-jones-austin-texas-lawsuits-00b6df5205d733e31bfc1e4377edcd26|title=Alex Jones accused of hiding assets over Sandy Hook lawsuits|website=AP News|date=April 8, 2022|access-date=April 18, 2022}}{{cite news|last=Somner|first=Will|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/infowars-alex-jones-accused-of-jaw-dropping-scheme-to-hide-money-from-sandy-hook-families-in-texas-lawsuit?ref=author|title=Alex Jones Accused of 'Jaw-Dropping' Scheme to Hide Money From Sandy Hook Families|work=The Daily Beast|date=April 8, 2022|access-date=April 18, 2022}} The lawsuit alleges Jones drew $18 million from the Infowars company beginning in 2018 and accuses Jones of claiming a "dubious" $54 million debt at about the same time to another company alleged by the lawsuit to be also owned by Jones. Norm Pattis, an attorney for Jones, said the lawsuit was "ridiculous" and denied that there had been any attempt to conceal assets.

On April 17, 2022, three companies owned by Jones filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, suspending further civil litigation claims,[https://www.bbc.com/news/business-61142905 Alex Jones' Infowars files for bankruptcy after defamation suits]. BBC News. Retrieved April 28, 2022 as the families had sued Jones as well as his companies. The three companies affected were InfoW, Prison Planet TV, and IWHealth (or Infowars Health).{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alex-jones-infowars-bankruptcy-filing-sandy-hook-massacre/|title=Alex Jones' Infowars files for bankruptcy in wake of defamation suits over his assertions that the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax|website=CBS News|date=April 18, 2022|access-date=April 18, 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Spector |first1=Knauth |title=Conspiracy website InfoWars parent files for bankruptcy |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/infowars-parent-files-bankruptcy-2022-07-29/ |website=Reuters |date=July 30, 2022 |access-date=July 30, 2022}} The court filings estimated InfoWars{{'}} assets at between $0–$50,000, but its liabilities (including from the damages awarded against Jones in defamation suits) were stated as being between $1 million and $10 million.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/alex-jones-infowars-files-bankruptcy-us-court-2022-04-18/|title=Alex Jones' InfoWars files for bankruptcy in U.S. court|website=Reuters|date=April 18, 2022|access-date=April 18, 2022}} Regarding why Jones did not personally file for bankruptcy, his representative stated, "It would ruin his name and harm his ability to sell merchandise." and "Putting him in bankruptcy would harm his trademark value in terms of cashflow." A lawyer for the families involved in a Connecticut lawsuit against Jones responded, "Alex Jones is just delaying the inevitable: a public trial in which he will be held accountable for his profit-driven campaign of lies against the Sandy Hook families who have brought this lawsuit."

On June 10, 2022, a federal judge in Texas dismissed the bankruptcy protection case after Jones and the families agreed that the three companies would be dropped from the defamation lawsuits against Jones, allowing them to continue in Texas and Connecticut.{{cite news |date=June 10, 2022 |title=Infowars bankruptcy tossed in deal with Sandy Hook parents |url=https://apnews.com/article/politics-texas-victoria-school-shootings-76618718255edcfe1270cf293f5c8876 |access-date=June 11, 2022 |website=AP News}} On July 29, 2022, the parent company of InfoWars, Free Speech Systems, LLC, filed for bankruptcy. In response to the Connecticut legal settlement made against him, Jones had previously claimed assets of $6.2 million in January 2022.{{cite news |last1=Squire |first1=Megan |last2=Hayden |first2=Michael Edison |date=April 6, 2022 |title=Infowars Store Enjoyed Traffic Boost During 'Stop the Steal' |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/04/06/infowars-store-enjoyed-traffic-boost-during-stop-steal |access-date=April 18, 2022 |publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center}}

On December 2, 2022, Jones filed for Chapter 11 personal bankruptcy in the Southern District of Texas, claiming that his assets were between $1 million and $10 million, while his debts were between $1 billion and $10 billion.{{cite news|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2022/12/02/alex-jones-bankruptcy/|title=Alex Jones files for bankruptcy after juries award Sandy Hook parents almost $1.5 billion|first=Alex|last=Nguyen|publisher=Texas Tribune|date=December 2, 2022|accessdate=December 2, 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/12/02/alex-jones-bankruptcy-sandy-hook/|title=Alex Jones files for bankruptcy, owing nearly $1.5B to Sandy Hook families|first=Justine|last=McDaniel|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=December 2, 2022|accessdate=December 2, 2022}} He also claimed that he had 50 to 99 creditors, and in February 2023, that the Department of Justice intended to seize his pet cat, valued at $2,000, to pay debts owed to the Sandy Hook families.{{cite news|url=https://www.newsweek.com/alex-jones-says-doj-wants-seize-his-cat-sandy-hook-families-1783544|title=Alex Jones Says DOJ Wants to Seize His Cat for Sandy Hook Families|first=Giulia|last=Carbonaro|website=Newsweek|date=February 24, 2023|accessdate=February 25, 2023}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/alex-jones-cat-bankruptcy-infowars-b2288945.html|title=Alex Jones claims the DoJ wants to take his cat Mushu in latest spurious attack on Sandy Hook hoax punishment|first=Joe|last=Sommerlad|work=The Independent|date=February 24, 2023|accessdate=February 25, 2023}}{{cite news|url=https://gizmodo.com/alex-jones-sandy-hook-info-wars-ragdoll-cat-twitter-1850155315|title=This Is Harassment': Alex Jones Says the DOJ Wants to Seize His $2,000 Cat|first=Kevin|last=Hurler|website=Gizmodo|date=February 24, 2023|accessdate=February 25, 2023}} On October 19, 2023, a Texas bankruptcy judge ruled that Jones cannot rely on bankruptcy protection to avoid paying the $1.5 billion he owes to the Sandy Hook families as a result of the Connecticut lawsuit. It remained unclear whether he would be able to reduce the amount of punitive damages in the Texas case.{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=October 20, 2023 |title=Alex Jones can't use bankruptcy to avoid Sandy Hook damages, judge rules |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/20/alex-jones-bankruptcy-sandy-hook-damages-judge-ruling |access-date=October 21, 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}

In November 2023, the Sandy Hook families offered a settlement in which Jones would pay $85 million over 10 years (about 6 percent of what he had been court-ordered to pay). The offer was filed within Jones's personal bankruptcy case.{{Cite news |last=Bella |first=Timothy |date=November 28, 2023 |title=Sandy Hook families offer Alex Jones a deal to settle $1.5 billion debt |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/11/28/alex-jones-bankruptcy-sandy-hook-settlement/ |access-date=November 28, 2023 |issn=0190-8286}} The following month, Jones countered with an offer of $55 million over 10 years.{{Cite web |last=Collins |first=Dave |date=December 16, 2023 |title=Alex Jones Offers To Pay Sandy Hook Families $55 Million For Lies He Spread About Shooting |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alex-jones-offers-to-pay-sandy-hook-families-55-million-for-lies-he-spread-about-school-shooting_n_657deab2e4b08e9b410a9217 |access-date=December 16, 2023 |website=HuffPost |language=en}} In February 2024, Jones's general unsecured creditors (mostly Sandy Hook families) voted in favor of a Chapter 11 plan that would liquidate and redistribute his assets.{{Cite web |last=Wolf |first=Alex |date=February 20, 2024 |title=Alex Jones Estate Liquidation Gets Sandy Hook Families' Vote |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bankruptcy-law/sandy-hook-families-vote-to-liquidate-alex-jones-bankrupt-estate |access-date=June 3, 2024 |website=news.bloomberglaw.com |language=en}}

Appearing emotional and defiant, on June 1, 2024, Jones said on his program, "At the end of the day, we're going to beat these people. I'm not trying to be dramatic here, but it's been a hard fight. These people hate our children." The next day, the families filed an emergency motion in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Houston, asking the judge to liquidate Alex Jones's company rather than allow him to reorganize it. The court filing said Jones has "failed to demonstrate any hope of beginning to satisfy" their claims.{{Cite web |last=Collins |first=Dave |date=June 3, 2024 |title=Alex Jones Sobs As Sandy Hook Families Ask Judge To Liquidate Media Company |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sandy-hook-families-seek-alex-jones-media-liquidation_n_665e060de4b022af97dd3272 |access-date=June 3, 2024 |website=HuffPost |language=en}} On June 6, Jones's attorneys filed a motion to convert his bankruptcy to Chapter 7 status, which would lead to liquidation of his personal assets, including his stake in InfoWars,{{cite news |last1=Darcy |first1=Oliver |title=Alex Jones agrees to liquidate his assets to pay Sandy Hook families, in move that would end his ownership of Infowars |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/06/media/alex-jones-assets-sandy-hook/index.html |publisher=CNN |date=June 6, 2024}} which was agreed to by the plaintiffs the following day.{{cite news |last1=Dietrich |first1=Kneuth |title= Sandy Hook families agree to Alex Jones' bankruptcy liquidation

|url = https://www.reuters.com/world/us/sandy-hook-families-agree-alex-jones-bankruptcy-liquidation-2024-06-07/ |publisher=Reuters |date=June 7, 2024 |access-date=June 14, 2024}} On June 14, the judge approved the Chapter 7 liquidation.{{Cite web |last1=Passantino |first1=Jon |last2=Brown |first2=Nicki |date=June 14, 2024 |title=Judge approves liquidation of Alex Jones' personal assets to pay Sandy Hook victims' families |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/14/media/infowars-alex-jones-liquidation-ruling/index.html |access-date=June 14, 2024 |website=CNN |language=en}} On June 24, the court-appointed trustee public revealed that he planned to shut down InfoWars.{{Cite web |last=Visser |first=Nick |date=June 24, 2024 |title=Alex Jones' Bankruptcy Trustee Plans To Shutter Infowars And 'Liquidate Its Inventory' |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alex-jones-inforwars-liquidate-trustee_n_6679fdeee4b0604360affd9c |access-date=June 24, 2024 |website=HuffPost |language=en}} On September 24, the judge approved the sale of Free Speech Systems, the parent company of InfoWars.{{Cite web |last=Gold |first=Hadas |date=September 25, 2024 |title=Alex Jones' conspiracy theory empire Infowars will be sold for parts to help pay Sandy Hook families |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/25/media/alex-jones-infowars-auction-sandy-hook-families/index.html |access-date=September 25, 2024 |website=CNN |language=en}}

The auction was scheduled for November 13.

Jones spread discredited conspiracy theories about the 2018 Parkland high school shooting. He stated survivor David Hogg was a crisis actor.{{cite web|first=Gillian|last=Edevane|access-date=February 23, 2019|title=Florida school shooting conspiracy theories have landed Alex Jones and InfoWars in hot water with YouTube|url=https://www.newsweek.com/alex-jones-gets-strike-twitter-fights-shooting-survivor-822769|date=February 27, 2018|website=Newsweek|archive-date=February 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222023003/https://www.newsweek.com/alex-jones-gets-strike-twitter-fights-shooting-survivor-822769|url-status=live}}

Marcel Fontaine sued Jones on April 2, 2018, after InfoWars falsely identified him as the gunman and posted photos of him in several versions of an article on the InfoWars website about the massacre. The lawsuit was filed in Texas court naming Jones, InfoWars, parent company Free Speech Systems, LLC and Infowars employee Kit Daniels as defendants.{{cite web |title=Plaintiff's Original Petition, etc. |url=https://infowarslawsuit.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/april-2-2018-fontaine-v-infowars-complaint.pdf |access-date=May 30, 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Bey |first1=Justin |title=Man falsely accused in Parkland shooting suing Alex Jones, InfoWars for defamation |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alex-jones-defamation-lawsuit-infowars-man-falsely-accused-parkland-florida-high-school-shooting/ |website=CBS News |date=April 2, 2018 |access-date=May 30, 2022}} Fontaine's lawsuit was the first one against Jones that involved his defamatory statements about mass school shootings. One of his lawyers stated that "Marcel Fontaine is the only reason why we filed the first Sandy Hook case", because after Fontaine's suit was filed, the families of two boys slain in the Sandy Hook shooting contacted his law firm about also suing Jones. Fontaine died in an apartment building fire in Worcester, Massachusetts, on May 14, 2022.{{cite web |last1=Yankowski |first1=Peter |title=Former Norwalk resident, 29, who sued Alex Jones over Parkland shooting dies in house fire |url=https://www.thehour.com/news/article/Former-Norwalk-resident-29-who-sued-Alex-Jones-17182364.php |website=The Hour |date=May 18, 2022 |publisher=Hearst |access-date=May 30, 2022 |archive-date=May 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522171116/https://www.thehour.com/news/article/Former-Norwalk-resident-29-who-sued-Alex-Jones-17182364.php |url-status=dead }}

Jones has three children with his former wife Kelly Jones (née Nichols).{{Cite news |title=Alex Jones has a taste for violence |url=https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2022/06/politics/alex-jones-infowars-fringe-to-frontline/chapter-01.html |last1=Kuznia |first1=Rob |date=June 30, 2022 |work=CNN |last2=Bronstein |first2=Scott |last3=Devine |first3=Curt |last4=Black |first4=Nelli}} The couple divorced in March 2015.{{cite news |last1=Hartman |first1=Ben |title=InfoWars' Alex Jones Loses Custody Case, Ex-Wife Wins Right to Decide Where Children Live |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/infowars-alex-jones-loses-custody-case-ex-wife-wins-right-to-decide-where-children-live|access-date=July 18, 2018|work=The Daily Beast|publisher=IAC Publishing|date=April 27, 2017|archive-date=September 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909213535/https://www.thedailybeast.com/infowars-alex-jones-loses-custody-case-ex-wife-wins-right-to-decide-where-children-live|url-status=live}} In 2017, Kelly sought sole or joint custody of their children due to her ex-husband's behavior. She asserted that "he's not a stable person" and she was "concerned that he is engaged in felonious behavior, threatening a member of Congress [Adam Schiff]." His attorney responded by claiming that "he's playing a character" and describing him as a "performance artist".{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/not-fake-news-infowars-alex-jones-performance-artist-n747491|title=InfoWars' Alex Jones Is a 'Performance Artist,' His Lawyer Says in Divorce Hearing|last=Siemaszko|first=Corky|date=April 17, 2017|work=NBC News|access-date=April 17, 2017|archive-date=April 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417200051/http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/not-fake-news-infowars-alex-jones-performance-artist-n747491|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/alex-jones-infowars-conservative-radio-show-host-custody-battle/|title=Conservative radio host Alex Jones fighting to keep custody of children|work=CBS News|date=April 18, 2017 |access-date=April 18, 2017|archive-date=June 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619080106/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/alex-jones-infowars-conservative-radio-show-host-custody-battle/|url-status=live}} On his show, Jones denied playing a character and he called his show "the most bona fide, hard-core, real McCoy thing there is, and everybody knows it";{{cite news |last=Borchers |first=Callum |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/04/20/alex-jones-is-a-narcissist-a-witness-says-and-possibly-the-worst-client-ever/ |title=Analysis{{snd}}Alex Jones is a narcissist, a witness testifies. And he's undermining his own attorneys |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=April 20, 2017 |access-date=April 25, 2017 |archive-date=April 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425115059/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/04/20/alex-jones-is-a-narcissist-a-witness-says-and-possibly-the-worst-client-ever/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=May |first1=Charlie |title=Alex Jones denies lawyers' claims he's doing "performance art": "We're the most bona fide, hardcore, real McCoy thing there is" |url=https://www.salon.com/2017/04/19/alex-jones-denies-lawyers-claims-hes-doing-performance-art-were-the-most-bonafide-hardcore-real-mccoy-thing-there-is/ |website=Salon |access-date=April 6, 2019 |language=en |date=April 19, 2017|archive-date=April 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406025550/https://www.salon.com/2017/04/19/alex-jones-denies-lawyers-claims-hes-doing-performance-art-were-the-most-bonafide-hardcore-real-mccoy-thing-there-is/ |url-status=live}} whereas in court, Jones clarified that he generally agreed with his attorney's statement, but that he disagreed with the media's interpretation of the term "performance artist".{{cite web |last1=Warzel |first1=Charlie |title=Here's A Rundown Of Alex Jones' Surreal Testimony In Court Today |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/charliewarzel/alex-jones-testimony |website=BuzzFeed News |access-date=April 6, 2019 |language=en |date=April 20, 2017 |archive-date=April 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406031517/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/charliewarzel/alex-jones-testimony |url-status=live}} Kelly was awarded the right to decide where their children live while he maintains visitation rights.{{cite web |last=Stanglin |first=Doug |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/04/28/alex-jones-infowars-loses-primary-custody-his-kids/101017394/ |title=Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones loses primary custody of his kids |date=April 28, 2017 |work=USA Today |access-date=August 10, 2018 |archive-date=August 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810184632/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/04/28/alex-jones-infowars-loses-primary-custody-his-kids/101017394/ |url-status=live}} In April 2020, a state district judge denied an emergency motion by Kelly to secure custody of their daughters for the next two weeks after Jones led a rally at the Capitol, where he was mobbed by supporters and called COVID-19 a hoax.{{Cite web|last=Tilove|first=Jonathan|title=Alex Jones' ex-wife rebuffed in bid to gain daughters' custody after he courted COVID-19 at rally|url=https://www.statesman.com/news/20200420/alex-jonesrsquo-ex-wife-rebuffed-in-bid-to-gain-daughtersrsquo-custody-after-he-courted-covid-19-at-rally|access-date=February 4, 2021|website=Austin American-Statesman|language=en}} In 2023, after a 2008 audioclip of Jones berating his then wife was obtained by the Daily Mail, Kelly claimed that Jones was "a total racist" regarding her Jewish heritage, claiming that her genes were "flawed."{{Cite news |title='I Do Hate You'—Alex Jones Threatens, Berates Ex-Wife in Audio Clip |url=https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/hate-alex-jones-threatens-berates-200347438.html |last=Uebelacker |first=Erik |date=May 11, 2023 |work=Yahoo! Sports}}

His son, Rex Jones, has worked for InfoWars.{{cite web |title=Far-right media figures are relentlessly targeting BuzzFeed |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/buzzfeed-far-right-media-2017-5?r=US&IR=T |website=Business Insider |date=May 11, 2017 |access-date=November 18, 2017 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107221819/http://uk.businessinsider.com/buzzfeed-far-right-media-2017-5?r=US&IR=T |url-status=live}} His father, David Jones, is involved in InfoWars's business, and previously handled human resources tasks for his son, according to his testimony in a deposition.{{Cite web |last=Darcy |first=Oliver |date=June 3, 2019 |title='There is a business plan but it's in Alex Jones' head': Court document sheds light on inner-workings of Infowars |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/03/media/infowars-alex-jones-business/index.html |access-date=June 28, 2024 |website=CNN Business |language=en}}

Jones married Erika Wulff in 2017; they have one child.{{Cite web|last=Tilove|first=Jonathan|title=Judge orders drug, alcohol tests for Alex Jones in child custody case|url=https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/government/2020/03/12/judge-orders-drug-alcohol-tests-for-alex-jones-in-child-custody-case/1536585007/|access-date=August 12, 2022|website=Austin American-Statesman|language=en}} In February 2023, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) reported on text messages that appeared to corroborate a September 2022 Rolling Stone story{{Cite magazine |last1=Suebsaeng |first1=Asawin |last2=Rawnsley |first2=Adam |date=September 13, 2022 |title=Alex Jones Spied on His Wife and Ex-Wife, Texts Reveal |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/alex-jones-phone-records-exwife-spying-jan6-1234591212/ |access-date=August 21, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}} reporting that Jones may have spied on Wulff in 2019. In the texts reviewed by the SPLC, Jones told his security employee to monitor Wulff, expressing concern that she was cheating on him.{{Cite web |last1=Hayden |first1=Michael Edison |last2=Squire |first2=Megan |date=February 1, 2023 |title=Infowars' Alex Jones Says He Lives 'in Hell,' Texts Show |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/02/01/infowars-alex-jones-says-he-lives-hell-texts-show |access-date=August 21, 2023 |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |language=en}}

During Jones' 2017 custody trial, Dr. Alissa Sherry, the case manager for his family therapy sessions, testified that he had been diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder.{{cite web|first=Brad|last=Reed|url=https://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/alex-jones-has-been-formally-diagnosed-with-narcissistic-personality-disorder-doctor/|title= Alex Jones has been formally diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder: doctor|website=Raw Story|date=April 19, 2017|accessdate=March 14, 2025}}{{cite news|first=Callum|last=Borchers|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/04/20/alex-jones-is-a-narcissist-a-witness-says-and-possibly-the-worst-client-ever/|title=Alex Jones is a narcissist, a witness testifies. And he's undermining his own attorneys.|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=April 20, 2017|accessdate=March 14, 2025}}

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|title=9-11: Descent Into Tyranny

|year=2002

|publisher=Progressive Press

|location=Austin, Texas

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|oclc= 52400701}}

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|last= Jones|first=Alex

|title=The Answer to 1984 Is 1776

|year=2009

|publisher=The Disinformation Company

|location=London

|isbn=978-1-934708-15-6

|oclc= 421814975}}

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|last= Jones|first=Alex

|title=The Great Reset: And the War for the World

|year=2022

|isbn=9781510774049

|publisher=Skyhorse

|oclc= 1338676272}}

• {{citation |ref=none

|last1= Jones|first1=Alex

|last2= Heckenlively|first2=Kent

|title=The Great Awakening: Defeating the Globalists and Launching the Next Great Renaissance

|year=2023

|isbn=9781510779020

|publisher=Skyhorse}}

• Alex Jones: NWO Wars{{cite news|title=Alex Jones releases bizarre video game where players hunt zombie Hillary Clinton, 'Nazi dragon' George Soros and gay frogs|url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/12/03/alex-jones-video-game/|work=Pinknews|access-date=December 3, 2023|date=December 3, 2023|first1=Amelia|last1=Hansford}}

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