Alex Jones’ Bid to Cut $50 Million Sandy Hook Verdict Finds Receptive Judge

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who questioned the authenticity of the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, received a favorable response from a Texas appeals court Wednesday in his effort to reduce a $50 million verdict for defamation.

During oral arguments in Austin, justices on the Third Court of Appeals suggested a jury should’ve been asked specifically to decide whether to award Sandy Hook parents more than the $1.5 million statutory cap on damages. Instead, the trial judge allowed the parents’ lawyer to add a cap-busting claim months after trial, which Justice Chari Kelly indicated came too late.